String silencers

[BowTrout]

Looking at different string silencers. What material and brand are you using and how many on top and bottom?

 

[Tradchef]

I use Navajo Wool or Bison hair. I just use one puff on top and bottom around 11" from the tip.

 

[cofen380]

Right now I’m using the cat whiskers type. Two of them rolled together into one. I do that on the top and the bottom. I’ve liked them so far. Some brand called circuit archery on Amazon


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[bowhuntercoop]

I use cat whiskers. I bought a roll of green, brown and black fishing jig material in 50 ft rolls. Enough for a lifetime of trad bows. 2 cut 1.5 inches rolled in a ball. Placed at l6/l10 node on the string, pure silence.

 

[Shawn Hultquist]

I just got a couple TTT strings this summer and they came with dynemia string silencers. I really like those a lot. Of course I don’t have a decibel meter to measure how quiet they are. They work extremely well and I don’t have to worry about the weather. Heterodyne spacing is key as well. Been doing that at for over 20 years now.


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[arlenmyles]

Some podcast guys went crazy on string silencers and used a decibel measuring device among other tests. Dyneema String Silencers were deemed the best in terms of dampening/silencing/least amount of grains on the string and no water absorption.

 

[Beendare]

I use Navajo Wool or Bison hair. I just use one puff on top and bottom around 11" from the tip.

What a slacker....

I only use Turkmenistanian Ibex fur....it's FAR Superior.....grin

No, just kidding....... I use wool and I like 4 total on the nodes...but its not all that much different than one top and bottom

 

[Tradchef]

What a slacker....

I only use Turkmenistanian Ibex fur....it's FAR Superior.....grin

No, just kidding....... I use wool and I like 4 total on the nodes...but its not all that much different than one top and bottom

I know right!!!! I actually got the bison hair in West Yellowstone 5 years ago. I know you aren't supposed to take anything from the park but there was a huge pile of it in the road and I was like that would make killer string silencers and it really does!!!!! But the Navajo Wool is great and is what I use most of the time and save my bison hair for limited use since I don't go to West or Gardiner much.

 

[dlee56]

I’m a big fan of dyneema puffs. They shed water, and have the mass and texture that really makes a difference.

 

[drdrop]

I currently use wool strands that I cut from my wife's knitting supplies, but haven't experimented. Keep in mind the concept of heterodyning with silencer placement: 1/3 length on one side and 1/4 length on the other: https://tradbow.com/heterodyning-and-bowstring-silencers/

 

[bowhuntercoop]

I currently use wool strands that I cut from my wife's knitting supplies, but haven't experimented. Keep in mind the concept of heterodyning with silencer placement: 1/3 length on one side and 1/4 length on the other: https://tradbow.com/heterodyning-and-bowstring-silencers/

I used to also do that rhen went to l6/l10 and it blew the 1/3-1/4 outta the water. Granted it’s a longbow to start, but you hear the arrow and not the bow. Stupid silent.

 

[Beendare]

I currently use wool strands that I cut from my wife's knitting supplies, but haven't experimented. Keep in mind the concept of heterodyning with silencer placement: 1/3 length on one side and 1/4 length on the other: https://tradbow.com/heterodyning-and-bowstring-silencers/

I'm going to have to try that....does it work?

Edit; I see in the comments of your link many commenting...but almost no one has actually tried it.

 

[Stumpy208]

I bought a roll of wool yarn and used it to make a couple puff ball type silencers and they work pretty well. I've got nothing else to compare it to but it did quiet down my now a lot. I bought the roll for like 7 bucks at a hobby store. It'll make more than I'll probably end up using.

 

[Wellsdw]

So my wife and I have alpacas and I decided after having them sheared this year, I would attempt to make string silencers out of the raw fiber. (I was hoping I would finally find some usefulness out of these lawn llamas) so far I have struck out. I believe the fiber needs to be spun into yarn first. If anyone is interested in trying make some pm me. I’ll see about getting some fiber to you.

 

[Wrench]

Some podcast guys went crazy on string silencers and used a decibel measuring device among other tests. Dyneema String Silencers were deemed the best in terms of dampening/silencing/least amount of grains on the string and no water absorption.

That was done by trad lab on the Push podcast.

I switched to 1" long sections of paracord sheathing in 4 places. Last friday I shot at a 6x7 bull at 8 yards (hit a stick hidden in the fireweed) and the bull never jumped the string. He stopped at 16 yards for a second look. My bow was obviously quiet. I was shooting my 58@30# uukha irbis limbs which are pretty dang zippy....and the puffs did great.

They do attract the little velcro seeds though.

 

[Wrench]

Here's the para cord puffs installed.

 

[wytx]

Various types of wool and bison hair also, bison hair from the cow I took.
I got a bag of some kind of alpaca or something wool at at market one year, it was all about 3 inches long or so and works great with some stiffer bison hairs added in.

 

[SliverShooter]

I got tired of the ther furs, wool, beaver, fox, tail, ect….picking up every burr or sticker in the woods and went to my version of cat whiskers. I now use the rubber legs for tying flies, they are the same as cat whiskers, come in over a dozen colors, different diameters, and costs a lot less then buying them from an archery shop. One package is enough for a dozen strings.

Ya,ya ya, I know they are not natural, but then neither is the Fast flight string on my selfbow, nor the fiberglass and glue on most of your bows.

 

[Kdf22]

All I ever use is real wool yarn and make my ball silencer, one loop of wool yarn will last you a lifetime

 

[ScottinPA]

I was all in on rubber catwhiskers for years. Tried paracord sheath for a year. Now I'm using Dyneema rope. I got some braided rope and use 2" pcs. Each section cut from the rope yields 12 pcs, I use 5 pcs per side about 8" from string contact point.