Yarn Bowstring Silencers

This instructable will show you how to make string silencers out of synthetic wool yarn! It is an effective and inexpensive addition to any archery rig. 

I own a Samick Sage 3-piece takedown bow, and I love it! however, because it is a takedown bow (meaning it comes apart into several pieces) it has some extra buzzing when I shoot it from full draw, and I wanted to make it stealthy quiet. Also, this could be used to silence any type of traditional bow, not just a recurve!

This is my first instrucable, so I'll take any kind of feedback!
Lets get started

Step 1: Materials

Materials you will need:
-Yarn
-Ruler
-Scissors
-a light colored marker or grease pencil
-2 Twist ties

I managed to find a camo colored yarn at wal-mart, and it looks pretty cool on my bow. You can use any color yarn you'd like, and I'm sure you could use 100% real wool yarn if you can find it. It would probably work even better!

Comments

[rstämpfli]

cheers brother! That was a fun little excersise - I have a Martin Jaguar TD recurve thats mostly black - so raiding the wife's knitting bag for black yarn as well as some mottled blue looked really cool together on the bowstring!

Another cheap n easy tip for hushing these things up a bit is to get some of that stick on velcro tape- use the softer, fuzzy 'female' part and tape it to the ends of your bow's limbs so when you send an arrow away the string doesn't slap the the limb as hard - it's supposed to increase the life of the limb as well as quietening your shot.

bit of stick on felt to the shelf (if you aren't using a rest) will kill any noise of tapping the arrow against it when moving with a knocked arrow too

- again, thank you!

[joey99]

how do they silence the bow?

[radagast]

They silence the bow by absorbing extra vibration from the string after the arrow has been fired. You will notice an immediate decrease in vibration and noise.

[joey99]

o cool. i dont have a bow though. what recurve ones do u recommend(under 100)?

[radagast]

http://www.3riversarchery.com/Bows+Youth++Polaris+Recurve+Bow_c44_s94_p0_i2401X_product.html

[Mr.1911]

3Rivers is my favorite. I have a takedown myself and am about to make these. I made my own bow string with some 50# dacron and fly tying thread, I think that I may post an instructable on it. Let me know what you think. Anyway, I really like this idea! Store bought silencers can be expensive. How much does this silence the bow?

[radagast]

I'll tell ya, these do the trick. my TD recurve was really noisy and the string would buzz against the limbs and the string itself would make a twang. With these silencers on it, all you hear is the 'woosh' of the arrow, puts a grin on my face every time haha. I'm looking forward to your instructable, id love to make another string for my longbow.

[Mr.1911]

Sounds good, I can't wait to make one. I'll see what I can do about that ible

[Mr.1911]

Hey radagast, I'm working on that instructable right now! I should publish it soon.

[joey99]

cool i will have to save up