| From: Rooty
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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Vs 24 Bloodline Brave.
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| From: Rick Barbee
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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Phil, I have used both, and like both, but I get a little better performance from the Bloodline.
However, the MercuryII is very user friendly for doing flemish.
The Bloodline (due to the very slick coating) is difficult to do flemish with. I don't recommend it for that, unless you have a lot of patience.
Rick
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| From: Corax_latrans
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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So if it’s fiddly and demands patience…. Hmmmm….. For those of us who buy our strings made to order, it sounds like the cost is going to increase a lot more than the performance…. I’m still trying to twist up a good Dacron string for my old Hunter. :)
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| From: BEARMAN
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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I have some Mercury 2, I haven’t made a string for it yet. I’d like to
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| From: Phil Magistro
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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Thanks Rick. Is Bloodline your favorite string material?
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| From: Rooty
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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At a glance I am sure 10 strands will do like Rhino did. I'll see on performance. One plus is I don't have count as high.
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| From: Rooty
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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On the 4 post. No I didn't loose count this is the splice end for the green.
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| From: Rooty
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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I am still doing bare strands on the loop for a Bear
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| From: Rick Barbee
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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You're welcome Phil, and yes it is.
It's tricky to work with when building flemish strings, but since I only build strings for myself these days, and no more often than I need a string, it's worth the effort for the quality of string it yields.
If I were using it to build for the market, I would only build endless loop.
Rick
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| From: Rooty
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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Dummy me can't count made 24 M2
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| From: Corax_latrans
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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Just keep it in your trunk in case you need to get your car pulled out of a ditch!!
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| From: Tater
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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Rick, just curious did you try waxing the bloodline bundles before twisting it up?
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| From: Rick Barbee
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| Date: 18-Apr-24 |
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[[[ "Rick, just curious did you try waxing the bloodline bundles before twisting it up?" ]]]
Of course.
But, that coating is some very VERY slick stuff.
I absolutely must remove the coating from the splice/loop portion of the strands before the waxing, or the wax will not stick, and my splices will slip.
I remove the coating with acetone, then "HOT" wax, so that the wax really gets down into the fiber.
Even then, I have to be careful to not transfer coating from the main body back onto the splice area during twist up.
When I'm done, I have a string that only has the coating in the main body area.
Rick
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| From: Rooty
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| Date: 19-Apr-24 |
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Very similar now.
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| From: Rooty
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| Date: 19-Apr-24 |
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After serving m2 is a wee whisker thicker.
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| From: Rick Barbee
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| Date: 19-Apr-24 |
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I thought that first one looked awful fat for 12 strands of M2.
Rick
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| From: Rooty
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| Date: 22-Apr-24 |
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Results are in. Bloodline is faster, feels better and I think quieter for endless.
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| From: Rooty
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| Date: 22-Apr-24 |
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New Bear test limbs just in. Bare strands loops Bloodline Brave 99. 4fps faster than M2.
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| From: Rooty
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| Date: 22-Apr-24 |
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If I went back to Flemish I would choose M2.
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