Author: Kristine Konrad

HOW TO STRING A BOW WITH A BOW-STRINGER

THE BOW - For this we will assume that we are stringing a recurve bow.
	The bowstring has two ends, each having an end loop. Place the bowstring on the bow
	so that one end-loop slides freely along the unsecured limb of the bow
            near one end of the bow, the unsecured end, and the other end loop is secured in a groove 
	at the other end of the bow, and the bowstring is stretched straight 
	along the bow. The Free-Loop is now at the Free-Loop-End of the bow, 
	the Unsecured-End, while at the other end, bowstring is secured at the Secured-End.

ALIGN THE BOW - Hold the bow in one hand, horizontally, with the face of the bow facing down,
	and with the bowstring running along the length of the bow, from the Secured-end
	to the Free-Loop-end
	
PLACE THE BOW STRINGER - Insert one end-loop of the bow-stringer over each end of the bow,
  	so that one loop is near the Secured-End of the bowstring, and the other is near the
	Free-Loop-End, but with the Free-Loop-End nearer to the Unsecured-End of the bow.

GET INTO POSITION - Lower the bow, held horizontally, so that the bowstringer rope is on the ground.
	Then, place your feet, spread wide apart, onto the bowstringer. 

PULL UPWARDS ON THE BOW HANDLE - Now pull upwards on the bow handle.
	You should notice that the ends of the bow move closer together, and that the 
	bowstring hangs downward between the loops of the bow-stringer.
	With your free hand, grasp the Free-Loop-End of the bowstring, and slide it
	toward and into the notch in the Unsecured-End of the bow.

RELEASE THE UPWARD PULL ON THE BOW HANDLE - Now slowly release the upward pull on the
	bowhandle. The bowstring should now be secured at both ends of the bow.

REMOVE THE BOW-STRINGER - Now remove the bow-stringer from the bow.

TEST THE BOW -   Test it by pulling lightly on the bowstring, several times, so that the bowstring 
	moves away from the Brace Height, and then back to the Brace Height.
	(When strung, the bowstring is not aligned along the limbs of the bow, but is aligned 
	along a straight line from the ends of the bow, and at a distance from the handle called the Brace Height.)

This completes The stringing of the bow with the bow-stringer.

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