Origin of Flemish Twist Strings

8ptbuk · Post by **8ptbuk** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:24 pm

Does anybody know where the design of the Flemish String came from ? Native Americans ? Europeans ? Was just wondering , Thanks .

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:28 pm

I really never tried to find out but its hundreds of yrs old style. Heck maybe the Mongolians did it when they made up the 1st crossbows. I do knowed the oldest dated crossbows came from China & were dated as fer back as 771 BC.

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:57 pm

Europe, likely Belgium (guessing).

Solid19xX · Post by **Solid19xX** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:10 pm

Hum interesting...

Dash · Post by **Dash** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:16 am

I agree with Boo, Europe, hence the name "Flemish" string.
The ones I saw around Europe looked damn crude compared to the fine looking versions we see today.
I went to a lot of medieval museums and exhibitions around mainland Europe and Scandinavia. Saw some interesting variations of crossbows that shoot rocks, steel balls, metal rods, and some that shot bolts the size of fence posts at you

It was the use of steel as the prod that allowed them to produce these ridiculous poundage weapons. The names change depending on the country your in, but essentially they are all different variations of the same animal.
It was seeing all this that got me back into the game when I got home.
Luckily for us, string materials have moved light years ahead now.

flightattendant100 · Post by **flightattendant100** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:21 am

Native Americans made cordage much the same way. Long string or rope out of short pieces of sinew or plant fiber.Opposing twists kept from unraveling.

strum · Post by **strum** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:31 am

Don and Mike are pretty old..i thought they invented them

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:38 am

strum wrote:Don and Mike are pretty old..i thought they invented them

yup older than dirt & watched dinosaurs grow from tadpoles. Maybe the Flemish ppl. (Dutch) were the ones who made that style of string

8ptbuk · Post by **8ptbuk** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:13 am

Lol ! I figured that was coming ! Thanks for everyone's reply !

cdn.redneck · Post by **cdn.redneck** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:55 pm

probably from a city guy
wow!..... that's flemish style

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