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Fig (LOOP ready whipped To put)

17. THE LOOP. ready whipped. To put on a string, place the eye over the upper end of the bow, seeing that it is free from kinks, and push it down about six inches. To make the timber hitch with which it is fastened at the bottom, take a turn of the end round the string, and twist it three times round the loop (Fig. 17). The string requires (in order to assist the loose and to protect it should it strike the bracer, which it should never do) to be served or whipped with carpet thread for about two inches above the nocking point and five inches below it. To put this lapping on, string the bow, find the nocking point as before explained, and mark the string two inches above it. Wax the string well for seven inches below the mark, and place the bow, string upwards, on the knees.

Lay half an inch of the thread along the string, and wrap the thread tightly round the end and string, till the waxed part is nearly lapped. Now take five or six turns of the thread round the string, in the reverse