Best Bowstring for Beginners- Flemish Twist Single Loop for a Longbow. How to make a bowstring.

Although I am a novice in all things archery, people ask me many questions. Jasper asked if I could show him how to make a bowstring. So I demonstrate the simplest method I know - a single loop Flemish twist. I use Dacron B (Amazon link below) to make my two-ply 16 strand bowstring to be fitted to an 86lb triple laminate longbow (with a bowyer's knot plus a stopper knot to avoid it slipping). I like to make my strings so that I can use them as tillering strings or use them on bows of similar weights and lengths so I make it a generous length cutting the strands 20 inches longer than the nock to nock length of the bow. I use a bowyer's knot to secure the string to one of the knocks, the loop sliding up the bow limb and slid over the other knock when braced. I complete the string and brace the bow, allowing the string stretch before serving.