How to String and Unstring your Recurve Bow tutorial 

1 tip From a 68-year-old-guy who grew up shooting a recurve bow: be careful you don't twist the bow on its axis (i.e., left or right) while bending it across your leg. Doing so can cause the laminate to pull apart and ruin your bow (lesson learned at age 15).

Hey, I'm not cheap, I'm Poor :-)

Just bought my husband a bow and we couldn’t figure out how to string it. This was a life saver

Just said to myself "This guys a f***ing genius!" GREAT TIP! THANKS!

The stringing is done with ease according to this method, and I don't feel that the bow is being stressed. There is no lateral pressure applied to the bow at any time, and the limb is bent no more than when it is drawn. The PSE Kingfisher is a very sturdy bow, with a very strong magnesium riser and fibreglass limbs. I wouldn't be able to warp the bow if I wanted to. It might warp weaker bows, especially ones with narrow limbs, I don't know. If someone could present evidence of bow warping, I would be keen to see it.

13 years later and you are still helping out. Thank you, Scott!!

Its been nearly a decade since i had a working recurve bow. Im in my mid twenties and only just received a new one as a gift. I was ecstatic but had forgotten how to string a bow in this way, because my only working bow was a compound. Thank you because this helps immensely, while i was a bit trepidatious at first due to the fear of snapping the limbs, i was able to string it with a fair amount of ease. Once again, thank you for the short but very helpful lesson.

I was taught that you have to be careful with this method and pay close attention to where you're putting the pressure on the limbs, but it's still a valid and pretty easy method. You can't really damage a good bow unless you apply the force improperly (hence the being careful part) and are putting too much force into it. I actually can't use a stringer, though I have one; I lack the pure arm strength to pull the bow straight up, even with a dinky 25-pounder. Basic human physics, it's easier to push than to pull, and easier to pull horizontally or down than up, which is why levers and pulleys exist. But yeah, still be careful doing this! One of the reasons for doing it farther forward is to better control the force applied and limit torque.

Traditional archer advise this is much safer than using bow stringer! Problem is they are not happy with this you have to buy something for your bow!

9 years later, and you're still a hero haha. Much thanks from Brazil.

I cannot thank you enough, I've been trying to wrap my head around this for an hour now. I can finally enjoy my bow!

I just got my first bow ever and could not for the life of me figure out how to string it. this was super helpful, but I for see me using a bow stringer in the future.

Thanks, I may invest in a bow stringer, but I like to do the work myself and now that I have a proper recurve this is so useful. I learned how to do this today but since I am quite weak your 2 tips are very helpful!

Thank you for the help man, you saved my bow....and my patience lol

Bro thanks a lot cause I thought the bow would snap but it didn’t and I got 7 bullseyes

49 year old disabled person here. I got my brand new 50# 62 inch Samick Sage strung on the first try with this. Thank you!

10 years later and you are still helping out. Thank you, Scott!!

thanks sir I am archery national player from india 😊

Anyone who sees this trust this man’s video. I have a 50lb recurve bow and I was able to get string on with ease with this tip. Took me no less then 10 seconds to get on

closer to yor body means there is less of a moment on your arms (greater resistance). shortening gives your arms more power by reducing the leverage against them. GREAT TIP.

happy camper! THANKS for the excellent tip I couldn't do it without it ...the stringer method is no good for me. The way he shows here, uses gravity/leverage and is easy to do, when you get it just right ....

Just got my first longbow and was clueless as to stringing it. Tremendous help Scott, thanks.

Thanks man very helpful I made a bet with my friend and I got a new recurve normally I have compound so this was helpful

Cheers, this helped alot! (the unstringing step is important if you put the string on upside down like i did!)

Thanks! This helped me 3 years ago AND right now when I forgot how to do it!!! Super simple video tutorial put to use! Thanks again!

Tried your tip albeit lefty. Still not strong enough to fit the string so I’ll have resort to my stringer and try not to break my back

Thank you for the video it was easy to string my 50 pound bow.👍

Thanks! 59 and just strung my first bow, just like that!

Oh heck yes thank you I just strung my first bow as a weak lil lady c:

8 years later and thank you the gift that keeps giving

Very cool 😎, get a bow stretcher for everyday use though.

Awesome tip man thank you. I'm not trying to buy more gadgets....this is super simple and it works. Thank you

Thanks mate that was mad advice ,worked really well ,thanks bro

Thank you very helpful

This approach worked really well but I swapped it up since I'm right handed. Much appreciate it!

thanks Scott tried it with my 60 pound, got it second try

I hear ya, I was freaking out as well until I finally figured it out. Have fun!

Thanks for the help, I couldn't figure it out

short and sweet, no BS, thanks.

thank you so much bro now i don’t have to buy the thing that help to but the string on.❤ btw if someone is reading this and is a pro on bow can i use my raw hand to pull the bow string because it kinda hurt when i pull it back my bow is 40lbs

Thank you Scott ; Good Stuff ; It Helped me ! 🙂 Greatly Appreciated.

Had to watch this cause I always had my dad do it for me when I was a kid

Thank you my gud man

Good video. Very helpful and easy.

man, that tip about bringing the bow closer to your body made things so much easier. thank you!

Thank You!!! I've got a 64" 50lb Bow and no bow stringer, but couldn't get the bleeping thing strung until 30 seconds ago! You just made my month :D

I am sorry, but this is an old method. Old Ben would have a heart attack. Use a stringer for safety, and save a twisted limb.

managed to string my first bow thanks dude

Thank you very much! I strung it with a stringer but could not get it unstrung, you saved me! ✌💛

Sweet only took few seconds to string thanks to this

No, no, no! This is not the way. Great chance to twist the limbs . Stop! Get a "stringer

Very easy trick to string my bow! It work in under a minute! Thanks for sharing

Thanks, you took a lot of the craziness others have told me and made it simple. I'm a beginner with a 35# and simple for me is best and this is very easy. I just want to shoot some targets

God bless you ;Thanks for sharing

It did help thank you sir, i was craping my life out of my ass trying to bend the damn stick

Thank you this video saved me so much time 😀

That's brilliant thank you very much less than 2 minutes clip, simple instructions, first time I've ever held a bow in my life and I had it done in less than 1-minute. Most of the videos were at least 5 minutes long. BOOORRIIINNG.

Thank you kindly for the tip good sir

Than you do much!!! Very helpful!!!!😁

Very helpful, thank you. I really didnt want to spend $70 on a stringer... arrows are already expensive

Brilliant, you saved me some time and probably a few smacks from the bow lol

Thanks so much got it 😊 it worked

Best video ever....easy and sensible. Thank you for posting it.

Excellent tip thank you.

i bought a bow that came with no instructions! i’ve been trying for 20 minutes to string this myself, and after watching 1 minute of this video, I successfully did it first try 🎉 Thank you so much!!!

It worked great I just had to reverse it and go with my left leg through.

this was awesome! just bought my first bow and this helped immensely, thank you.

thanks ...short ...sweet...informative....

Man I always come back to your excellent video to help.

Just spend the 20 dollars and get a bow stringer. Selway has great ones

Thank you, very helpful 😊

This helped me so much thank you very much, I just got into bows so I needed something simple and easy to understand like this.

Very helpful. Thank you.

Thanks for that ...I had forgotten how to do it

Great video! Thank you! Very good explained. Helped alot.

Nice one! That worked a treat :)

Awesome, thank you.

WoW 🤯 easiest way ever, thank you so much 🙏🏽

Thank you, i thought almost that my bday present for my girlfriend was a failure cause i forgot to buy the stringer, thanks for your simple method! I will buy a stringer but for now this werw really helpful so my girlfriend could try it out!

Thaaaaaank you my guy

This really helped thanks

Thanks for the tip pal.

Thanks Scott, I just strung and unstrung my first bow ever.

Hi, is this method possible and safe for a beginner? Thank you!!

Thank so much. I'm no strong kid and I just bought my first bow (40lbs) I tried other technique but they didn't work thanks

Thank you so much. Good trick so easy to do this way.

Just get a stringer. I got mine for 14 bucks at my local bow shop.

ty. that was perfect

Dude thanks, I was having trouble. Thus was helpful

Thanks for this awesome video, am using a 70" recurve that i am planning on taking with me on holiday but needs to be taken down for ease of transport, this made it easy and was my 1st time unstringing and restringing my recurve and took no effort at all.

Genius! Thanks so much brother!

Big help. Thanks

Hands down the best advice I’ve seen

Thank you much show how do this

Excellent. Thank you.

And I'm struggling all the time....

Thanks so much. A super useful tip.

Real good trick worked perfectly for me

Thanks for this!

Extremely helpful. Many thanks!