# Silk strings **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [December 25, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460 "2013-12-25T23:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hammy98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@hammy98](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hammy98)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/1 "2013-12-25T23:56:59Z")
Is anyone interested in silk strings? Has anyone used silk strings? I think it would be cool, and if there was an interest, I think it could be an amazing idea. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/2 "2013-12-26T01:00:54Z")
Have you tired to make some? ---
**Author:** ![hammy98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@hammy98](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hammy98)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/3 "2013-12-26T01:19:35Z")
Not yet, but I plan to. Buying some silk soon ---
**Author:** ![jbritter3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jbritter3/32/1265_2.png) [@jbritter3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jbritter3)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/4 "2013-12-26T01:20:56Z")
If u could pull it off I think it’d be really cool. ---
**Author:** ![SaltySalvador](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/saltysalvador/32/1187_2.png) [@SaltySalvador](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SaltySalvador)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/5 "2013-12-26T01:26:29Z")
Not sure what to expect from such string. ---
**Author:** ![jbritter3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jbritter3/32/1265_2.png) [@jbritter3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jbritter3)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/6 "2013-12-26T02:06:38Z")
The only thing to really expect is really soft strings lol. ---
**Author:** ![LEDGERYOYO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ledgeryoyo/32/1262_2.png) [@LEDGERYOYO](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LEDGERYOYO)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/7 "2013-12-26T02:51:08Z")
Didn’t big yoyo strings try this? Unless that was just the name… . ---
**Author:** ![hammy98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@hammy98](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hammy98)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/8 "2013-12-26T03:04:19Z")
I think it was the name, but I do not actually know. To my knowledge, silk is a fairly unused thread for strings, so I wanted to try it. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonegs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@Dragonegs](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dragonegs)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/9 "2013-12-26T03:06:43Z")
I just think it will break easyily ---
**Author:** ![hammy98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@hammy98](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hammy98)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/10 "2013-12-26T03:34:21Z")
To my knowledge, silk is fairly strong, but not near as strong as kevlar, and threads of that nature, though it is also natural… This is the main reason I want to try it myself, because if it is really durable, I could make a super string (figuratively of course) that lasts a really long time. That is the goal at least 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SaltySalvador](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/saltysalvador/32/1187_2.png) [@SaltySalvador](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SaltySalvador)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/11 "2013-12-26T03:49:33Z")
What about using Spider silk? Just the novelty of it would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Raptor\_T](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/raptor_t/32/111715_2.png) [@Raptor\_T](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raptor_T)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/12 "2013-12-26T04:14:06Z")
I would expect it to be… well, silky smooth. If it does work well, I plan to get some. ---
**Author:** ![hammy98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@hammy98](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hammy98)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/13 "2013-12-26T04:24:20Z")
> [@Raptor\_T](#): > > I would expect it to be… well, silky smooth. If it does work well, I plan to get some. On the note of price, silk is quite expensive, and when I try them, and decide I have gotten them just the way I want, we can possibly talk price 😛 ---
**Author:** ![888victini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/888victini/32/1435_2.png) [@888victini](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/888victini)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/14 "2013-12-26T21:45:56Z")
I was also going to try it out 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Adam\_Brewster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adam_brewster/32/644_2.png) [@Adam\_Brewster](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Adam_Brewster)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/15 "2013-12-26T22:28:52Z")
might just be me… but I anticipate that because it is so soft, it will “compress” quite a lot when squeezed or if any pressure is place on it - which I’d anticipate meaning it will cut into your skin like a mothernutterbutter string burn for dayyyysssss ---
**Author:** ![Casey888](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Casey888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Casey888)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/16 "2013-12-26T22:55:41Z")
> [@Adam\_Brewster](#): > > might just be me… but I anticipate that because it is so soft, it will “compress” quite a lot when squeezed or if any pressure is place on it - which I’d anticipate meaning it will cut into your skin like a mothernutterbutter > > string burn for dayyyysssss Thisss ^^ I would anticipate it to whip really fast… ---
**Author:** ![Newbies\_United](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/newbies_united/32/440_2.png) [@Newbies\_United](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Newbies_United)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/17 "2013-12-26T23:05:37Z")
> [@Adam\_Brewster](#): > > might just be me… but I anticipate that because it is so soft, it will “compress” quite a lot when squeezed or if any pressure is place on it - which I’d anticipate meaning it will cut into your skin like a mothernutterbutter > > string burn for dayyyysssss Yep, I’ve made them and they’re not worth it. Hurts to use, whips a lot, extremely expensive to make. ---
**Author:** ![Adam\_Brewster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adam_brewster/32/644_2.png) [@Adam\_Brewster](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Adam_Brewster)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/18 "2013-12-27T15:48:17Z")
what someone needs to do is make strings out of jersey fabric. that’s the kind of softness you want… ---
**Author:** ![Nemyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nemyo/32/14407_2.png) [@Nemyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nemyo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silk-strings/62460/19 "2013-12-28T01:05:15Z")
> [@Adam\_Brewster](#): > > what someone needs to do is make strings out of jersey fabric. > > that’s the kind of softness you want… yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssss omggggg