I have restrung a few kendamas by now, and I’m having a slight problem. I’ve heard of the rule that you should be able to fit two or three fingers in the string below the cups when hanging, and that doesn’t seem to work for me. I only cut off maybe one fourth of an inch, and maybe another third just from excess when tying the knots. When I try the finger test though and put two fingers in the string, it always comes out level with the base cup instead of below. I am doing something wrong, or…?
EDIT: Oh, and I’m using the extra string that came with my Sweets kendamas, if that helps any.
Sadly the string that comes from Sweets tends to be quite short, this is probably the problem. I’m not sure why this is, but I would stay away from their strings for awhile, till’ they fix the problem (if they even do). In the mean time you can try buying string from KenUSA, I’ve heard their string are long and nice, and a lot more consistent than Sweets.
You just replace them when they break, which isn’t that often (as far as I know; I’m also new to the game). It broke for me because of an unfortunate event with a vacuum.
Thats good to know I can’t wait I’m planning on buying a Sweets aTack this week! Sweets is suppose to have some “Premium” Strings dropping this week so hopefully they are longer.
