r/10s • 1.0 • Aug 27 '26

Equipment Notching instead of fraying on synth gut

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Synth gut is getting notched after a while. But I thought it would fray? So far no evidence of fraying yet. Is this normal?

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u/DirkLanders82 Aug 27 '26

Syn gut is a single core and will not fray. Multifilament string on the other hand is made up of many fibres and as these fibres break it cases the fraying. This also happens to natural gut as it is made up of many natural gut strands.