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Originally Posted by addo  If you are right handed all twists in string and serving should turn clockwise .  I was wondering the same thing 2 months ago so i done a bit of testing.I used 4 different factory made,shot in 64 1/2" long,16 strand D75 strings.All centre servings were wound on to suit a string that has the top loop twisted clockwise(what most think is for a right hander) All strings worked fine for whole sessions of shooting
When i turned the top loop anti clockwise the centre serving did start to work loose a very small amount over a few sessions BUT my sightmarks were a lot better.I think this was because the strings were a 1/4" longer,thus reducing my bracing height and improving the tune of my bow.To get the same bracing height clockwise i,ve only ever been able to get 8-12 twists in these strings.Having so few twists affected tune negatively.I,ve come to the conclusion that all factory made strings for a 68" recurve bow are made for right handed archers and that they are all too short. 
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Are you saying that twisting the string clockwise makes the string shorter than twisting the string the same number of turns anticlockwise starting from an untwisted string? That just sounds SO wrong.
Or are you saying that 10 turns anticlockwise on a string with 30 clockwise turns already in it makes the string longer? That stands to reason: 30 clockwise turns, 10 turns anticlockwise leaves 20 clockwise twists, less twists in string, longer string.
Sure if you twist the string against the direction of the servings the serving will come undone. We already established that on the grounds that you are effectively unwinding the serving.
Sure dropping your bracing height will improve your sight marks. Youve lengthened the power stroke of your bow. 28" draw length from a 9" bracing height =19" of actual draw. 28" draw length from an 8" bracing height = 20" of actual draw. The energy stored in the bow is a function of the actual draw distance, qed the longer the actual draw, the more power.
Presuming you have improved the tune (or not made it worse) you may have reduced contact between the arrow and bow improving the efficiency too
I still maintain that it makes no appreciable difference whether one is left or right handed as to whether one should twist the string clockwise or anti.
It sounds like one of those things they do to apprentices. You know, being sent to get a "long stand" or a "glass hammer" or a "sky hook" or a "left handed screwdriver".
I sometimes send novices to the equipment container to fetch "left handed arrows"
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all our arrows are fletched straight by the way
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