Forged from Science and Stables: Does our Bow Hair Come from Real Pegasus Horses?
A widespread rumor claims Pegasus Bow Hair is drawn from the mane of a celestial horse — impervious to time, humidity, and broken hairs.
While we cannot comment on the mythological dimension to our bows, we can confirm that Pegasus Hair was at least partially born of a breakthrough in materials science — a new biocomposite bow hair engineered to reproduce the tactile and tonal subtleties of natural horsehair while surpassing it in strength, stability, and responsiveness.
Traditional bow hair, though cherished for centuries, is inherently inconsistent: each strand varies in diameter, density, and water absorption, resulting in tonal irregularities and frequent breakage. Pegasus Hair replaces this variability with a precision-engineered polymeric fiber that captures the same microscopic texture and energy behavior of horsehair while remaining dimensionally stable for decades.
Unlike conventional synthetics, Pegasus Hair is built from a modified nylon matrix whose surface is molecularly activated to emulate the polar chemistry of organic protein fibers. This unique polarity enables a natural bond with rosin — not through simple adhesion, but through controlled electrostatic and hydrogen-bond interactions. The result is a surface that grips the string dynamically, maintaining consistent friction and tone production across humidity and temperature extremes.
Musically, the advantage lies in the fiber’s vibrational response. Whereas horsehair dissipates a portion of string energy as internal damping, Pegasus Hair transmits and releases that energy with higher elasticity and lower hysteresis loss — producing a sensation of immediacy and projection often described as “livelier” or “more resonant.” This quality, combined with uniform strand geometry and exceptional tensile resilience, allows the Pegasus Bow to sustain tension, articulation, and tone color over years of performance without rehairing.
In essence, Pegasus Hair represents the first musically active polymer, designed not merely to imitate nature, but to refine it — preserving the feel and sound musicians love, while achieving a new standard of permanence and precision in the art of the bow.
And if you do meet a real Pegasus, we’d love a hair sample for continued research.
One Pound of Pegasus BioComposite regenerated horsehair
- Hair is impossible to break or stretch when playing.
- Easier to rehair than traditional horse hair; rehair process is the same.
- Looks and feels identical to traditional horse hair. Can be easily restored to new with cleaning.
- Identical to traditional horsehair in appearance and touch.
- Dramatically increased rosin uptake and hair grip; players have found the tone more consistent, more reliable and stronger.
- Pegasus Hair is a reinforced keratin biocomposite derived from horsehair; the enhanced mechanical properties of fortified horsehair result in zero stretching or breaking while playing and a characteristic firmness and clarity of tone.
- Pegasus Hair Is never bleached or dyed; traditional horsehair, however, is always washed with poisonous chemicals and bleached to remove urine, feces and other contaminants - part of why its so brittle and weak.
- Pegasus Hair is unaffected by moisture, humidity, and temperature; the hair does not expand in the summer or contract in the winter. Pegasus BioComp does not oxidize or attract finger oil.