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african man:
Here are some horn nocks I am making and some I've made
I will do a "nock along" with the next bow I'm doing as I have two ELBs on the go at the moment


some big war bow nocks


some that I'm busy with at the moment


top bow 60# @ 28"
middle bow  95# @ 32"
bottom bow  45# @ 28"


nocks on the 45# ELB  and one with the stringer on




Chris

Timo:
Very nice work!

Pat B:
African Man, this will be very helpful to me and others. I know from my own experience, that horn nocks are as complicated to shape and fit properly as the bows are to make. A build along building and fitting suggestions will go a long way to helping me with horn nocks and I'm sure others will benefit too!
  Thanks! 8)

triton:
Nice nocks Chris. what sort of beastie do they come from?

Making them on a mandrel (piece of scrap wood made to fit the hole) makes them a lot easier to carve, I find.

african man:
Thanks guys

PatB....give me a few days and I'll post once I've done them....(trying a new belly wood, hope it holds out...  :-\  and I have a bow to put them on....)

Triumph + norton = triton.... ;)
The horns in the photo are  Nyala and Kudu they are the black and white ones , Wilde bees (wild cow) they are the black ones.  I use a mandrill for some of the shaping, (saves the fingers getting ground on the belt sander) but most of it I just "do by hand"

Xris

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