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some horn nocks

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Purbeck:
Excelent nocks AM!

How do you shape the holes for the bow?

What are all those woods in the bows????

Ed

african man:
Purbeck  thanks, I will be doing a bit of a " build along " on nocks  this week so I'll put all of the info on how I do it there....... (I use a ground down spade bit)
The wood in those bows are African Iron wood, assagi, Purple hart, Hickory, Bamboo flooring but I'm nearly onto useing only african indigenous woods ..... :-\ :-\ :-\

Xris

Purbeck:
AM

Looking forward to the nockalong. What native horn makes the best nocks out there?

Ed

african man:
Purbeck  The Kudu and Nyala give a nice two tone colour, but very occasionally you will find delamination happening. Wilde Beese , Bless buck, Impala, Sable give a black horn, which I personly like. I suppose they are all good 

Chris

Fletcher the Arrow Maker:
I have been a long time in traditinal and primitive archery, but just registered to this site.  My need right now is for a set of horn bow nocks for a longbow I am making for a customer.  He really wants whit, mottled white or even brown - not the Indonesian black water buffalo.

Does anyone on this site make such a thing for sale or know where I can look?

Thanks
 John Fredenberg

aka Fletcher the Arrow Maker or Fletch (Mountain Man name)

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