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nathan elliot:
My apologies if it has been asked before, but why are there two groves on the knocks of some of the warbows I have seen?

Nathan

Yeomanbowman:
Nathan,
The second groove is for a stringer or bastard string as it was traditionally called in England.  Warbows are quite hard to string push/pull style, especially if you dont have long arms and a stringer is a safer option.  There are step-though methods but if not done just right can damage the bow.

nathan elliot:
Thanks Yeomanbowman, I am trying for a 100# ash longbow and have been wondering about horn knocks. It had also crossed my mind that stringing it could be fun. I have two great looking Yew stave's in my cellar waiting to become bows I wanna give the whole thing a few dry runs in ash to get my head around all the details first.

This is a 55# ash I have been working on trying for the compass tiller.


Just a wee bit to go on the outer section of the left limb.

Thanks again for the info.

Nathan.

Yeomanbowman:
Nathan,
If you are going to make a warbow then you will need a pulley on your tiller.  English ash is usually better than American white ash which often has a lot of balsa like early growth.  Both should cope with 100lbs fine if well enough.  The current one looks promising.
Have a look at Alanesq website for excellent info on just such a bow.

nickf:
I recommend the african way of stringing:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZxalsYjjMQ8/R97Voov0dyI/AAAAAAAACWo/t5bVhUal5xE/s400/Boeatsa,%2Bstringing%2Bhis%2Bbow.jpg

that's how I strng bows. But If you have a long lower horn nock, it's very likely to break off. So it's recommended to use a stringer instead. Myself, I would just make the lower horn nock pretty short. But I haven't made hornnocks, even though I will soon.

Nck

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