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Aosda:
I decided to try self nocks on this cane material I found.  Unfortunately, I didn't have a node where my nock would be.  So I wrapped it with rawhide.  Has anyone else used this method?  Is there a better way to get self nocks when there is not a node to reinforce the end of the shaft?

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Cromm:
You can cut a bit of cane/bamboo and plug the end of the nock??

madcrow:
Hardwood dowels work good too.  SInew will lay flatter than rawhide.

Aosda:
I don't have any sinew, a friend gave me a deer butt hide that I turned into rawhide.  Would the insert have to be as long as the cane section, or just 1/2" or so?

Hillbilly:
You can glue in a plug about an inch long, bamboo skewers fit in most cane shafts. I always wrap self nocks anyway, thread, sinew, anything works. I've cut several in just like yours with no problems.

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