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Obtaining horn nocks
The Gopher:
i've just made the switch from plastic nocks to selfnocks. the last arrows i made were from 5/16 poplar dowels with an 1/8 thick rienforcement of purpleheart. i'll never use a plastic nock again. self nocks are the way to go.
daniel:
zenBowyer wrote: "I would like to get multiple reports on the performance of nock material"
I've been making solid nocks out of buffalo horn, various hardwoods (pink ivory, ebony, grenadillo, snakewood) and recently camel bone. All materials work very well and it's more about personal taste and availability than reliability of materials used. Just make sure that string groove isn't to thight.
kayakfisher:
The problem with technology is that it changes that ,that doesn't need to be changed. Our ancestors used self knocks long before the other stuff.
stickbender:
ZenBowyer, just make your nock a little above a node. Or you can do like they said, and wrap it just below the nock, or you could put a small strip of raw hide, in the bottom of the nock groove, and glue it, and or wrap it down around just below the bottom of the nock, or put a small dowel, or bamboo skewer in the hole, and glue it in. Many ways to add insurance, if you are not confident of a bamboo self nock. ;)
Wayne
ZanderPommo:
yes, im a bit ashamed to admit that i was the one who organized the big group buy a while back.
not only many delays and MANY miss-shipments but i was very unhappy with the quality of the horn and bone nocks
the delays and miss-shipments delayed the process over 2 months by the way
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