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Obtaining horn nocks
mullet:
Zen, All I can say is Nock yourself out(pun intended). I'm just speaking from experiance and it sounds like you don't know a lot about the strengths of bamboo or wooden self nocks wrapped below with sinew or thread. I've never had a boo or wood nock break. I have had horn, bone and plastic break. Ask PatB, he saw two plastic nocks break, shooting an osage bow in one day. It hurts like hell.
zeNBowyer:
Yes I am new to bamboo arrows, I'm not questioning the strength of bamboo, the strength and quality of bamboo is why I am trying them, but the force on a nock is tremendouse, this is one reason why other materials are used for nocks instead of just filing a slot on wooden arrows, to prevent breakage/damage/injury, most suppliers I see are selling hardwood dowels to provide a dense strong material for cutting nocks, I have worked with horn which is much more dense and harder than wood, I'm wondering if the problems you have had with horn is the material shattering or the epoxy failing;
David McKnight you work with bamboo-could you give us your opinion on nock materials for bamboo?
And thanxs for the opinions already expressed, I would like to get multiple reports on the performance of nock material,
ZeNBowyer
boo:
Id stay away from the horn nocks. Ive used them for the first time this year and out of the dozen i have, seven have broke. After further inspection i found three of the five remaining nocks had cracks in them and easily broke with a little side pressure from my thumb nail. It sucks to dry fire your bow. If you want to, you can use a 1/8'' drill bit to drill out each end of the arrow, then glue in a 1/8 '' dowel. I glue in about 1.5 inches of dowel on each end, but its not necessary at all. The cane or boo arrow can handle it alone.
ZanderPommo:
i too have been having trouble with horn nocks easily splitting, and bone nocks chipping
sinew and hide glue add extreme strength to the nock, bamboo is tough, but splits easily, this reinforcement solves the problem 100%
JMHO
knightd:
I have made a few cane arrows with horn nocks.. I will not make any more with them.. The horn and bone nocks are prone to spliting.. It isnt worth risking breaking a bow on a dry fire because of the knock.. I have never had a self nock on a cane arrow break from shooting it..
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