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Yeomanbowman:
PM sent so as not to divert from the beautiful bow.

alanesq:

Excellent bow as always kviljo

I see you have not dared try a loop on your sidenock though ;-)

adb:

--- Quote from: alanesq on September 07, 2010, 05:05:28 pm ---
Excellent bow as always kviljo

I see you have not dared try a loop on your sidenock though ;-)


--- End quote ---
Speaking of which, does it weaken the string to bring it back through the loop, and then around the side nock? Also, are you using a timber hitch for the bottom nock? Thanks!

alanesq:
I have used the same noose on my sidenocks with no problem at all (upto 140lb bow)
I have only recently found out how to use a loop with my sidenocks and have been telling kviljo about it, hence my pulling his leg about it here ;-)

Kviljo:
Thanks!

I guess there's no risk in trying a regular loop on this bow either, but I want to try it on a not so expensive bow first.

The ultimate would be to try it on a yew bow with cow horn nocks glued with hide glue, together with a linnen or hemp string. It should be done some day :)


The synthetic strings are usually way stronger than they need to be, but a plant fiber string would definitely not like to be wrapped around the nock as on my bow. Fairly good point. I'm sure they would have found a way around the problem if they really wanted a self-tightening loop, but why bother if a regular loop works and saves string material?

Challenge taken! This should be a goal for bow B, hehe :)

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