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Loki:
Hi Alanesq,glad you found us ;D.
Does your new Bow have the same style nocks as your 90lber?
Stonedog:
This is shaping up to be a great new forum!
It must be fashionable....its drawing the finest of people!! (to quote Steven the Irishman)
Looks like Steve and those English boys know what its all about! Make a few bows, shoot a few arrows and then enjoy a few pints!
alanesq:
--- Quote from: Loki on May 09, 2007, 11:34:30 am ---Hi Alanesq,glad you found us ;D.
Does your new Bow have the same style nocks as your 90lber?
--- End quote ---
No, Steve was finding that at this weight the wood just wouldn't take it
but I then found a place selling fake horn (used for wood turning) so I bought some of this and sent it to Steve to try, so it now has nocks made of this
We have no idea if its up to the job but it looks the part. My first few short draw shots broke off some small bits around the edge so at the moment I am not confident, but we will soon see ???
I am still shooting it in so I have not yet loosed any arrows at 32" but I have discovered that arrows shot at 26" draw on this bow go further in the boss than 32" drawn arrows from my 90lb bow !
If this fails Steve can get hold of some naturally shed goat horn which could be used but I am hoping this fake stuff will be ok as then my horn problems are over (and its not often a man can say that ;-)
Of course if the current nocks fail myself and the bow could be no more, so I am keeping a close eye on it !
Loki:
you'll have to post a pic of the fake horn,what is it,some type of resin?
That is,if they dont fail and kill you ;D.
alanesq:
My camera is terrible indoors so I will try and get a picture next time I use the bow
The horn material is from here:
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