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Antler nocks
Pat B:
I used deer antler tips on a hickory backed ERC bow I donated at the NC State Shoot this weekend. The bow came out nice but looked like it had more set than I expected until someone mentioned I had put the nocks on backwards >:( ;D. Oh well, can't win them all! ::) Pat
duffontap:
--- Quote from: Pat B on May 29, 2007, 11:34:27 am ---I used deer antler tips on a hickory backed ERC bow I donated at the NC State Shoot this weekend. The bow came out nice but looked like it had more set than I expected until someone mentioned I had put the nocks on backwards >:( ;D. Oh well, can't win them all! ::) Pat
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Is that even possible?
J. D.
Pat B:
Like this...
Pat B:
oops!...Like this... ::) Pat
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SimonUK:
It raises the question, why we have this convention of forward curving nocks? Is there any practical advantage? Could it be purely cosmetic, to give the illusion of a recurve?
I haven't tried making nocks yet, but I wonder whether these forward curving nocks just add to the weight of the tips unecessarily.
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