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Installing horn nocks

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mullet:
  Steve,on the last yew long bow I made I also drilled and pinned the horn knocks to be on the safe side.

Rod:
It should be enough to ensure that you have a tight fitting taper of sufficient length.
A properly fitted nock will even stay in place without glue, though it would make stringing more interesting.
But never apply pressure to the horn where it is not amply supported by the internal cone of wood.
A major fault is to make a short convex cone as is sometimes shown in some instructions.
Make the cone as long as possible and flat sided in profile, and as snug and tigh a fit as you can manage.
Glue should not be regarded as a filler for an ill fitting nock.
The sign of a good bowyer is an elegant tight fitting nock with a seamless transition from limb to horn.
Rod.

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