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doggonemess:

--- Quote from: kevinsmith5 on January 07, 2013, 12:47:47 am ---I'm assuming you could also do this with hard wood insert. Something like Ipe or cocobolo?

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I never thought of that before - it opens up a whole lot of interesting possibilities. Purple Heart, for instance. I assume though that you would want the lightest material due to balance issues. Would bone work?

kevinsmith5:
I dont know how it would effect balance, but would that tony if an insert make a big difference? I would think you could do a footed arrow with the same wood used for insert and foot?

WillS:
One of the guys I shoot with has used maple and ebony for inserts.  The maple was from a luthier and very high grade quilted so once polished and finished it looked stunning.  I've tried with leather as well, but using horn seems to give me the best results. 

I was flicking through Pip Bickerstaffe's "The heritage of the longbow" recently and he outlined a horn nock insert that was wedge shaped, the wide end of the wedge at the nock end, tapering to a point 2 inches long.  Apparently that was far more traditional, but I've not seen it mentioned anywhere else.

kevinsmith5:
2 inches??
That would be a heck of a groove to cut...

WillS:
As far as I know, the standard EWBS arrows all require a 2inch nock insert.  That's what I've been doing anyway!  It's not too bad for a straight flat piece of horn, but doing it with a wedge shape must be pretty finicky, and I can imagine losing quite a few arrows trying it.

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