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YewArcher:
No, they do not have that much hand shock. Remeber these are histirical replicas so even if they did they are what they are. The horn nocks are what cause the handshock that they do have. The next one that I make will not have horn nocks. I will use the side nocks.

I think the other factor is that if you are tough enough to pull a bow like that then a bit of handshock is really not an issue.  ;)

SJM

duffontap:
Ironic though it may seem, I have sometimes wondered if the whole purpose of the horn nock is to reduce tip weight.  Imagine how heavy a Yew self nock would have to be to last thousands of shots on a 120+ pound bow.  I think you would find that modest horn tips with carefully-piked bow tips would increase performance considerably over the bulky self-nock that is the alternative. 

What do you think?

         J. D.

deerhunter97370:
I would think if someone were to use horn like a tip overlay with sidenocks wouldnt you get the lower mass with the suport of the horn? Joel

duffontap:
You bet.  However, it may well have been impossible for them to have secured tip overlays with hide glue on long, rainy campaigns.  Having no historical precedent for tip overlays make them out-of-bounds for replication.  You will see some current war-type bows with tip overlays that are not intended to replicate--but to simulate.  If that makes sense. 

        J. D.

deerhunter97370:
That makes a lot of sense. I didnt pay attention to the replicate part of the conversation. Joel

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