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Is 3/8" too narrow for the tips of a typically 100# @ 32" warbow?

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toomanyknots:
Just wondering. I am thinking this is one of those questions I already know the answer to before asking,  ;D. I am talking about the tip right before the horn nock, with a warbow made of medium density wood like hackberry up to heavier woods like hickory and osage. I am thinking osage and hickory would do better than hackberry, which is fat and beefy no matter what weight it is. I am worried 3/8" might be too small and might actually break from being so narrow. If so, I need to grind down another bit as my 1/2" spade bit won't set straight in the chuck,  >:(. I mean I know I can easily make a quick taper to a 3/8" tip where the nock meets the wood, but I am worried it will snap unless the string grooves are side nocks that go right to the wood real close to the skirt of the nock, etc...

Del the cat:
Just checked my Mary Rose Weapons of Warre. the only dimensions I can find at a quick glance are measure at the actual groove of the nock (with no horn there as it's been eaten by the sea critters :) ) the figures are about 12 - 13mm generally (round cross section where it fits into the horn. Obviously at the base of the horn nock it would be slightly bigger as it's tapered.
Seein' as how half inch is about 12.6mm I'd say you want to be bigger than 3/8"
Ha, just read a bit more, the only surviving horn nock has an inside diameter of 14mm  :)
Hope this is some help.
Del

toomanyknots:

--- Quote from: Del the cat on February 26, 2013, 07:29:16 pm ---Just checked my Mary Rose Weapons of Warre. the only dimensions I can find at a quick glance are measure at the actual groove of the nock (with no horn there as it's been eaten by the sea critters :) ) the figures are about 12 - 13mm generally (round cross section where it fits into the horn. Obviously at the base of the horn nock it would be slightly bigger as it's tapered.
Seein' as how half inch is about 12.6mm I'd say you want to be bigger than 3/8"
Ha, just read a bit more, the only surviving horn nock has an inside diameter of 14mm  :)
Hope this is some help.
Del

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Yes it is, thank you. Time to grind down a new bit...

AH:
I think that with osage, you can go small...that stuff is tuff.  ;)

Cameroo:
did you read adb's thread a few down on the list?  He had a laminate blow out, and I think he had about 1/2" knocks pulling about 120#.  not exactly your same criteria ( higher weight, used tip overlays rather than horn knocks). If I were you, I'd err on the side of caution.  But then again that's probably just because osage is so expensive to get up here.

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