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Mary Rose Museum 2
alanesq:
--- Quote from: kviljo on December 03, 2007, 09:56:49 pm ---Check out "Secrets of the English Warbow" by Hugh Soar (2006). There's a picture of the horn nock, and a description of how the nock were cut through the horn and into the wood. But only on the side, leaving the horn in it's full thickness on the back, which probably makes it even stronger than the regular victorian type.
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Its a shame they dont seem to have updated the museum exhibits :-(
It was around 10 years ago that a horn nock from the Mary Rose was found but the exhibit photographed states no horn nocks were found
On the Mary Rose web site it shows the horn nock which was recovered but then shows a Victorian nock next to it as a supposed reproduction but the recovered nock is clearly a side nock ????
http://www.maryrose.org/ship/bows1.htm
tasso:
adb3112,
I would like to point out I didn't make the out of place reproduction horn nock featured in the MR exhibit.
My article in one of the back issues of the Glade Magazine, shows how side nocks work, and the bow I featured in the article had a draw weight of 124 pounds, and to date shows no signs of stress from use.
Chris Boyton, Bowmaker, not Longbowyer.
alanesq:
tasso, I would love to see that article as I have been putting side nocks on my bows recently but its a lot of guess work on my part as all I am going on is a few dodgy pictures (and advice from Kviljo)
I am using them on a 115lb bow and plan to us them on my 135lb bow in the near future (should I manage to make it ;-)
Kviljo and myself are the only ones who seem to be using them though (and yourself of course)
I want to try and get more people interested in giving them a try
Kviljo:
Great having you here Chris!
Did you have a good picture or drawing of the one MR-nock in the article, or perhaps know of any? As Alan says, the pictures avaliable on the net and in recent books are not too clear. It would be nice having even better sources to go on when making these nocks.
heavybow:
Glad your here chris. Marlon
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