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toomanyknots:
I don't like bowyers knots on heavy warbows too much anymore, not because it slips, but because it has a tendency to damage the nocks at heavier weights. (Well this is mostly really for bamboo backed bows, but I have been making a lot of them lately). Like clockwork, it always starts to split the bamboo. It's aggravating sometimes because it forces me to put the horn nocks on before I can really be certain of the weight, potentially causing me to come under weight. I'm surprised I haven't read of anyone else having this problem, I don't make my temp nocks any different than anyone else. I have switched to using two loops on bows 100+, which really ain't too big of a deal if you make the loops like I do. The way I make em, I can just unravel the string and lay the tails of the loop in and then twist the string back up, however many times I need to, to adjust brace with a two loop string.

WillS:
I find with yew it's not actually too bad, although until you get the final nocks on, you do get some denting of the wood from the string (although that happens with knots or loops really.)

I definitely prefer two laid-in loops, but I like the adjustability of bowyers knots as it does tend to prevent over-twisting.  Although not in this case...  :o

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