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What is the use of the hole on the nock?

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leehongyi:
i have seen some horn nocks have a hole on them. What is the use?

bubbles:
I don't really know at all, some other guys with a lot more knowledge will chime in I'm sure, but there was an article in PA that was available on line that used a little hole on the top of the nock and a little string as a "string holder". it keeps your string loop from slipping down too far on the bow and becoming all loose. So it could be used for that.

PortlandJoe:
Absolutely.  Also some holes are used as a purge hole for air to escape during the gluing but the one you showed is for a string keeper.  A true gentleman never should fuss with an unkempt string!

leehongyi:

--- Quote from: PortlandJoe on June 21, 2014, 12:57:16 am ---Absolutely.  Also some holes are used as a purge hole for air to escape during the gluing but the one you showed is for a string keeper.  A true gentleman never should fuss with an unkempt string!

--- End quote ---

can you show me more pics pls?

WillS:
They've got nothing to do with warbows! You'd never find one on a warbow.  Tiny, simple nocks just from the end of the cow horn is what you want - no shaping, no carving, no designs. 

The nock you posted would be a Victorian target bow where elegance and style were far more important.  A warbow was a tool and was simple and deadly, in the same way as medieval swords wouldn't have been decorated or finished with gold inlays etc.

All that being said, they are string keepers.  You just tie a loop of string or elastic to the nock through the hole, and the other end is tied to the bowstring loop to stop it slipping down.  Warbow strings would be stored off the bow, wound up and hung.

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