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Question on bow nocks
Ruddy Darter:
I know this is probably an old question but I can't seem to find the answer on search concerning bow nock size. (130-140 draw weight sort of margin, I wondered if there was an ideal, and say with 5mm sapwood)
How large should the drilled hole be width at neck and depth?
I aim to grind down a drill hole bit (thanks Del's blog) and waiting to hear on some horn.
At the moment I have a couple of pairs of predrilled buffalo nocks and are 13mm at the mouth and 40mm deep, would these be o.k to use? For future reference really, I'm a long way off needing to use any at present.
Thanks for any help,
R.D.
WillS:
Sidenocks, sidenocks, sidenocks, sidenocks, sidenocks!!
If you're gonna make a medieval bow, do it properly!
12mm at the opening, and I usually drill them about 1.5" deep, and use 2" long horn tips.
Ruddy Darter:
.. Who's there?... Sounded like the start of a knock knock joke with a new angle ;D... Ohhhhh.k...i might give them a go... No promise mind. :D,
R.D.
WillS:
You bloody better promise young man! Too many people ignoring them these days, for no reason. It's not a medieval bow if it's got Victorian nocks on. Humph.
Rant over. ;D
Ruddy Darter:
I was thinking about just having simple overlays... :D
If I can't get cow horn tips I might get white buffalo tips which I really like the look of, I know cow horn is stronger but the ones on ebay don't show the base and can't see if they have any separation/delamination going on, would there be strength issues using buffalo horn for side nocks? (Hope that's not a silly question but I thought I'd ask.)
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