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Self Nocks Failed
Sparrow:
Yep ! I've had a few failures myself.Not a one since I started inletting a piece of oak and also wrap with sinew.I used to shoot heavier bows so I really reinforced the nocks,now I shoot bows in the 50's so probably don't need to be so extreme,but it's a habit now and that is how I like them done.(One more thing you don't have to give a thought to). Frank
JackCrafty:
What type of wood did you use?.....so I can steer clear of it. ;D (Maybe the wood you used was too dry? Maybe it had very small checks/cracks?)
Yeomanbowman:
Chris Boyton, a fine English bowyer, uses plumbers hemp for his primitive arrows. I use a horn insert (I mainly make war-arrows) but that's probably not relevent for hunting?
michbowguy:
all above advice is good and true!
but i will add this.
IVE HAD PLASTIC,AND GLUES FAIL MORE THAN AWENATURAL!!!
mbg
mullet:
I wrap them all also. And Pat witnessed not one but two plastic nocks breaking on me . It was the first time I attended the Elberton, Ga. Shoot. The second one pretty much took the fun out of it when the string hit the baseball size welt from the first one. :'(
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