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Some nock viewing pleasure
sagitarius boemoru:
Hahaha, its one I have in making. But as I laid it out it still more like 140# and the chap only can do 90#, so I will have to make the stave more narrow and get decent bend (again) before I put these on.
Jaro
Marc St Louis:
Very nice Jaroslav. When I make mine I get the edges that thin as well. I try to remove more horn from above the string groove though to keep their weight down. Steve said one nock was too thin on the Yew bow I sent him and had to remove it but they both looked good to me
sagitarius boemoru:
Yes it happens to me too, that they arrive as thin crust. But the part part where horn meets the wood tells.
Jaro
Lost Arra:
Are you able to get those horn nocks that glossy with sandpaper?
It seems no matter how fine I go with the sand paper they are still a bit dull until I put a finish on.
sagitarius boemoru:
As I wrote: "some buffing" I use rug wheel and blue polishing compound. But you do all these things before the nocks go on the bow and you dont put finish over the nocks unless its natural wax/oil polish. If you lacquer the nocks it
a) somehow beats reasons to have them on bow and spending time to make them nice
b) it starts to flake off sooner and later and its fugly
J.
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