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scattershot:
The first picture is ash, the second is Port Orford cedar.

woodsman1031:
[ but I wrap them anyway or put in a spline to reinforce the nock.

Scattershot, What is a spline?

Tommy

scattershot:
The second picture shows a spline. It's a piece of hardwood or horn, etc, inserted crossways to the nock to reinforce it. This is rosewood.

woodsman1031:
Scattershot,

It fits so tight I thought it was painted that color. So the rosewood goes deeper than the slot is cut? so if you rolled it over the bottom of the nock is rosewood?

Tommy

scattershot:
Yes,  the spline needs to extend farther into the shaft than the nock groove in order to reinforce the nock. It's not as hard as it looks, but it's pretty time consuming.

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