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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: alwayslookin on April 15, 2015, 01:53:44 PM

Title: knocks
Post by: alwayslookin on April 15, 2015, 01:53:44 PM

Do you guys use nock points on your traditional bows? I have never used one on my trad  bows.

Title: Re: knocks
Post by: aaron on April 15, 2015, 02:01:56 PM

If you mean a nock point on the string, yes absolutely.

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Post by: bubby on April 15, 2015, 02:05:49 PM

Yeah i sure do, i never used to but my shot is wayyyyy more consistent with than without

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Post by: wizardgoat on April 15, 2015, 02:07:46 PM

Yes, except for sinew strings. After a while it's pretty obvious where the arrows goes on those

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Post by: Pat B on April 15, 2015, 02:37:42 PM

I usually add one to the string once the bow is shot in but I can shoot almost as well without one.

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Post by: huisme on April 15, 2015, 02:52:50 PM

I use some red thread to mark the appropriate nocking point, nothing that'll help me keep the arrow from moving but a spot to put the arrow.

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Post by: George Tsoukalas on April 15, 2015, 03:07:53 PM

Yes, but first I use a narrow strip of duct or electrical tape to make sure I'll put the windings of string in the right place. Jawge

Title: Re: knocks
Post by: bubby on April 15, 2015, 03:13:54 PM

Yeah i don't use them ugly crimp on ones

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Post by: Dances with squirrels on April 15, 2015, 04:25:40 PM

I use a few wraps of unwaxed dental floss.

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Post by: Danzn Bar on April 15, 2015, 05:47:21 PM

Yep....Dental Floss works real well.............
Dbar

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Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on April 15, 2015, 07:14:42 PM

Just wrap some thread and put a drop of nail polish or super glue to hold it. Very light weight and more secure than the metal clamp on ones.

Kyle

Title: Re: knocks
Post by: alwayslookin on April 15, 2015, 08:11:03 PM

Awesome thanks for all the replies fellas. I like the idea of the red string as a marker for the correct spot.

Title: Re: knocks
Post by: turtle on April 15, 2015, 08:55:59 PM

Quote from: Mo_coon-catcher on April 15, 2015, 07:14:42 PM

Just wrap some thread and put a drop of nail polish or super glue to hold it. Very light weight and more secure than the metal clamp on ones.

Kyle

Thats the way i do it. If you wax your serving before tieing the nock you can twist it up or down the string just like a nut on a bolt.

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Post by: Drewster on April 15, 2015, 09:03:40 PM

Yes, absolutely.  I tie mine on with a waxed thread.  And, they're adjustable.

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Post by: bubbles on April 15, 2015, 09:10:07 PM

I just cut an 1/8" strip of duct tape and wrap that around the string above the nock point. Super quick, easy to take off without a knife. And pretty easy to take off and move to a different place if your string stretches.

Title: Re: knocks
Post by: crooketarrow on April 16, 2015, 10:06:45 AM

  I've always tied mine on

Title: Re: knocks
Post by: Pappy on April 17, 2015, 07:32:52 AM

Yep tie one in after it is tuned.
  Pappy