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The Gopher
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ELB horn nock alternatives
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January 21, 2008, 10:21:00 PM »
Hello all, i am working on an ELB made out of hickory. i want the look of the classic horn nocks but are there any cheaper alternatives? I ahve a hard time paying 20-30 bucks for preshaped nocks when i only paid 1/4 of that for the board i'm making the bow from. would ebony make strong enough nocks if the grain was oriented the right way? has any one else used a horn nock alternative? thanks a lot, Dan.
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Re: ELB horn nock alternatives
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January 21, 2008, 10:35:00 PM »
I have used horn overlay style nocks like a regular long bow, worked fine. You could also use any dense wood or antler as overlays.
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Jason Jelinek
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Re: ELB horn nock alternatives
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January 21, 2008, 10:59:00 PM »
I've used whitetail antler on a 45#@29" yew longbow with fast flight string. You'll have some pith in there but it's definitely less expensive than horn. By the way, the $30 for the pair of shaped horn nocks is cheap when you consider I spent over 5 hours shaping, sanding, and polishing my antler nocks.
If I build another yew longbow, I'm definitely going to get those finished horn nocks. I don't have a ton of time and they look great.
Jason
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Re: ELB horn nock alternatives
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January 22, 2008, 12:45:00 AM »
Making horn nocks was the hardest part of the building process on the 95# yew war bow I built. I wouldn't do it for $30 for anyone. d:^)
I have made horn nocks with deer antler and they worked out well. Overlays work also and self nocks work with hardwoods. Pat
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Re: ELB horn nock alternatives
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January 22, 2008, 06:30:00 AM »
Gopher, PM me with your shipping address. I have a pair of Horn nocks from an old broken bow of mine. They've still got some wood glued into them, but I'm sure a man of your caliber could clean 'em out! :D You're welcome to them, if they're any good to you.
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Lost Arra
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Re: ELB horn nock alternatives
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January 22, 2008, 07:21:00 AM »
I'm just finishing a bow with ebony overlays.
Warning: Do everything possible to "degrease" the ebony or it will resist taking a finish coat. I think I've finally got it whipped but I won't use ebony again in spite of the fact they look good.
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horseapple
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Re: ELB horn nock alternatives
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January 22, 2008, 09:48:00 AM »
Dan, another alternative is to use some type of hardwood instead of horn, my favorite wood to use is snakewood, below is a link showing one finished.
http://groups.msn.com/Horseapplesbowpage/bamboobackkedlongbow.msnw
Bob, next time you use Ebony as overlays, rub a thin coat of super glue over them, it'll fix you up.
JD
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Lost Arra
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Re: ELB horn nock alternatives
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January 22, 2008, 09:57:00 AM »
thanks for the tip JD
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Jason Jelinek
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Re: ELB horn nock alternatives
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January 22, 2008, 10:49:00 AM »
Nice looking tips JD.
Jason
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Tom Leemans
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Re: ELB horn nock alternatives
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January 23, 2008, 09:47:00 AM »
Now those are cool JD!
BTW that's one whopper of a swamp buck! Don't they have blaze orange Cardinals caps?
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horseapple
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Re: ELB horn nock alternatives
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January 23, 2008, 12:03:00 PM »
If they do Tom let me know:)
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