Self Nocks - Heavy Bow?

[Hood]

I am planning on making some self nocks and reinforcing it with a thin piece of walnut and wrapping it with artificial sinew. I plan to shoot these out of my 74# bow.

I don't think there would be any problems with the nocks splitting, but wanted to get the thoughts and advice from others.

Thanks, Robert

[SCATTERSHOT]

English warbows were 100# or so, and I'm pretty sure they used self nocks. With your reinforcement, there shouldn't be any problem.

The only self nocks I ever broke were too small for the string, and broke due to the wedge effect.

[Pat B]

The only self nock I ever broke was from a hit from another arrow.
   With the reinforcement spine and a wrap you should be fine. All of the pressure is on the bottom of the nock throat and not the sides.    Pat

[Pat B]

The only self nock I ever broke was from a hit from another arrow.
   With the reinforcement spine and a wrap you should be fine. All of the pressure is on the bottom of the nock throat and not the sides.    Pat

[Big Si]

yeah as Scattershot said English warbows were powerful things we have a guy over here (Mark Statton i think)who has just broken the world record for drawing and loosing a 200lb English longbow and i am pritty shure he used self nocks so 74lb should be no problem