Misaligned nocks. Are they "safe"?

[bowhunter15]

A while back I bought a dozen POC shafts,  tapered them,  and cut to length. Before knowing any better I glued the nocks on without any regard for alignment with the grain. By chance, a couple were done correctly. Some are rotated 90 degrees from ideal,  and others anywhere in between. I read somewhere that the arrows are more likely to break when the grain isn't running perpendicular to the riser. But my question is HOW LIKELY are they to break? They're spines properly for the bow and are just small game/stumping flu flus. Around 600 grains and only flying like 170-175 fps. I'd really like to shoot the rest of the arrows I bought but don't want splinters in the hand.

[Caughtandhobble]

I can't say about safety issue but I can tell you that they will fly a lot better the more consistent they are. Just cut them off and put them on right, it's to quick and easy not to do it the right way. Good Luck.

[bowhunter15]

Can't cut anything, any shorter and the tip would be hitting my hand at full draw. I could try wrenching the nocks off with pliers, but since they were superglued on it might tear out a bit of wood along with the nock. I suppose I can try it on one and see what happens.

[PEARL DRUMS]

You can knife them off cleanly. Keep the knife edge off the taper and just push it away from you and off the end of the arrow. Keep rotating the arrow and knifing away. They will pop off, even with super glue. Try fletching cement next time around. They stay put just fine, but come off just a fuzz easier.

[kevsuperg]

Heat them up, torch, boiling water etc. They should pop off.

[Ryman Cat]

Slight heat if needed and pliers should come right off. Be careful with the knife not to dig in.

[Zradix]

x2 little heat..a lighter works fine.

Sharp knife just to score/barely go thru the nock.

Pliers or finger nail to peel the nock off.

...in the future you might want to use duco for the nocks.
I know the nocks will peel off easily with this method when using duco.

forgot to add...just fix em. It'll be better that way..lol

[jhk1]

x2 for Duco cement.

[bowhunter15]

Tried acetone first, then boiling water. That succeeded in the nock starting to melt, and they still wouldn't pull off. Ended up just whittling away the nock until only a  little remained and it popped off like Pearl Drums suggested. Touched up with the taper tool and they're like new. Just need to order new nocks and Duco.