tied on nock points vs brass crimp on

[southernarcher]

I use tie on nocks,for the same reasons as most above.Glove wear and arrow ticks.One of my buddies uses heat shrink.He has like 3 layers on top of each other works really slick,might try it out.

[Roger Norris]

Wow. lots of tie on fans!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Tie on, for the same reason as JC said.

[Charlie Lamb]

Tie on...that absolutely, positively don't move!!

I'll bet I don't see a sixteenth inch difference in where my nocking points go from one of my bows to the next... regardless of make.

So if I set them in place when the bow is at the proper brace height, I should never need to move it... and I don't! The way I tie them they are there for the life of the string.

Never noticed that nocking point placement changed if the brace height changed anyway. If the brace height changes, you need to adjust the brace height not the nocking point.

Years ago I encountered some problems with the crimp on brass thingies slipping and I ain't gonna have that. (probably more likely to slip if you put the nocking point under the nock than if you put it above...finger pressure and all that)

[madness522]

Tied on for me.  Never did like brass nocks.  It is a whole lot easier to adjust the nock height with a tied on nock.  Just twist it up of down until you get it perfect then just a dab of CA and it won't move.

[MikeW]

Tied on using a rod makers wrap then a drop of CA glue or epoxy.

[James Wrenn]

I don't use the brass either.Too tough on gloves and strings.

[ber643]

Good tip on the clear fingernail polish - I had forgotten how much I used it in fly tying and rod repair. I always cringe just a little whenever I get near my strings with super glue, etc. It doesn't seem to be as bad as it used to be but it may be a difference in string materials used these days. Anyway, I think I'll try the Fingernail Polish on my next knot/nock point and see how it does. Always better safe than sorry.

[the Ferret]

You don't want to know    

[Eric Krewson]

I double serve the top of my normal serving to create a nocking point and make the string a little fatter. The larger, double served area seems to come off my top finger better on release.

 

I shoot a tab and brass nocks wil eat the side of my finger off in short order.

[Grant Young]

Tie on for me. Cheap, quiet, no tools necessary and one less "adjustment" to make when I really ought to look at my release-LOL.    Grant

[David Mitchell]

Tie on here as well for all the above stated reasons.  Not much that I don't mess around and experiment with in archery but my tie on nocks are a given on all my bows.

[Bobby Urban]

Tie on for me?  Never really thought of another option?  I needed a nock and had a fraying old Carhart coat on so I took a a fraying thread off the sleave and made a nock.  Been doing the same ever since.  I use super glue w/o any trouble

Bob Urban

[Bill Turner]

Switched from brass crimp on nocks to tie on a couple of years back after nipping a string while crimping.      

[Hot Hap]

Brass

[vermonster13]

Both. Brass to get it where I want it, then if the bow is a keeper I tie on one above and below for permanence.

[cedar swampman]

Leon Stewart taught me how to tie on my nocking points years ago and been doing ever since. I wax it real good with wax from my bees and away I go.Doesn't eat up strings and doesn't move and if I have to replace it(because of wear) it is easily done.

[ArkyBob]

Tie on for me.  Just too simple and no tools required.

[stringplucker613]

Tie on, the Byron Ferguson way, top and bottom.......

[Archer 1]

Tie on, the same as stringplucker, top & bottom.