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Post by smj on Apr 19, 2008 18:27:50 GMT -5
 ... still trying to figure out how to hold an arrow with one hand via thumb and pinky with the tip at my nose ...  royden - I wrote "Grasp the arrow in your right hand making a fist so that your thumb is on the nock and your little finger is toward the middle of the fletching. " In a picture, it looks like this -  That help? There ain't nothing fancy about it... then I think I tell you to put the thumbnail of that hand to your cheekbone, arrow pointing away from the head, so that you can look down the shaft to practice split-imaging... |
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Post by royden on Apr 19, 2008 20:02:56 GMT -5
 sorry to get your panties twisted smj I twisted your words a little to show how I was thinking of the process - picture is worth a thousand words ... thanks.
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Post by smj on Apr 19, 2008 20:28:09 GMT -5
Didn't twist my panties... I go commando.
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Post by royden on Apr 19, 2008 21:04:03 GMT -5
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Post by oldgun on Apr 20, 2008 6:41:07 GMT -5
Might be off the topic but why is the arrow placed under the nock piece that is clamped on the string? seems it should be on top, does this affect the flight?? top or under and why?
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Post by hopesman on Apr 20, 2008 6:51:16 GMT -5
Might be off the topic but why is the arrow placed under the nock piece that is clamped on the string? seems it should be on top, does this affect the flight?? top or under and why? I'm no expert on this but I think that it may be personal preference although nocking the arrow under seems to be in the majority One of the better instinctive shooters at our club shoots off the top of the nock and he says that it is because he uses a back quiver and it results in a smoother motion from quiver to the shot. Of course, the nock position would be different in each case  |
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Post by BT on Apr 20, 2008 8:06:31 GMT -5
Keep in mind that an arrow can ride the string on the shot which means it can move away from the nock while still on the string. This would effectively screw your tune up before the arrow was launched. Arrows tend to ride down the string but...it can go the other way. I have a brass nock above and a served nock below. Wouldn't consider shooting a bow where the arrow could ride freely with whatever limb was proceeding the other  |
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Post by akdd on Apr 21, 2008 18:39:36 GMT -5
What is the proper way to serve a nock?
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Post by BT on Apr 21, 2008 20:33:12 GMT -5
There are a few ways but I like to simply lap knots , tyeing a knot forward then crossing to the rear and re-tyeing for a course of 4 or 5 tiers.
Then I come back down in reverse for 3 tiers and cut it there.
Finish with a bit of super glue and when dry it is easy to move the nocking point up and down by turning it in the direction of the string serving.
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Post by CopperHead on Apr 21, 2008 20:37:24 GMT -5
I have read exactly what BT is discribing in several books on traditional shooting. It's definitely in Sorrell's "Beginner's Guide to Traditional Archery" Definitely seems to be a preferred method from what I have read.
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sorry to get your panties twisted smj 
