Which do you guys prefer and why? For you guys who tie them on, how do you do it?
Been using the brass nock for 30+years works for me.Kip
brass nocks
Tied because they don't wear my glove or make any noise (arrow ticking), and are easily replaced in the field.
The how to section has a good tutorial. I just tie alternating overhand knots on each side of the string. Take a piece of serving 8" or so, tie it around the string in an overhand knot, paying attention to which side goes over which (like right over left). on the opposite side of the string do the same. Now come back to the original and swap left over right so you have made a square not. Do the same thing on both sides, alternating right over left etc. till you get the size you want. Cut the ends, burn em, drop of super glue...voila. With practice, this knot will stay put but will twist up/down the string if you want it to.
I like the tie on. Simple enough. Can be adjusted. And don't have to rely on buying much of anything. Easier on the finger and the glove. And less wear on the bowstring too.
Thanks guys.
The tie ons are my favorite because of what JC said they dont tear up gloves, hurt your fingers, no noise, plus in my opinon they look better.
What JC said. Tied on. :thumbsup:
"Quieter" gets my attention. I'm going to try it.
I use the tie on mainly cause it is easier on my glove.
I also once saw O.L. Adcock say he thought a brass nock cost you about 1fps in speed. I am not that much of a speed junkie but every little bit helps.
I have never had a "field failure" with a brass nock. Any bad experience with tie on's?
tied on
Tie on for me ever since I went Trad- for all the reasons given.
Roger I use only B50 bowstrings. So once they stretch in a bit. I lock in the tie on nock with some clear fingernail polish. Some use super glue.. but the main chemical in super glue can burn a string.. clear nail polish (just like rod builders used for ferrules on bamboo fishing poles). I've yet to have a tie on failure.
Tie one using the adjustable method posted in the How-to section. Works great and functional to. Did it this weekend in less than 5 minutes.
Tied on! Ihave to agree with JC. Too many gloves and tabs have been ruined by the brass ones. Been using tied on nok points from 3 years now.
Tie on!! Because I don't feel like ruining my Big Shot gloves.
Bill
Tied on mostly. The ones I do crimp on get filed down and polished smooth with sand paper so they don't wear anything, namely the tip of my nose. I once had a burr on a crimp on slice the tip of my nose open!
brass because I usually use a speed nock and I shoot three under and the brass is big enough for the speed nock to sit against it and not slide off
I have no problem with my glove wearing out because i shoot three under. jmo
Tie on here..
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.
Wow. lots of tie on fans!
Tie on, for the same reason as JC said.
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)
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.
Tied on using a rod makers wrap then a drop of CA glue or epoxy.
I don't use the brass either.Too tough on gloves and strings.
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.
You don't want to know :biglaugh:
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.
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I shoot a tab and brass nocks wil eat the side of my finger off in short order.
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
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.
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
Switched from brass crimp on nocks to tie on a couple of years back after nipping a string while crimping. :banghead: :banghead:
Brass
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.
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.
Tie on for me. Just too simple and no tools required.
Tie on, the Byron Ferguson way, top and bottom.......
Tie on, the same as stringplucker, top & bottom.
I'd always used brass and never had a problem.
The last bow I bought came with a string nock so I've been using it ever since.
I see no functional difference between the two but I no longer get the nock grove in my gloves that I used to.
I'll continue with the string nock if for no other reason then it's one less tool I have to keep in my pack.
Tie on, one above and one below, set with thin super glue.....O.L.
I have and still do use both, but most of the time I use the brass, its much easier to move it I want to try something. They used to make a groove in my tabs too, I don't really think it hurts anything, but now I take a flat needle file and smooth off the sharp edges, it takes about a minute and no more grooves.
never had any problems with brass and I like em. But once again its whatever the person likes.
for a long time, just cause I was lazy, I just used simple blue masking tape. wrapped around the string serving. started doing that when bowmaking on my tillering strings since I used them of several differnt bows.
lately been using brass nocks and once I filed then down a touch no glove wear.
JC has it. I like the way tie ons adjust up & down the string till it's just right then glue it. You can still break the glue bond & adjust it if you have to. Frank
Tied.
I tied one on my Lil Fav string today, shot it about 20 arrows. I like it so far. I think I am getting a smoother release.
Tie on top and bottom. Brass nock points can also wear the top of the arrow nock. Those of you that shoot brass, look at the arrow nocks on your arrows and see if it is worn from the brass eating in at full draw.
Jeff
brass-been using them for 25 years and never had a problem.
BD
Tie on, top and bottom no problems.Only broke two bowstrings in my life both broke at a pinch-on nockpoint-that was enough for me. CAM :thumbsup:
dragonheart, I just checked some of my nocks from arrows that are probably almost 20 years old and not a mark on the nocks.
I just remembered some OLD nocking points I used that are made out of heat shrink tubing, they actually are the best in some ways, soft so they don't wear on anything and very positve positioning.