I tie them on. Just tied these last night with serving thread.
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Looks good :thumbsup:
I have always preferred tie on nocks over brass.
They look like they will do the trick.
I use brass, simply because it is quick and easy.
I use serving material and tie the "nail knot" because it is quick, easy and adjustable.
I tie them on because they are lighter then brass, easier IMO and I anchor close to my face and the brass tears my lips/nose up. I had been using dental floss and it worked good, but it got gummed up after a few hundred arrows...
i use brass. have all my life. never had a problem and they are easy to put on, dont move, and easy to adjust.
I used brass for many many years but got a few strings with tie ons and I really liked them so I switched.
I tie mine on. You can always find some kind of thread to use in a pinch, although I prefer to use serving material.
waxed dental floss.
I use 0.30 serving thread on mine on new strings. After string stretch awhile, I readjust then a drop of glue. I usually replace my string after the shooting/hunting season. About a couple of thousand draws/pull.
I use one of each, brass on top, tie on the bottom.
I have always used brass, but am thinking about switching over to thread (serving).
Thread nocks for me.
I have used all three, brass, thread, and dental floss. They all work for me.If I think I'm going to remove or change my nocking point, I use floss. I will also use floss to tighten up an arrow nock on a thin string. .
I used to use brass for ease of installation etc, but tie-on with serving material or floss has too many advantages: wont scratch your bow when unstrung and getting moved around, won't scratch your face if you anchor close, won't scratch fingers if rare instance of shooting w/o a glove or tab, less risk of damaging serving (though must also be judicious when gluing tie-on nock points!) and my favorite part, if tied to the proper tightness they don't necessarily need to be glued and can always be adjusted up or down to fine tune quickly. I hate fussing with nock pliers once a brass nock is in place. A spool of serving material also lasts a long time, through many strings and the different ways to tie on a nock point are numerous and you can more or less learn/ tailor the way that works for you.
I prefer serving with a tiny drop of glue. I used a thin smear of gorilla glue on my last one, made it wet to cure and turned my tiny tie on into a little tan ball. Seems to work and has not come off.
I also prefer tie-on nocks with dap of glue when all is said and tuned.
I use floss and glue but all this talk about ca glue and broken strings has me worried.
Tie-on, no glue. Wax the nock serving before installing. It will hold just fine.
QuoteOriginally posted by Sam McMichael:
I use brass, simply because it is quick and easy.
Same here
Forgot to add that I put more wax on the nocking point and very carefully hold a match under it, twist the string to melt the wax into the dental floss.
Definitely tie on. I hate trying to make a 1/16" - 1/32" adjustment with brass when tuning.So much easier when you can just twist it up and down the serving.
tie on for me I can always scavenge something to use for it.
After I tie it off and burn the ends I also put a small drop of glue on the knot.
I prefer a tie on adjustable. When I get my NP just right I anchor it with some glue. I use Halo .035 serving to tie mine.
I've used tie on nocks ever since I noticed a couple strands of my string had been cut by the metal nock
during crimping. Never again. :banghead:
I like the tied on ones but have had them all of a sudden come unraveled and don't want to deal with that up elk hunting a long ways from things to fix it so iI went back to brass and can see no difference in performance, not even through a good Chrono.
Brass for me-- never had a problem.
Tie n for me
Definitely outnumbered so far, but another brass user.
I know everyone here will apply brass nock locators very securely if they use them. However, some time ago (years) a youngster in 4-H lost an eye as a brass NL came off, bounced of the riser face and...you know the rest.
That's why NASP doesn't allow Brass NL to be used in its tournaments. Tied on is easy, cheap, and effective.
I like tied on with serving thread the best
Wow lost a eye!?!?!? I started tiring nocks just because I'm too cheap to buy a pair of nock pliers but dang...
Neither. I shoot three under, so I just serve an extra thick above the nock point. So I have three fingers under up against the nock which is up against the double served section.
Two .030 tie on nocks for me for the past several years..
Brass on top tie on bottom.
Jerry,
Whats you process for tuning?
I just learned how to tie them on and I like it better. I still use brass nocks when I get a new bow. I will put the brass ones on and find out where I like it best and then mark the string and tie some on.
QuoteOriginally posted by 2bird:
I tie them on because they are lighter then brass, easier IMO and I anchor close to my face and the brass tears my lips/nose up. I had been using dental floss and it worked good, but it got gummed up after a few hundred arrows...
so, your floss got gummed up?
Tie on, easy on the string, the tab and the finger.
Tie on for me
I've been tying on my nocks since I started shooting traditional about 20 years ago.Been tying two on,one above and one below.It just looks more traditional,requires no tools!
Tie on for me,with some clear fingernail polish after adjustment is done. Had to add some dental floss to the serving to keep the nock from coming off.
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I was a big proponent of tied on (still am) but lately I've come to like a brass nock on top and a tied on nock on bottom.
2Bird, I serve the area once I have determined the nock point. During the tuning I just use some floss that I can easily move.
Tied on one above and one below. Used brass for first few years when I was getting started, but converted to tying them on when I realized they could be adjusted in small increments easily by just screwing up or down the string.
Monterey, that was no punn intended lol hahaha
Jerry, that's what I thought but figured I would ask.
Ok so why the brass on top and tie the bottom guys? Guess I don't understand that...
Tie on for me. Easy to tie and cheap.
I tie mine on. The brass nocks always seem to chew up my gloves. Maybe it's just me though.
-Jeremy :coffee:
For those that tie on, take a piece of paracord and remove the inner white strings to me the perfect size for nocks
Tie on with whatever color of thread is in the sewing kit catches my eye. Have cut my face with brass.
Used, and still use, both. Currently, with a new bow, brass above and tie on below. The brass is ease to see and feel, easy (for me) to adjust, and entirely consistent. Tied on nock below.
I file down the corners and somewhat sharp edges of the brass; tie the lower nock snug and melt the tag ends into the nail knot.
Sometimes a tie on above and below, when I'm settled with the bow.
Tie em on, if done right you need no glue, they will not move unless I move them.
J. Holden, its not just you. The main reason I tie mine on is brass nocks tear the heck out of my Damascus Gloves.
tie on use old bow string, we all have those, just untwist the strands, wax and tie it on, last forever and you get alot of nocks out of ony string.
tie on use old bow string, we all have those, just untwist the strands, wax and tie it on, last forever and you get alot of nocks out of ony string.
I tie mine with serving material
I use a tie on above and below with either floss or serving. Works great.
Tie on with adjustable nocks both above and below
Tie mine on with BCY nock material. My friend just bought a spool at Denton, inexpensive
QuoteOriginally posted by elkken:
I used brass for many many years but got a few strings with tie ons and I really liked them so I switched.
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Tie ons. Quieter, will not damage string like a brass or the pliers that are used to crimp and un crimp. Won't damage gloves or tabs. Easy to adjust, don't need to carry the pliers with you in the feild for adjusting or replacing. Tie ons can easily be replaces in the field.