HOW TO FIT NOCKS ON AN ENGLISH LONGBOW

[@ValendianCrafts]

Great video, thanks for posting Mr. Head.

[@SeadartVSG]

This is excellent, very nice see to see a craftsman at work. Thanks for posting.

[@fancymcclean6210]

Great information. I'm just about to apply horn nocks to my ELB and found the tips and direction invaluable. Just subscribed to your excellant channel. Flaxen Saxon

[@longbows]

Glad it came in handy, thanks for the sub. Have you seen my bow making website? www.howtomakealongbow.co.uk

[@fancymcclean6210]

Thanks for the link. Will check it out. Flaxen Saxon

[@longbows]

Great, its quite new, so let me know what you think.

[@caigner]

I am still (three) years from building my first longbow (wood is still drying/seasoning) but I really enjoy your videos.

[@longbows]

Hi, thanks for subscribing, that is a long wait to start your first bow, have you considered buying some other material in the interim period?

[@caigner]

No, I am not in a hurry. I can wait. Meanwhile I work on my woodworking skills. And watch your videos. :-)

[@longbows]

Glad you are being patient, it is definitely key. Merry Christmas

[@IronHideRIP]

Great video! Please post more!

[@longbows]

Eugene Ng I will if people keep subscribing and sharing.

[@IronHideRIP]

Richard Head Longbows Please make a video describing how you taper your arrows. I'd be interested to learn more.

[@longbows]

+Eugene Ng OK

[@robertbrunston5406]

Very good! Thank you.

[@longbows]

Thanks for the kind words, thanks also for subscribing an liking.

[@Soviless99]

horn nocks are beautiful

[@MTBJJ2001]

This is my biggest worry, is making sure it’s in right and the epoxy is strong enough. Thank you for the video, will be starting a Yee long bow next week.

[@longbows]

You can do it! You are not the only person to worry about this aspect going wrong, in all my 40plus years of making bows, I have not had a bow fail because the nocks came off. let me know how you get on

[@MTBJJ2001]

@@longbows that is very encouraging thank you, I will! Very excited, my first time using Yew, usually build out of red oak.

[@jlamb1976]

Great video. Have you done a video on finishing, polishing nocks?

[@longbows]

Hi, thanks for the sub and the compliments, we have done a video on carving a top nock, take a look at that one.

[@jlamb1976]

Yeah I have seen that particular video and it is very useful and has helped immensely. the problem I'm having is polishing and getting rid of small scratches.

[@longbows]

Have you used varying grades of sandpaper and then polished the nocks with a `car rubbing compound` such as T-Cut?

[@jlamb1976]

+Richard Head Longbows Yeah I have. I've tried using sand paper to steel wool but I'm still getting small scratches, then I use a polishing mop in a drill and t-cut. maybe I just need more patience and practice. lol

[@ProtossImba]

My question is, how do you make a prope cone shaped HOLE in the horn? I may imagine the answer to this question is simple, but i haven't yet found a video on YT of someone making it. All the vids are presented with horn nocks with a fit/holes drilled. My second question is; Should i be affraid of the "cone" end of the bow is too thin? I mean it is VERY thin, and simple man may think, this will break, especially on a high poundage bows. Third question is; Where do i put a string groove? Do i drill it above the end of the "coned" arm? Or can i drill it somewhere between 1/2 of an inch above the horn base? Wich definitely might drill to the wood? Sorry for the third question, my english isn'y very good, as i was trying to describe what i had in mind.

[@suedavehart]

to drill the hole in the horn use a regular style small drill bit 2/3mm, then grind a flat auger bit into a isosceles triangle, use the guide hole to ensure you stay central, will need lots of ventilation -horn stinks when worked hard. This will give you your cone shaped hole. Next drill a very small hole in the back of the horn nock (belly side) this will help prevent pneumatic lock and prevent air bubbles stopping the nock fitting all the way down. Glue will be forced out of the relief hole when nock is snuggly fitted, hope this helps

[@HistoricalWeapons]

On a bamboo backed longbow can I shave the thin bamboo off

[@longbows]

no

[@HistoricalWeapons]

@@longbows thanks

[@Soviless99]

my dream is to be a bowmaker :P always has been always will

[@Soviless99]

also if someone could answer this id be grateful. I have a you finish longbow from ringing rocks archery and would like to install horn nocks onto it. it already has nocks cut into the ends of the bow right into the wood, could i just file it down like in the video and put horn nocks in place of the self nocks?

[@longbows]

Always ask the person who made the bow before attempting anything.

[@angelosantos1755]

what is the name of this glue

[@longbows]

www.longbowandarrow.co.uk/araldite-rapid-glue-piles-points-and-horn-nocks-138-p.asp

[@TOMBSTONESTAN]

Is araldite epoxy ok ? I've seen comments of people using super glue gel. I've been scratching away at my bow on and off for months now ; And has a draw weight of 160 lbs . I'd hate for it to fall apart on me.

[@longbows]

Hi, we use Araldite on our bows, but, as the video shows, you still need to fit the nocks well.

[@taylorp.2872]

what type of horn do you use and how do you get the perfectly conical hole?

[@longbows]

Hi, we use Buffalo horn. To make the cone we use a drill bit with a elongated triangular head.

[@gushlergushler]

If one has a chased and continuous ring on the back of the bow, is there something one needs to consider when fitting a horn nock?

[@longbows]

Just because you have 'chased a ring' doesn't mean the bow is tillered correctly! But, no, I wouldn't worry to much about the nocks, in my videos you will see I leave the tips of a bow stiff before adding nocks to allow for any reduction when reducing wood to fit them. If you haven't followed this method you may end up with whippy tips.

[@gushlergushler]

@@longbows I did not mean to imply that it means a good tiller. As far as I understand on self bows a continous ring on the back is better, but I have yet to actually tiller the bow. Thank you very much, that is helpful to me.

[@longbows]

OK, in which case following my videos on tillering will help, leaving the tips a little stiff before adding the nocks will help, that is if you do most of the tillering prior to adding nocks. It really does depend what order you do things in. This is why I mentioned the bow being tillered, it was me that assumed you meant it was tillered, no worries.

[@gushlergushler]

@@longbows I shall watch them. It was my plan to add the horn nocks after floor tillering but before adding the stave to the tillering tree. The target drawweight is 90 at 31 with an ash stave. At any rate, I will see that I preserve the back ring as fully as possible while having the nock centered as closely to the back as possible. That should give me enough wiggle room I suppose

[@longbows]

Great, let me know how you get on.

[@SEFullmetalJake]

Hey Phil, a quick question as I’m about to fit some horn on an Ash self bow. On a self bow should I be conscious about breaking the very back growth layer while coning down to fit the nock? I’ve seen your video where you mention encasing every lamination on said bows, and I wonder if I’m meant to stick to the same method. I’m worried that breaking through near the tips would cause a weak spot. Thanks in advance.

[@longbows]

Yes, as the video says, good luck.

[@SEFullmetalJake]

Richard Head Longbows Great. Thanks again for invaluable information!

[@chevypbrdipper]

what would they have used historically in the stead of two part epoxy ?

[@longbows]

What part of history?

[@chevypbrdipper]

honestly anywhere within the span of the medieval period as a whole? as in the earliest known welsh bows to the marry rose finds, just curious as to what they may have used

[@longbows]

In short we don't know, Medieval glues in the bowmaking world are a bit of a mystery, bluebell bulb glue and other animal type glues were used in the medieval period, your guess is as good as ours.

[@briananuvattanachai6646]

Where do you put the string groove on the nocks?

[@longbows]

Please watch the video about that subject, shout if you cant find it. You may also like our bow making website www.howtomakealongbow.co.uk

[@briananuvattanachai6646]

Do you know specifically what kind of rasp that is?

[@longbows]

Which one?

[@briananuvattanachai6646]

@@longbows the one you used to shape the tip of the bow to fit the horn socket.

[@longbows]

That is a flat wood rasp, it has a file on the other side, made by Bahco

[@awlach8]

Do nocks improve the function or durability of the bow? I realize they are historically accurate, but why bother if they didn't search a purpose?

[@longbows]

Adam Whitlach Hi, yes, they improve the durability of the bow, horn is much less likely to ware/brake. When you own/use a Longbow you will soon notice how much you accidentally bash the end of the bow.

[@Oldworldarchery]

+Richard Head Longbows Yea, but for that reason (if your bumping your nock on everything,...which sometimes I am guilty of.. and man don't get me started on ceiling fans!), you would think a simple self nock would be more durable. But with regards to wear from the string I would agreed horn nocks are better. And don't get me wrong, I always use horn nocks on my ELBs, just the victorian style nocks we make nowadays probably aren't the most durable if your bumping em on concrete and stuff I would figure. Cool video, I am lazy and always wait to shape the nock until I glue the horn on (and use the bandsaw to cut the bulk of horn away, and the belt sander to do most of the basic shaping, I finish up with rasps, scraper, sandpaper (high grit), than buffing wheel.

[@Oldworldarchery]

+Richard Head Longbows Here's how I do em, check this out Richard, it's a bit old but I still do em the same (you gotta scroll to the middle-ish of the thread): www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,37816.15.html

[@Oldworldarchery]

+Richard Head Longbows Nice tip to mark the center, very nice video!

[@noblegreen2692]

if one was to remove to much wood and the hole in the nock was to big how would you go about fixing this problem

[@Starlingchaser]

:Strewth! You;re taking a log of wood off that bow, do you tiller it again?

[@longbows]

Yes, I explain the process of tillering the tips prior to applying the nocks in most of my tillering videos.

[@Starlingchaser]

@@longbows ...No, no no... My question was... Do you tiller AFTER fitting the nocks, because you take a lot of wood off during the fitting?...

[@longbows]

I stand by my asnwer, you will find it in the video, yes, tillering only stops once the varnish goes on.

[@Starlingchaser]

@@longbows Wow! That was quick! Thanks... You put my mind at rest...

[@longbows]

So you watched one of my tillering videos and got the answer?