[HCAman]

I have always used at least one brass nock on every set up. How do you tie a nock, is it the same as the servings you would tie for peeps and such. If so, how do you adjust it, or on the other edge of the sword keep it from moving?

 

[Chief P]

This is how I do it with my D-loop. Find my nocking point. Snap on a tight nock at the point I want. Then take serving material and wrap once around the string, tie over hand knot, now one on the other side, now on the first side about 5 should work. Last knot will be a square knot. Tie it and burn the ends. Now I do the same above the nock. Now I tie my loop in. Below on the bottom and above on the top. Works great.

 

[Chief P]

Rob, got that picture of my wifes loop you tied in. The yellow one.

 

[HCAman]

After you tie the knots do you secure it with serving glue or just rely on the tightness of the knot to hold?

 

[HCAman]

ttt

 

[Meatco1]

A tie on nock is just a series of over/under knots. Start by placing the serving materiel under the bow string at your nocking point, pull the ends of the string to the top of the sting, and tie a overhand knot. Next, pull the ends of the serving material down to tie a overhand knot on the bottom of bowstring. Alternate top, and bottom knots 8/9 times, then tie off by reversing your overhand knot, cutting the nock string, and burning the ends off.

You adjust you nock point by screwing it up/down with your thumb and index finger. Might be tight, but it works just fine, and wont' move unless you screw it up/down yourself.

Best thing to do, buy a "Vapor Trail" string set up (won't stretch), use a bow square to place the nock where you want it, tie it and forgett it.

Here is a link showing you how to tie on a nock http://www.bowsite.com/bowsite/features/practical_bowhunter/tieone/

Hope this helps.

Richard

 

[Ian]

If your serving is the string type and not monofilament. Sometimes it's hard to twist the nock up and down. In that case I just tie it in tight about 1/4" or 1/8" from center depending on arrow. Then just move rest up or down instead of nock point.

 

[hkim823]

That works for release shooters (the part about moving the rest up or down), but that doesn't quite work for people who shoot with a pressure button (since optimally the arrow should be flush to the button and a nocking point should set from that).

Use a brass nock to get your position, mark it and then tie one on in it's place.

 

[G2shootR]

Here is a pic that does a good job of showing how to tie a loop on. It is not mine, I saved it off of here a while back...

 

[Guest]

There is a couple ways I use, either will work good. Yuo can simply use overhand knots and stack them, or us a half hitch and stack that. The half hitch is faster and easier to put on but not to good as a nock set. I use it to tie in my peep, and the overhand to tie in a nocking point because you can thread it up and down easier

 

[JAVI]

Here ya' go... we used to just call it a 5 knot/or 10 knot serving...

http://applearchery.com/stringserving.htm

 

[HCAman]

Thanks

Thanks all for the great information!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bucknasty]

i also use the thinner black serving for tied in nocking pts and wax it before i begin. once its waxed the knots won't slip or loosen when you're tieing on the other side of the string. this save me a lot of headache of the knot loosening when i was tieing the other side. plus i believe it will make it last longer. i only use one below my arrows nock. so my d loop's knot is just below the tied in one and the top d loop knot is just above the arrows nock.

 

[HCAman]

Bucknasty

Why only one nock serving? For weight?

 

[bucknasty]

it puts a little pressure on your arrows tip to stay on your arrow rest that way at full draw. i've done above and below, above only, and below only, and below only works best for me. if you use above only you'll see your arrow want to pick up off your rest sometimes, and that tells me what the above tied in pt does, and why it doesn't work for me when tested.

 

[HCAman]

Thanks

Thanks I will have to try all and see what works best for me!!!!