I've been catching up on some arrow repair. Some of the nocks on my wooden arrows have broken. Because I prefer traditional arrows with the more natural ones, I didn't want to replace the broken plastic nock on this arrow and I was kindly given some wooden nocks a while ago by Trevor at Shire Archery and thought, why not give these a try. :-) (Please note: I am not being endorsed or sponsored by Shire Archery in this video). After slicing off the remaining plastic nock with my knife, the next stage was to carefully taper off the end to fit the new wooden nock. This was the first time I had manually done this myself because I usually use a taping tool when using ready made nocks. It came out well and was quite pleased with myself for not messing it up. The wooden nock comes with just a cut slot and needs to be fitted to the string which is a quick and easy process to do, I simply used a needle file. I discovered this nock is made of a harder wood than this arrow shaft which is Port Orford Cedar, so it will probably last quite a while. So, after gluing the nock onto the tapered end of the shaft with fletching glue, it was time to test and see how it will go. I wasn't very keen on how it looked as it was and wanted to stain it to match the arrow shaft. But before doing that I thought it better to test it first. I tried a short distance test of about 7-8 metres, it didn't break and flew fine. Then a longer distance at around 15 - 17 metres, sorry I can't be more precise because I didn't measure the distances. Again it flew fine and didn't break! I am happy with how it turned out and will be fixing some of the other arrows with this type of nock. I will be posting another video soon of how I fixed my arrow nock using a wooden nock soon. . . . . #archery #archerydiy #arrow #arrowmaintenance #arrowrepair #arrowtesting #beingpractical #brokenarrows #demonstration #DIY #englishlongbow #fixingarrows #fixingstuff #test #warriorwoman #woodworking #wooden #woodenarrow #womanarcher
