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Offline Del the cat

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Miniature Horn nock
« on: February 27, 2012, 09:58:21 am »
I'm so pleased with this I couldn't stop myself posting it ;D.

Del
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Miniature Horn nock
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2012, 10:01:09 am »
Those are lovely Dell!  Love that root beer color too.

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Re: Miniature Horn nock
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2012, 10:05:05 am »
Beautiful work,always wanted to make and use some of them, Hope they turn out half that good.Sweet. :)
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Offline mcginnis6010

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Re: Miniature Horn nock
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2012, 10:30:55 am »
That sure is puurrty! Where can I find me some of those? ;D
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« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2012, 12:01:42 pm »
Saweeeet!! Love that 8)
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Re: Miniature Horn nock
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2012, 12:04:25 pm »
They are cute lol. Can you imagine a shot of a little lad at full draw with a load of blokes drawing warbows behind.
Great stuff, gotta make my boy a little yew bow when he is old enough.

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Re: Miniature Horn nock
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2012, 12:07:46 pm »
Cheers guys,
It's a bit too small for real use, it's about 1/2 scale, which makes it a bit too easy to sit on and break.
It begs the question what should be the scale draw weight on a 1/2 scale bow? I'm guessing at 1/8th.
That nock is only half the length but it's v fiddly to work on as it's onlt 1/8th the volume of a full sized one.
Mind you should have seen the tiny Waterbuffalo it came off :o.
I'll post the full thing including full draw with a scale arrow when it's all done.
Del
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Miniature Horn nock
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2012, 02:15:44 pm »
Fancy work Del, this bow for a little one somewhere or just messing around with scale building?
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Miniature Horn nock
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2012, 02:46:08 pm »
"Mind you should have seen the tiny Waterbuffalo it came off"

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Del those are awesome.
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 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Re: Miniature Horn nock
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2012, 03:20:11 pm »
Fancy work Del, this bow for a little one somewhere or just messing around with scale building?
A guy in the US sent me some Oregon Yew billets, this is made from an off-cut of one and will be sent to him as a thank you gift.
Del
(PS I've just finished the string, a right fiddly job. 4 strands of FF served with fine linen thread.)
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Offline egstonvonbrick

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Re: Miniature Horn nock
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2012, 06:34:37 pm »
Del,

Stunning work... as usual! :)

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Offline Bernal

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Re: Miniature Horn nock
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2012, 07:13:28 pm »
That's a gorgeous nock! Love the curves and shine you got on it.

Offline coaster500

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Re: Miniature Horn nock
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2012, 09:20:24 pm »
That is beautiful Del but frankly what you've conditioned us to expect  :)

Very, very nice indeed!!!
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