Well, I'm a little surprised and perplexed.
I make the Reparrow footings. I don't suggest anybody else do it, but I have used them for nocks and created entire arrows of Reparrows just to see what they would do. Never had one raise a splinter under any circumstance.
But what puzzles me is that on this site the main objection ought to be that they are not the LEAST BIT primitive! What are y'all thinkin of? (I have to say "y'all" now that I live in Kentucky)
This one is not actually a Reparrow because I made it with the standard nock taper instead of the point taper. If I could find a quick way to make the nocks, I'd use these all the time, because I do like the look.
Cheers,
Jim Davis
PS. Jawge was one of the first to try out Reparrows four or five years ago and he's had a few more to try since then.