Bowmo, criticism is hard to come by on this site. It is nice and refreshing for a change. The reason for the high nocks is I am using every last mm of horn to make this bow and don't want to waste any. The nocks are just sinew molded up past the end of the horn. As far as too much spine in short bows- not a problem. The goal is to get the arrows as light as possible for optimal speed and flight from these little bows.