Primitive Archer
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
Home
Help
Search
Calendar
Login
Register
Primitive Archer
»
Main Discussion Area
»
Arrows
»
Serving knot ??
« previous
next »
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Author
Topic: Serving knot ?? (Read 4124 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Pdwight
Guest
Serving knot ??
«
on:
March 10, 2010, 01:32:30 am »
When you are serving the fletching at the front and or rear what type of knot do you use ??
Thanks
Dwight
Logged
NTD
Member
Posts: 1,771
Re: Serving knot ??
«
Reply #1 on:
March 10, 2010, 01:42:29 am »
Not a ton of experience to talk from here but I start at the front of my feathers and I don't tie a knot...I just sort of loop it and leave a short piece and wrap over that and then continue through the feather...when I get to the back (nock area) I just lift one of the loops and pass the thread through it a few times and then tighten it down. I then saturate the front and back wrap with super glue a couple times and smooth it over. Not saying this is the right way or best way, but I haven't had a wrap loosen on me yet.
Logged
Nate Danforth
Canoe
Member
Posts: 238
Progress - Not Perfection
Re: Serving knot ??
«
Reply #2 on:
March 10, 2010, 12:00:55 pm »
Howdy Pdwright,
I think a lot of folks do it the same way one would tie in a fishing rod guide. They wrap (about five wraps) over a looped thread and then stick their string through the looped thread and then pull the thread... It's easy after watching it on YouTube;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpJg3bHOAVc&feature=related
Good Luck,
Canoe
P.S. After you have the wrappings on you'll want to cover the wrappings with a glue of some sort.
«
Last Edit: March 10, 2010, 12:05:28 pm by Canoe
»
Logged
"Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same." - R. W. Emerson
"Wilderness is not a luxury, but a necessity of the human spirit." -Edward Abbey
Pat B
Administrator
Member
Posts: 37,637
Re: Serving knot ??
«
Reply #3 on:
March 10, 2010, 12:29:27 pm »
Similar to what Canoe said, I make a loop with a separate piece of thread by tying both ends of it together. I then lay it down along the string when I have 5 to 10 wraps to go. Wrap over the loop and when you get to the end stick the tag end into the loop and pull it back through the wrap and snug it up. On strings I do not seal the wrap with glue. On arrows or on wraps on bows I do seal the wrap with glue. Depending on the wrap material will determine the glue used.
Logged
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes! Pat Brennan Brevard, NC
Pat B
Administrator
Member
Posts: 37,637
Re: Serving knot ??
«
Reply #4 on:
March 10, 2010, 12:31:33 pm »
What I described is for the serving on a string but I use the same method on arrows and all wraps. I believe it is a variation of a "nail knot".
Logged
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes! Pat Brennan Brevard, NC
Pdwight
Guest
Re: Serving knot ??
«
Reply #5 on:
March 10, 2010, 12:33:39 pm »
Wow great info folks, I have never been good at tying fancy knots....but am very good at taking directions. Is there a pictorial somewhere on this ??
Thanks
Dwight
«
Last Edit: March 10, 2010, 09:23:56 pm by Justin Snyder
»
Logged
Pat B
Administrator
Member
Posts: 37,637
Re: Serving knot ??
«
Reply #6 on:
March 10, 2010, 12:34:54 pm »
Dwight, I'll see if I can take some pics of my method and post them later.
Logged
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes! Pat Brennan Brevard, NC
Canoe
Member
Posts: 238
Progress - Not Perfection
Re: Serving knot ??
«
Reply #7 on:
March 11, 2010, 12:30:24 pm »
Howdy Pdwight and Pat B.,
Here's a link to a knot making guide - it has cartoons showing how to make all the knots you'll ever need...
http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com
All the Best,
Canoe
Logged
"Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same." - R. W. Emerson
"Wilderness is not a luxury, but a necessity of the human spirit." -Edward Abbey
riarcher
Member
Posts: 180
Re: Serving knot ??
«
Reply #8 on:
March 11, 2010, 01:16:53 pm »
Dwight -
Basicly it's the same as wraping a fishing guide on a rod. (I make custom rods too
)
Not the best produced vidio maybe,, but the "
knot
" at the end is the same (for me anyways).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpJg3bHOAVc&feature=related
I do start the wrap differently though.
The
right
way (harder for me);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Koj0wmLg0
«
Last Edit: March 11, 2010, 01:42:14 pm by riarcher
»
Logged
From the Stripercoast of Rhode Island
Pdwight
Guest
Re: Serving knot ??
«
Reply #9 on:
March 11, 2010, 01:20:47 pm »
I appreciate this so much folks, I am going to be building some arrows soon (in better weather) and need to serve two strings, I have a serving jig but have never done this before.
Again I really appreciate the help.
Dwight
Logged
George Tsoukalas
Member
Posts: 9,425
Re: Serving knot ??
«
Reply #10 on:
March 15, 2010, 12:20:18 pm »
2 simple loops ( kind of like a half hitch), snip it and glue it. Jawge
Logged
Set Happens!
If you ain't breakin' you ain't makin!
Print
Pages: [
1
]
« previous
next »
Primitive Archer
»
Main Discussion Area
»
Arrows
»
Serving knot ??