D bow nock point?

[Parnell]

Where should the nock point ideally be on a D bow - directly in the middle or slightly high?  I'm thinking that if I'm nocking dead center the bottom limb will do more bending.  Should there be a nock about 1.5 inches off center...?

[El Destructo]

I am probably as Wrong as they come...but I build D Bows...and I always grip them with my Center of my Palm in the Middle of the Bow...and the Arrow Nocked above...so I would be one Vote for above Center forthe Nocking Point.....JMO

[Parnell]

Makes sense to me.

[Pat B]

I usually set up my bows with the nock point 3/8" above horizontal and I nock my arrows above the nock. Except for an occasional adjustment this set up works on everything.

[George Tsoukalas]

I set the bow 1.25 inch above the handle roughly. There's leeway there. The nock point is set where the arrow flies the best. See Selfbow Care and Tuning. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/

[adb]

On bows with limbs of equal length, I set my arrow pass 1.5" above center.

[CraigMBeckett]

Well the Art of Archery, L'Art d'Archerie (15th century book) tells us to find where the bow balances on our thumb, then close the hand without moving the thumb. Thus you shoot the arrow off the hand just above the physical centre.

This is how I find where the arrow will pass on the English medieval type bows I make.

Craig

[half eye]

Hey Parnell,
       I think some of the confussion may come from the fact that we shoot our bows differently than did most of the Native Americans. A lot of them used a "pinch" grip on the arrow (refered to as a primary grip) and most of us use a three finger string grip and would change where you wanted the knocking point to be. I know that the Ottawa did not even use knocking points....just put the arrow on at 90 degrees and fire away....but that was with a pinch grip.
      Since most of use the 3 finger (mediteranian style) you might want to listen to the other guys and set a knocking point "above center"....because you'll probably allways shoot with the "upper limb" "up", and not be forced to just "grab & shoot". Just the old guy's opinion.
half eye

[bow-toxo]

Well the Art of Archery, L'Art d'Archerie (15th century book) tells us to find where the bow balances on our thumb, then close the hand without moving the thumb. Thus you shoot the arrow off the hand just above the physical centre.

This is how I find where the arrow will pass on the English medieval type bows I make.

Craig

  Me too. The easy and good solution.

                       Erik

[Pat B]

On my simple primitive bows I generally don't use a nock point. I place the arrow on the string by feel; even pull from top limb and bottom limb.

[Rich Saffold]

Mine go from just above center like the Medieval technique mention to about 1.5" or so on others. But what matters the most to me is like what has been posted. The arrow goes where it shoots the best.