knocking points (again!)

[tel]

Does anyone have a definitive guide to tying on a knocking point? I've seen several sets of instructions, not wildly different, but there's one point I'm not sure I follow - how to glue the finished point for security and still allow it to be adjusted up and down. "Apply (super)glue to the knot, making sure it doesn't soak through to the serving" said one - how the hell do you do that?

All answers gratefully recieved as ever.

[Jerry Tee]

I usually start with a clove hitch with two long ends, loop one end and lay it along the string, with the other wrap it over the looped end to form the nocking point. keeping the tension on the serving put the end through the loop and then pull the loop tight so as the end threaded though it gets pulled back under the serving. Pull both ends firmly to tighten and trim off.

[tel]

This sounds like a method I've seen used - Couple of questions:
1. Do you need to secure it with glue?
2. Is it adjustable?
TIA

[Field Archer]

Once you have tied in your nock point, cover it with a light coat of superglue.
When the glue has set, with two pairs of pliers, one on the nock point and the other on the string, you can turn the nock point just as if it was a nut on a screwed rod. You may have to work it a bit initially to break any glue between the two parts, but once that is done it will move easier.

Depending on how tight you tied on the thread in the first place, the nock point should stay put, if it does move, just add a dab of superglue again.

[gunmender]

For my string nocking points i used some fletching glue to secure the closly cut ends of the cord, i am wondering if the turning of the superglued ones may loosen the serving cords in some instances? I had a string with a loose serving - real pain to sort out

[Field Archer]

If you use two pairs of pliers, one the nock point, the other on the serving behind the nock point so that when you turn, the serving is being tightened. I have used this method many times and never known the serving to be loosened.

Originally Posted by gunmender

For my string nocking points i used some fletching glue to secure the closly cut ends of the cord, i am wondering if the turning of the superglued ones may loosen the serving cords in some instances? I had a string with a loose serving - real pain to sort out

[radsbow]

[Field Archer]

Radsbow, that's the same method of tying on nock points that I use. Can't remember where I originally found those pictures.

[radsbow]

Originally Posted by Field Archer

Radsbow, that's the same method of tying on nock points that I use. Can't remember where I originally found those pictures.

Yea I have no idea where I found those piccies either! But have used that method ever since - without any problems

[tel]

Originally Posted by radsbow

Yea I have no idea where I found those piccies either! But have used that method ever since - without any problems

Sorry to go on - but with this method do you use heat (presumably a nylon thread? any recommendations?) and glue, or does one replace the other?