Here are a few of mine...nothing special but they work..

And this one on my latest production...

This one is horn and purpleheart on hickory.

.And this one is zebrawood and horn on osage.

 

Very cool! Nice work!

Here's a couple of recent ones...

Hey Trux, those are really cool!

are you guys pre sanding the tapers on those before glueing them on, or sanding the fade in after glueing on- or a bit of both???

QuoteOriginally posted by fujimo:
are you guys pre sanding the tapers on those before glueing them on, or sanding the fade in after glueing on- or a bit of both???

I put about a 45 degree angle on the bottom piece- I don't worry about the others- they all get tapered once I start shaping the nicks.

Is there a special tool that makes cutting in the nock a bit cleaner and easier once is roughed in?

I sometimes pre taper and sometimes not. Just be careful and either way works well.

I use a good chainsaw file for nock grooves.

A plains style blackfoot bow in the works
 

some pin nocks with deer antler

 

boo backed trilam

 

Elk antler tips and underlays dyed with alcohol dye

 

 

more pins with buffalo horn

 

 

some buffalo horn tips

 

Some leather tips soaked in ca glue on osage

 

black palm and jatoba

 

Not a great picture but this is one of mine.  Less pointy and more rounded, the way I like them.  Less mass in the tips.