Calthulhu
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As my only real (minimal) value here is for off topic gun related reminiscences, comedy value, ebay picks, and cheap alternatives to specialist equipment, I thought I'd run this idea past the board. Having recently had to remove a busted nock without access to a dedicated tool (it's amazing what you can do with a lighter, a pair of pliers, and a small screw) I did pay slightly more attention to offerings from the likes of Beiter designed for the same purpose. On closer inspection, the ?10+ tool is essentially a thin metal bar with a sort of ridged tip designed to be heated and inserted into the nock, melting the plastic which then sets on the ridges giving some purchase. A bit of investigating revealed that the business end of the tool is practically identical to a sort of ear pick popular in the far east for cleaning your lugs out. Good news is that they can be had direct from China on ebay for a quid including shipping. See item 251045756527 for an example.
The usefulness of this idea is directly proportional to the number of times anyone has said "gee, I wish I had a tool that made getting nocks out on the rare occasion that they break well into the shaft" - which I would gamble is a fairly low number. However, if you can score a stuck nock tool for a quid, then I'd imagine that more of them would find their way into bow cases and tool boxes across the land.
Oh, and contrary to popular belief, I neither work for ebay or the Chinese board of trade, nor am I part of a Chinese sleeper cell just waiting to crush all you imperialist pig dogs once we have destroyed your economy with our crappy low quality knocked off goods. All together now - "you're more than a number in my little red book..." Ok, remove 'comedy value' from my list of dubious traits - I'll stick to ebay.
The usefulness of this idea is directly proportional to the number of times anyone has said "gee, I wish I had a tool that made getting nocks out on the rare occasion that they break well into the shaft" - which I would gamble is a fairly low number. However, if you can score a stuck nock tool for a quid, then I'd imagine that more of them would find their way into bow cases and tool boxes across the land.
Oh, and contrary to popular belief, I neither work for ebay or the Chinese board of trade, nor am I part of a Chinese sleeper cell just waiting to crush all you imperialist pig dogs once we have destroyed your economy with our crappy low quality knocked off goods. All together now - "you're more than a number in my little red book..." Ok, remove 'comedy value' from my list of dubious traits - I'll stick to ebay.