Easy Archery Nocking Points --- (How To: Easily Tie A Nail Knot)

Thank you for being here today. Today we're covering nail knots or the constrictor knot. They're the same thing, but they're very useful to tie on knocking points, peep sides, clickers, et cetera, et cetera. Welcome to a new series titled To The Point, because I'm helping you become a better archer by getting to the point. The nail knot, aka the constrictor knot, was originally used in fly fishing, but archery has adopted it as its primary knot for tying on many different archery accessories. This is absolutely the one knot out of all the knots in archery that you should know and memorize. Now, if you've ever used overhand knots, tying back and forth, back and forth, and then putting some glue on it, and then heating it up to try to keep your knocking points in place, well, this is a better way to replace that method, because this better way, there's two benefits to it. One, it's never gonna come unraveled. Sometimes that glue can come unraveled, and that overhand knot can come unraveled, and that's a no-go. The second thing that's better about the nail knot is it gives you adjustability. So after the knot is there, you don't have to snug it down all the way, and you can adjust your knocking point slightly until you have it just right. Now this is how you tie the nail knot. All you need is a 10 to 12 inch piece of serving, and then with that, I like to rub it against a glue stick. This will stiffen it up a little bit and make it a little easier to tie the nail knot. This step is not a necessity, but it does help. The other optional part of this knot is using a nail or a pencil or something to aid you in tying the knot. It can be done both ways. First, when you're not gonna use it, this is how you do it. Bring your tag end out to the left. Then wrap the serving over top of the tag end four to eight times. After that, you're going to loosen up all the loops you just wrapped and shove the second tag end all the way back through so that each tag end is crisscrossing underneath the serving. Pull these two ends tight, cut the ends, and burn them. Now, the second method is to use a nail, or I like to use a pencil to aid me. With this method, I'll put the tag end in line with the bowstring. I'll wrap over the pencil and the bowstring four to eight times. At this point, the pencil created a gap that I can shove the other tag end back through the serving. Now, with the tag ends crisscrossing underneath the serving, you can pull the pencil out and then snug up the knot. Cut the extra serving material and burn off the tag ends. Now, you can leave that serving material out about 3 1⁄4 of an inch, and this will allow you to adjust it so as you're tuning your bow, you can make slight adjustments to your knocking point until you get it just where you want it, and then you can cinch it down. And that's how you tie a nail knot. I hope that was to the point enough for you guys. And someone else who went right to the point was Bobby Harrison. He said, I bought the shooting tab a few months ago. All I can say, it's money well spent. If you don't have one, do yourself a favor and order two. I'm ordering a second one as a backup soon. Thank you, Bobby Harrison, for leaving that review on the website. And for those of you who don't know, I have a company, Shatterproof Archery, we sell bowstrings and archery accessories such as arm guards, quivers, tabs. So if you need anything, go to shatterproofarchery.com. Thank you so much for sticking with me today. Stay shatterproof, and I'll see you guys on the next video.