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/* Deflexed Self-bow */
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=== Deflexed Self-bow ... with deflexed nocks ===
''A deflexed nock is where the nock is deliberately strongly angled towards the string.''<br>
'''Art'''<br>
* [[List of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts#T7|T64]] BL Harley f.64r<br>* [[List of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts#T84|T84]] Vatican Reg.12 f.24v<br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>
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Almost all of the Anglo-Saxon manuscripts show bows with nocks deflexed away from the archer, the complete reverse of the deflexed nocks found in archaeology. <br>
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=== Re-curved (Reflexed) Self-bow ===
''A re-curve self-bow is where the stave of the bow is deliberately curved away from the string.''