Ya know, I've always been a stickler when it comes to making sure my equipement is in top shape. I'm just happy it wasn't worse. The arrow is junk as the string took a chip out of the end of the shaft. I actually have since pulled all of my nocks out and replaced most of them with new ones. These arrows are fairly old, probably in the neighborhood of 3 years with heavy shooting on them (gotta love Gold Tips).