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Was the two fletch a real standard for the Cherokee?

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part Cherokee:
Do you have any close ups?
 Is the big feather split or is it whole and just tied on front and rear? Is the small feather tied at the rear or just the front?
Sorry i just want to get it right.
Matt

Little John:
Nice arrows Hillbilly , really nice.   Kenneth

MikaelMazz:
I am part Cherokee on my mothers side and I was pretty disapointed with that chapter where that guy talk down on a fletch designe that served our people for thousands of years but I am sure he ment no harm. I will have to read that section again but I think he may have been talking about just the two regular feather fletch because he said they dont spin and this styl dose unless he did not know. But even then regular two fletch does the job. This is the only type of fletch I use.

part cherokee,
      I am not exactly sure what your questions are. Like Hillbilly said there are many differnet variations usng all different sizes of feathers. I make mine by splitting up the quill about 3/4 and then leaving the rest full. I tie them on inverted on the back and then after the sinue dries I fold the feathers forward and tie down the front. The back gets tied down on either sides of the nock and the front gets tied down in line with the nock. I use turkey tail and wing feathers for this. I found that the tail feathers are less durable because the split runs up further more easy but the wing feathers dont split easy. A good tip is to use the very end of the feather  where the quill is thinnest and tie that part to the shaft because you dont split it so it is a full size quill.
It is hard to describe in words. This stly was used all over the eastern united states and it seems to have been more common than the 3 fletch.
Here are some pictures.

hawkbow:
I have never tried two fletch.. do they windplane? or do the extra pieces of feather stabilize the shaft?

Hillbilly:
Mike, if they're put on right they don't plane. I've never tried shooting them long range in a haevy crosswind, but for the shooting I've done they fly just as good as any other. Most of the tribes that used these also knew of what we would call "normal" fletching, but used this style instead.

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