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dragonman:
another question from a novice arrow maker, if the feather has enough material on either side of the central spine , such as in big tail feathers, can both sides be used, on the same arrow??

Hillbilly:
Both sides can be used, but not on the same arrow. The offside of a right-wing feather will behave like a left-wing feather. Same with tailfeathers.

dragonman:
thanks a lot Hillbilly, for both answers, just what I needed to know, I've always bought feathers and stuck them on straight  but now its time to learn arrow making skills

mullet:
 When I'm using tail feathers, I use the whole feather. One on each side for two fletch.

SSGN_Doc:
I just started making my own arrows.

I split some feathers and used the "top" for left wing fletchings, and used the "bottoms" to make spiral wrapped flu-flus.

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