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nclonghunter:
Many of the recent primitive bows and arrows covered in PA appear to show the feathers as split and ground in some fashion. They do not appear to be pulled from the quill. I see more feather base than what would be present if stripped or pulled from the quill. So, I wonder if cutting and or grinding is the correct primitive method. What's your thoughts on this?

nugget:
I strip all mine.

JW_Halverson:
I strip them all, but some days I am better at it than others and some days I end up grinding the excess from those that didn't strip worth a darn.

stringstretcher:
I have done both, but grind the most.  I do strip them if I intend to wrap the feathers down on the shaft and also when wrapping the ends of each feather.  But most of my arrows, the feathers are glued on for just casual shooting.  The stripped ones are usually in my hunting quiver. Andnothing makes a better flu flu than a stripped feather wrapped around an arrow shaft.

Pat B:
I prefer to split and grind for standard 3 fletch. Primitive enough for me. For Eastern Woodland style two fletch I strip half off the whole feather but use scissors to cut them or use my feather burner. I can and have made arrows totally abo but for everyday use I prefer to add a bit of technology. I also use whole smaller wing feathers in a tangential style fletching.

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