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Offline sadiejane

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Re: How do you guys trim or shape your fletches?
« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2011, 09:14:13 pm »
i use scissors...just eyeball it.  I don't even put the same cut on all my arrows lol.

ditto-and they fly right nicely. maybe it's not rocket science after all...
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Offline bowtarist

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Re: How do you guys trim or shape your fletches?
« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2011, 03:58:14 am »
aznboi3644 and sadiejane, all I have to say is finally.  dag-on-it, make the ding dang arrow and go shoot it.  if you're anything like me, you're gonna get cocky and shoot from too far and brake the darn thing anyway.  I'm not lol, i'm brakin' my arrow because I try to shoot them things daily!!  play your string music daily!!!  that's what bowtarist says.   :o
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: How do you guys trim or shape your fletches?
« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2011, 10:54:40 am »
Well, Pappy, we are so alike it is a riot. You are going to have to come up for a shoot or I am going to have to join you in TN. Too bad it is so far....and hot...this time of year down South. :)Jawge
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: How do you guys trim or shape your fletches?
« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2011, 03:18:25 pm »
George, you should really make it down for the Tenn. Classic one year.  I'm pretty sure you will have a great time.
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Offline bolsjedyr

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Re: How do you guys trim or shape your fletches?
« Reply #19 on: July 05, 2011, 05:43:53 pm »
I glue the fletchings and then use a pair of sissors guided by a leather pattern.
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Offline _Jon_

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Re: How do you guys trim or shape your fletches?
« Reply #20 on: July 05, 2011, 09:23:00 pm »
I have used a feather Burner, however Pappy let me use a feather chopper and that's all I'll use now on the Turkey Feathers.

So my first choice is chopper, and second is a Feather Burner.

Just finished up on a dz arrows for a member of Twin Oaks.  These are one's I chopped.



The one's below I made and I used a feather burner on.

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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: How do you guys trim or shape your fletches?
« Reply #21 on: July 06, 2011, 12:07:49 am »
I use a feather burner.  I've had luck with the choppers as well, but I prefer the burner.
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