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how i make 2 fletch arras..lots o pics.
Pat B:
I've been thinkin about making my hunting arrows for next year like these 2 fletch. I am working on sourwood, red twig dogwood(from Germany ;) ) and some home grown switch cane(got some set aside for you Art ;) ) and a few other species I'm testing. Pat
Dustybaer:
but please don't use plastik (unkess it's pre-historic plastik, of course) ;D
artcher1:
I think you'll like the 2-fletch on you're hunting arrows Pat. You won't get as much rotation as the 3-fletch but you'll get enough. I estimate I'm getting one full rotation every 5 yards or so from 45-50 bows. I haven't had any problems with planing either. Turkey tail feathers appear to make the quietest fletch. Looking forward to working with some more of your cane. You grow the best you know ;D!
Dustybaer, that plastic nock on that one arrow has already been replace once. Hate to put that much work into one of these practice arrows only to ruin it :o. But for hunting, wouldn't use anything else but a self-nock.-ART B
Hillbilly:
--- Quote ---Turkey tail feathers appear to make the quietest fletch.
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Art, a couple years ago I was talking to a Cherokee man over on the Eastern reservation that makes traditional bows and arrows, and he used the Eastern Woodlands two-feather fletch pretty much exclusively with turkey tail feathers. They lay down flatter than the wing feathers, too.
Dustybaer:
--- Quote from: artcher1 on February 26, 2008, 12:35:47 pm ---Dustybaer, that plastic nock on that one arrow has already been replace once. Hate to put that much work into one of these practice arrows only to ruin it :o. But for hunting, wouldn't use anything else but a self-nock.-ART B
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art, i was just teasing pat (and you a little bit). ;D i wouldn't dare criticise a fletcher of your caliber.
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