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Ryan Jacob:
What are the pros and cons for attaching points and fletching with pitch or hide glue? (so basically what are the advantages of each)

Hunts with stone:
Hafting points the use of pitch is more of a filler with some adhesive properly. You still need to sinew wrap Depending on how you process you’re sinew you would need to add hide glue again so it binds and helps the sinew  shrink and tighten up the haft. As to fletching  unless you’re replicating prehistoric arrows I don’t use pitch as it adds weight. I only use a dab on one end to set them in place before blinding. A Spiral non quill fletch ( stripped) with a quill cut there is no need at all. The ends wrap the same as a hlfting.

Ryan Jacob:
Okay but why can’t I use hide glue to attach the point?

Aaron H:
Moisture is the enemy of hide glue, I don't know how you would protect it from the elements without wrapping the hide glue with bark or something similar. I believe that is how the Koreans and other eastern cultures did it. But they also used socket type joints for their points.

Buck67:
I have used hide glue to hold steel and flint points in a shaft.  It works, but not nearly as well as Pine sap pitch.  I really learned my lesson when I had some flint tipped arrows that were stuck point first into damp soil.  After a few hours the points came loose.  You can use hide glue to hold the tips and as long as everything is kept dry it will work, but add in moisture and the Pine sap pitch becomes preferable.

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