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Wooden fletching
zoomer:
I have seen a picture of wooden fletching (wood strips cut into a "feather" shape) on crossbow bolts. And they are portrayed as an accurate historical reproduction, so it sure works on bolts. Would this type of fletching work on arrows? Thanks.
Pat B:
I wouldn't want a wood fletching anywhere near my hand.
DC:
I'm with Pat on this one but I have wondered how the flight guys use razor blades for fletching.
dylanholderman:
iv'e seen the same thing and thought about it for arrows too, no reason it wouldn't but Pat B sums up the cons pretty well :D
though i did come across a reference to a guy shooting them out of a compound with no problems so maybe if you had a large shelf it would be safe.
i think that thin leather is the better alternative fletching material for arrows, from what iv'e read they get attached the same way with a shallow groove cut in the shaft and then gluing the leather in.
Pat B:
You can make fletching from anything that causes drag. James Parker made fletching from pine needles whorled around the shaft at a "primitive" class at the NC State shoot years ago. James won the class with a sapling he just cut for a bow, twig for an arrow and whorled pine needle fletching.
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