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How do you fletch your arrows?
son of massey:
Its not as tough to fletch all by hand as it may seem at first, it just takes some getting used to. A few wraps around the rear end of the first feather holds it in place, then a few wraps around the next, and so forth, lets you get them in place pretty easily. The just wind around the fletching making sure the feathers stay more or less evenly spaced.
you dont have to buy anything, really. i just keep my eyes open for goose feathers earlier in the summer and turkey a little later in the year, a feather here or there really does accumulate pretty well. You can strip them by hand-the feather part peels off pretty easily from the core and it is ready to go. The only purchased thing that i like to use is dental floss or sewing thread for the binding. practice fletching a dowel rod a few times, you will get a system for all the little stuff by the 6-10th time, after a dozen or two your arrows will have perfectly nice looking fletching and you can start to embellish a little bit. done be scared off though-the first one-four or so that you do will be a really frustrating, difficult task-but it gets better. SOM
Arthur Herrmann:
Kegan has showed me his 5 minute no jig fletching technigue, and it is my favorite. My best time is 6 min 40 sec! I am able to wrap the back ones, then pull the feathers straight, then wrap the front. I have even put a helical twist on some of them.
They fly great! Now I just need to learn how to shoot correctly and improve my aim!
Thanks everyone.
1/2primitive:
I have also tried the Eastern woodland two fletch, as mentioned before. Fletching this way, I have made an arrow in 15 minutes. From raw dowel shaft/materials to finished arrow. I have not gotten it to fly well for me, but I'm determined to get it to work. :)
Sean
Pat B:
I put a good helical on the 2 fletch and it seems to help. I found that a quarter turn(90deg) works well for the 2 fletch.
Sean, Are you laying the feathers up side down on the shaft(back of feather on shaft). That makes them fly better. Pat
Stonedog:
I use a Bitzenburger....primitive or not....it makes it easy, fairly quick and work awesome to boot!
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