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Offline Little John

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Primitive Fletching
« on: August 16, 2008, 10:12:28 pm »
I have been getting more and mopre primitive with my fletching, now I am down to totaly abo ways. Well the abo's probably at least knew how. Have had fair results and hope to get better with another one or two under my belt. I prepared the turkey feathers (from Pappy, thanks) with an obsidian flake and hand fletched with deer sinue from Dana (thanks again to Dana) and attempted to burnthe fletches to shape by hand. Did not have a camp fire handy so used a clothes hanger heated over a propane camp stove. Came out fairly good but burning the feathers is a trick. The cool part is they work real good. Makes me really want to do a stone tool bow with sinue or gut srting.  Kenneth
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2008, 02:58:59 pm »
what no pics ???

would really like to see 'em, they sound cool 8)


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Offline Woodland Roamer

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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2008, 09:59:19 pm »
Yeah, pics!!

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Offline Little John

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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2008, 11:33:27 pm »
OK. My camera batteries were down then the fletches wern't really that good and I thought I could get some better ones done to show, so here goes. There is one pic of some hillbillies I ran into in Tenn and our thirty point buck, some of some field points I make for cane arrows,  Two hand fletched arrows with sinue and no glue and a trade point I made the trade point is 7/8" wide and weighs about 250 grains and is mounted with epoxy and sinue.    I know I can do better with the flertches with practice but they shoot good any way.  oh bthe better fletching job was hand fletched with feathers cut with a little chopper and the other is the tottaly primitive one.     Kenneth

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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2008, 07:41:49 am »
Cool pictures,the arrows look great,down righ deadly. :)
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Offline Little John

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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2008, 08:21:35 am »
Yep deadly for sure. The nice thing about primitive archery is that you dont really have to give up performance over regular traditiona archeryl.
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Offline RidgeRunner

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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2008, 09:23:48 am »
Are you admitting to knowing those guys in the first photo?

I have been working on my arrows as well. 

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Offline Scowler

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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2008, 11:05:42 am »
Tying on your fletching is great.  Don't have to worry about fletching jigs or glue.  Great looking arrows.
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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2008, 11:24:19 am »
very nice arrows brother.. would look good with some deer on them .....Hawk a/ho
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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2008, 11:32:10 am »
David, Kenneth feels blessed to know most of those guys!   ;D   Pat
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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2008, 12:09:18 pm »
Yea, I'd have to say - that'a quite a handsome group of guys in that picture ::) ;D. Nice arra's Kenneth and  sure wouldn't want to be on the recieving end :-X :-X ;).
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Offline Woodland Roamer

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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2008, 10:13:23 pm »
Nice looking arrows, it's great when you can do something as simple as possible but it still works just like it should.  8)

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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2008, 10:53:47 pm »
has anybody ever used artificial sinew
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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2008, 11:01:51 pm »
kenneth nothing works better than stone flakes to score the feathers. its like they were made for each other. great job.
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Re: Primitive Fletching
« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2008, 11:28:37 pm »
  Yes, you can use artificial sinew, but it would feel ,,kinda,,dirty. ;)
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