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Offline Pat B

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Southeastern four fletch
« on: December 07, 2008, 03:08:44 pm »
After reading about these a few days ago(I can't remember who posted about these  :-[ ::) ) I found the article in PA(Vol 6, Iss 3, pg.6) and thought I'd give it a try. I had a cane arrow already made and had taken the fletching off so I decided to try this 4 fletch(actually only 2 feathers) on this arrow. I did as the article suggested and this is what I came up with.
   I used dog bane to wrap the cane fore and aft of the fletching. This is a first for me also. I haven't used dog bane before. I was unsure of the rear wrap below the nock so I also added a bit of sinew just below the nock for insurance.
   The arrow shoots well and with a bit more R/D it should make for a good primitive fletching method.
   Enjoy!     Pat

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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2008, 03:13:02 pm »
The cane shaft was split through the throat of the nock and also perpendicular to it. The feathers were inserted into the split so one side of each feather came out of each split. Once in place I bound the shaft above and below the fletching to hold it all together. 
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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2008, 03:26:01 pm »
                                                Now that is Weird....Ingenious.....but Weird!!!
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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2008, 04:15:45 pm »
cool. thanks for sharing. Never seen that one before. might have to try it out.
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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2008, 06:11:19 pm »
 Cool, Pat. Do you have any pictures of the split?
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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2008, 06:17:25 pm »
Eddie, check out volume 6, issue 3, page 6 of PA Magazine for a better explanation and pics. I'll try to get some pics of the split if I can.
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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2008, 06:20:46 pm »
 I'll see if I can find it. Thanks Pat.
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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2008, 01:14:08 pm »
  how does it line up on the bow-do you have a feather pointed directly into the handle? i guess a photo from the end of the arrow to see the four feather arrangement would help too.   SOM
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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2008, 05:35:34 pm »
SOM, you split the cane shaft from the throat of the nock and again perpendicular to that. Here are a few pics...

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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2008, 05:37:11 pm »
crap!  same pic both times.  How about this...

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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2008, 05:42:23 pm »
Here is how I split the cane and insert the feathers. The article said 3" to 3 1/2" max for the feather length...

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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2008, 05:48:31 pm »
So that's how it's done..... Very cool.

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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2008, 05:49:48 pm »
sorry my pics are so blurry but you get the idea!    Pat
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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2008, 02:54:33 am »
Pat, thats pretty neet,I bet it flies like a dragon fly,fast I mean.PK
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Re: Southeastern four fletch
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2008, 04:49:01 am »
pat, you're on a roll.  very interesting concept.  and great looking arrow.
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