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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #30 on: April 21, 2011, 02:51:07 pm »
Quote from: El Destructo on April 21, 2011, 02:45:46 pm
Pat....ya better break out that Spade ole Son....looks like the Boys from the Texas Desert are coming tooth Sweet Hills of Tennessee after all... :P

You using a phone with that automatic speller thing on it? ;D
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #31 on: April 21, 2011, 02:55:14 pm »
Dam these so called ...Smart Phones
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #32 on: April 21, 2011, 04:58:51 pm »
Will do, Mike. So glad you guys are going to make it. Bon voyage!
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #33 on: April 24, 2011, 01:48:40 pm »
'crafty, firstly I have to add to the long list of thanks for taking the time to post up these informative threads!!! 

Secondly - you're using secondary feathers but will tail feathers work just as well?  I think I remember an article in one of last let's issues about it.

If/when using tail feathers, is there a preferable side to use as the fletching?  I mean with regard to "left wing - right wing" feathers, cos tails are "in between".

Steve.
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #34 on: April 24, 2011, 11:17:48 pm »
Yes, tail feathers will work.  There is no preferred way of using the tail feathers, so long as the "curl" is the same for both.
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #35 on: April 27, 2011, 11:45:21 pm »
Excelente!!!! You make it look so simple 8)
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #36 on: May 02, 2011, 01:02:40 pm »
You ought to sit and watch in Person....it is simple....................For Patrick...He is an Awesome Artist when it come to making Arrows and Bows...and lets not forget Points too...to watch Him knap with His unorthodox means of Indirect Percussion...is a Sight to be Seen...my Hats off to Him....
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #37 on: May 02, 2011, 04:54:54 pm »
Quote from: El Destructo on May 02, 2011, 01:02:40 pm
You ought to sit and watch in Person....it is simple....................For Patrick...He is an Awesome Artist when it come to making Arrows and Bows...and lets not forget Points too...to watch Him knap with His unorthodox means of Indirect Percussion...is a Sight to be Seen...my Hats off to Him....

Incase anyone didn't notice, I was generally in Patricks vecinity at the Classic for that reason. Not to mention what a nice guy he is. From watching him work on those Ligustrum sinense arrows, to knapping, to working on that Robinia pseudoacacia bow, a master at whatever he does.
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #38 on: May 03, 2011, 02:06:04 am »
El DestRuctor,,

oh I can imagine... Wish he lived closer and not out in west Texas...  :'(
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #39 on: November 17, 2012, 01:56:04 pm »
Im going to give this a shot. If i like it, i'll stick with it. I've read that the angle that you tie the feathers, or the spiral you give them is very important. I didnt see that you made note of it Jack.


Was this fletching style used EXCLUSIVELY by many native tribes or did they do the convenional 3 feather fletch and used this just for the smaller feathers?
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #40 on: November 17, 2012, 04:53:55 pm »
This style was used exclusively by many groups in the Eastern Woodlands and by some Northern groups. 
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #41 on: November 17, 2012, 09:37:41 pm »
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #42 on: November 17, 2012, 10:55:30 pm »
Cool. :)
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Midland, Texas
Youtube: JackCrafty, Allergic Hobbit, Patrick Blank

Where's Rock? Public Waterways, Road Cuts, Landscape Supply, Knap-Ins.
How to Cook It?  200° for 24hrs then 275° to 500° for 4hrs (depending on type), Cool for 12hr

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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #43 on: November 21, 2012, 06:18:19 pm »
the feathers aren't supposed to lay on the shaft are they?

Does this affect arrow flight distance?
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Re: Eastern Woodlands Two-Fletch
« Reply #44 on: November 23, 2012, 08:54:46 am »
Excellent how-to post.  Thanks for sharing. :)
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