Ozbow

Hmm, Just re-read my post from Thursday (about tied on fletches) and wondered if I gave the impression of "tie one fletch (fl) at the front then the same fl at the back, then the second fl at the front then the same fl at the back ......". *No* :surprised: Pre-cut the leading ends of the 3...

Thanks for the welcome Afro.
I use bamboo stakes for my shafts, so I'd need to drill holes in them to use pins, otherwise they'd split . Not an issue with the timber ones .

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Duncan

Thanks for the welcome Nephew. I've also done non-glued fletching (still using my dot method), sequentially catching the front, then rear, ends of the feathers with linen thread rubbed with bees-wax and pine resin (2:1 mix, the same as I use on the threads I make for sewing boots and shoes), but the...

yeoman wrote:Exactly.

I reckon you should write this up as a short article for Primitive Archer magazine. You might get a free subscription out of it.

Hmmm.

DM

P.S. Thanks LB

Or half and half eg. Photo on 22-01-2014 at 10.36 06pm8.jpg This way the fletch is centred on the marks and therefor the thirds, which you start by putting the first one at 90 deg to the string nock. Or it could just be I have some latent OCD that wants it all to be even :lol: "I have CDO. It's...

G'day Woody,
Makes perfect sense, and is what we'd get if I swapped sides on the dots with my yellow demo fletch. And yes, I've looked closely at the barbicles and the way they interlock. They are beautifully amazing.

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Duncan

G'day Woody, I've been thinking about that, and looking at the end-on photo of my yellow demo fletch, I'm coming to the conclusion that it would be better for that feather to go anti- clockwise (viewed from the nock) . In other words, the feather shown would then scoop along it's top edge, instead o...

G'day Dave, 15+ years ago, I wanted to make my own arrows, and I was having trouble fletching evenly and couldn't afford a fletching jig. I was trying to get the hang of placing pencil dots at thirds around the shaft, when I discovered that when I'd got it right, there was this tiny line of shaft vi...

Yes Jeff, It's elm and pulls 30 odd #, and I probably made it 8-10 years ago. I had made a much better 45# elm following that (0 string follow), but unfortunately it went missing. Need to have another go. A few years before that I was given the set of the Trad. Bowyers Bibles. Devoured them. Now the...

Listen to Jeff about the 'dead bird feathers'. I don't want anyone getting in trouble. Most people should know someone with, at least, chickens! The complete arrow at the end of my tute. is fletched with them. If someone has ducks, even better.

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Duncan

Thanks for the welcome

The Last part. This is what the fletch looks like from end on. DSCN9198.JPG And here is one I made (a few years) earlier... DSCN9201.JPG DSCN9203.JPG I've bound both ends with thread, the leading end being the most important, I feel, as I shoot off my finger ( with a leather wrap, but even still; th...

Pt.2 2. Holding the quill steady in one hand, grip the vane of the feather between thumb and forefinger (a little longer than you want. We can cut it shorter later on, but we can't make it longer :biggrin: ). Pull out and down. If all goes to plan, the vane will peel off the quill with a tiny film h...

G'day all, This is my first post, as I've just discovered this site (and I like what I see :biggrin: ). Some years ago I worked out how to lay out helical fletching armed with just a texta or a blunt, soft lead pencil. The latter is more traditional, but I used the texta for clarity in the photos. I...