problem with feathers cutting my hand when shooting

[colejack3]

Hey everyone I shoot off my knuckle and have a problem with feathers cutting my knuckle when I shoot. Does this happen to anyone else ? If so what was your solution? Thanks

[denny]

Make a flap rest. Use a small pc of leather and insert into you handle wrap and this will lay on top of your hand. Also try gluing the end of the fletch and lightly sand after it dries on the front edge. Denny

[colejack3]

could you show me a picture of what you mean by a leather rest please?

[aznboi3644]

My hand was getting cut when I first started shooting...but I just kept shooting.  A little blood aint gonna kill ya...I have a scar now where the arrow pass is.  Skin thickens...after a while it willl be like a leather patch between your thumb and index finger. 

As Tim the Tool Man Taylor would say  "Arrr arr arrrr arrrgghhh!!!!"

[half eye]

You could try wrapping the leading edge (tapered quill) with thread then coat with clear fingernail polish. In my personal experience if you taper the quill to a low angle, and then wrap, the cuts wont happen. It's usually the leading edge of the quill that cuts your hand.
rich

[Pat B]

This is what I use to protect my hand while shooting. It is a Ferret's Floppy Rest invented by Mickey Lotz. Works great, protects your hand and still feels like shooting off your hand.
  Also, I have made a habit of wrapping the forward end of the fletching with thread, This makes for a smooth transition between the feather and shaft.

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[colejack3]

I cant read that my eyes arent any good  could you or someone post a pic of the shelf on the bow?

[Gordon]

I taper the leading edge of each feather with a drum sander. Then I burnish the ends with a metal rod and finish with a drop of glue.

[Pat B]

Here are a few. The second one is not one of my favorites...but it used to be! 


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[rileyconcrete]

Heres a rest I did, on my osage bow, and also you can see how my fletching is wrapped with artificial sinew.


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[medicinewheel]

Whenever the problem appeared on one of my bows I solved it by having the nockpoint a bit higher.

First of all I sand down the tip side end of the feather and wrap it carfully.

[AndrewS]

I 'm with Frank: Nock the arrow a little bit higher and the problem is gone..... In my experience it isn't the feather, it is the nock that hit on your hand after release the arrow and with changing the nock-point you will not have this problem any longer!

[hillbilly61]

A nice deer skin glove with the fingertips cut out works very good Like said above, wrap the leading edges of the fletch with artificial sinew.

[sailordad]

yup wrap the leaqding edge of the fletch,use a floppy rest or glove
or yo could do like i have done,turn a wrench for 20+ yrs then your hands are all acllouses and no worries 

cant believe its the nock hitting you and doing the cutting
if you do change the nock point,you may no longer be shooting int that "sweet spot" that the bow likes best
just something to consider

[medicinewheel]

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if you do change the nock point,you may no longer be shooting int that "sweet spot" that the bow likes best
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I'm talking of ONE millimeter, or not even that; that did not affect the sweet spot.