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Offline DC

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Feather splicing
« on: May 18, 2018, 10:02:08 am »
Are feathers from different species spliceable? Will they stick together.

Offline Pat B

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Re: Feather splicing
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2018, 03:36:47 pm »
They are all made the same. I'd say just give it a try. Theoretically they should work.
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Offline DC

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Re: Feather splicing
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2018, 12:25:50 pm »
Well peacock and turkey will join together :) :)

Offline Pat B

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Re: Feather splicing
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2018, 01:57:20 pm »
 :OK This could get interesting.  8)
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Feather splicing
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2018, 02:15:22 pm »
Peacock wing feathers are my favorite natural fletching.  The stiffness is in between turkey wing and secondary.  The hard part of splicing is getting feathers that have the same angle so they match up. 
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Re: Feather splicing
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2018, 02:19:07 pm »
Peacock wing feathers are my favorite natural fletching.  The stiffness is in between turkey wing and secondary.  The hard part of splicing is getting feathers that have the same angle so they match up.

These lined up not to bad. I posted them on another post.

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Re: Feather splicing
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2018, 08:46:48 am »
Looks like you did great DC. I saw the other post. Nice arrows
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