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DC:
How thick does the vellum have to be? My son has some in his stash of stuff. He says it's a little thicker than writing paper. Will that work? I just want to try an arrow or two and the minimum I can buy is 25 sheets, enough to make fletching for a small army.

Aaron H:
I've never looked at any up close, but from the pictures I have have seen, they seem pretty thick.

Aaron H:
You may have seen these before...

JNystrom:
Of course you want it to be as thin as possible, but rigid at the same time.

Some rawhide's are somehow harder and make thinner fletchings, so i would prefer those. My friend tanned his own deer hide and ended up with superior fletchings.
I just measured my arrows and those had 0,5mm thick (1/50 of an inch) goat hide fletching. With good, stiff hide you might be able to lose as much as half of the thickness... i think.

PatM:
Does he have real vellum or the fake stuff?

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