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Scyth:


. . . here is how you shape the shaft & the nock . . .


regards,

Scyth

PatM:
You would be wise  to set the arrows up for your style of shooting.    Also vellum is rawhide.  You can just use some thin hard rawhide and sand it to your desired thickness.

JNystrom:
What Pat said.

I have a hard time believing the fletchings will stay on the shaft if there is no groove or the vellum is not split to widen the base. I use the groove method with superglue and it works well.
But sure, turks did sinew bind the nock before fletching. However, did they split the base to widen the glue surface?

Scyth:
Turkish flight arrows . . .

http://margo.student.utwente.nl/sagi/artikel/turkish/


regards

Scyth

DC:

--- Quote from: PatM on February 16, 2019, 08:20:06 am ---Does he have real vellum or the fake stuff?

--- End quote ---

It's real calf hide. He's going to send me some. If it's too thin maybe I can laminate a couple of pieces. I do have a piece of rawhide that BowEd sent me. It's about .060" thick so I would have to sand it.

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