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Vellum fletching
Scyth:
Aha !
Got the reference . . .
“The Turkish arrow from Okcu Bekir uses Ahari (traditional Turkish calligrapher's paper... "of ahar"). It is only used for Menzil/Flight arrows.
Ahari is paper brushed with an egg++ mixture, then when dry; burnished. This material may reduce the parasitic drag. ”
regards,
Scyth
stuckinthemud:
Scyth, thanks for posting that paper, do you agree the original arrows' nocks were 3 piece assemblies - I can't imagine that gluing the 'blades' of the nock was strong enough, even with the sinew wrapping, it seems from your photo that you carve the nocks directly into the end of the arrow shaft. They are very,very nice work, most inspirational!
DC:
I got the vellum. It's .008"(.2mm). It's fairly stiff. Do you think I should laminate two pieces together?
Scyth:
--- Quote from: DC on February 28, 2019, 06:00:09 pm ---I got the vellum. It's .008"(.2mm). It's fairly stiff. Do you think I should laminate two pieces together?
--- End quote ---
DC -
I wouldn’t . . .
the lighter the better (glue is HEAVY).
regards,
Scyth
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