Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: stuckinthemud on May 01, 2021, 04:59:35 pm
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I've only made about a dozen arrows and I typically use goose primary or secondary feathers gathered in the summer molt. I cut along the quill with a sharp blade, tidy up the cut, cut to length, glue on, bind and finally shape with scissors. What should I be doing differently?
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Sounds like the drill! Are you tapering the front of the quill? Are your arrows flying true? Good luck!
Hawkdancer
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Thank you, that's a relief, just found out I shouldn't use left and right side of the same feather, which may have been why one or two of my arrows have been wayward as occasionally I have gotten three flights from one feather. I also used to shape the feathers very wide but have recently started cutting them on a narrow taper to a maximum width of 10mm.