feathers cutting my hand does it make a difference?

[Elktracker]

Does it make a difference in a feather cutting your hand when you cut the feathers final shape with scissors or burn it to final shape? Hope this makes sense thanks

Josh

[DEllis]

Don't you like staining the arrow shafts with blood??
I trim the leading edge of the quill realy thin with a sharp knife and then glue the tips and sometimes wrap them down. Sometimes you need to turn the nock a bit so the fletching clears your hand better. I have less trouble with 4 fletch. Yesterday I stained a shaft pretty good though looked close at it and the start of the feather had some fletching glue soaked and dried into it.......nicked me pretty good. I have been using cut feathers not burned, I wouldn't think there'd be much difference there.
Darcy

[Pat B]

Josh, I wrap the forward end of all my fletching. This helps a lot. I also started using floppy rests on my bows and this alone would do the trick.   

[Elktracker]

K thanks for the tips ill give them a try

[Inuumarue]

I like to thin the quill down a bit and then bevel the sharp corner on the top side. I also bind the fletches, or at least get the front.

Adam

[ricktrojanowski]

Like the others said.  After I burn the feather to shape I then shave the leading edge of the quill as fine as possible and wrap with sinew then glue down.  With this I can shoot off my finger with no bleeding.

[El Destructo]

C/Mon Pat...you aint no Fun...remember two Years ago at the Classic...I looked like I had been shot by the time the course was over...left hand will never be the same again...but I had some Purdy Dern Fletchin's.......... .....

[Pat B]

Mike, my skin has gotten so thin in the last few years it doesn't take much to break it. Since I first started using a floppy rest it hasn't happened. Still almost feels like shooting off my hand. 

[DEllis]

I think I'm gonna have to try one of those floppy rests.
Darcy

[mullet]

I wear a leather glove with all the fingers cut off except the index and thumb.

[Pappy]

I trim the leading edge like others and also roll it down with something round and hard like a screwdriver,then usually rap and glue but not always,the first thing I do is feel of the leading edge if someone gives me an arrow of theirs to shoot,if I feel any burs I don't shoot it.
been there done that and don't like it.
   Pappy

[johnston]

Pat, I hate to be so ignorant but just what is a floppy rest? I am so old a lot of my stuff is floppy but aint know about this.
Thanks.

Lane

[Elktracker]

Not the best looking floppy rest but its just a piece of leather that the arrow rests on

[johnston]

Thank you Elktracker. I will have one in about two hours.

Lane

[Elktracker]

No problem I have also used thicker leather for kids bow, I rip it down a little thinner where it attaches to the grip so it conforms to the shape of the wood look at the far right grip (sattle leather) floppy rest