Arrow smithing lessons

[Boo]

Ok, wondering what you arrow smiths think of 4 & 5 inch fletch on hunting arrows. Going to use a 16 to 17 inch arrow.

I think you will be decreasing your FOC and adding weight unnecessarily. Depending on which fletchings you are using, you may not end up with better guidance from the rear and you may increase arrow noise in flight.
If you are trying to utilize what you have now and they are of the old type (soft/pliable), do yourself a favor and donate them to a museum or toss them like I did.
Good vanes are not expensive.

[Predator55]

Thanks Boo. What would be the best fletch for 2219's? 2 in blazer or 3/4 inch?

[Boo]

Feathers are an option but a pain but probably one of the best options.
Blazers and Silent Knights are the most stiff on the market. Stiff will give you better control and less noise.
Blazers and Silent Knight SK200s are 2" and SK300s are 3". If you have lots of FOC, the SK300s will probably give you best flight, but we're talking long range shooting of 100 yards. For normal everyday killing of animals down to the size of turkeys, either 2" vane will make you smile.
Virtually all of my experience is with the 2" Blazers. Accuracy is so good that I haven't seen the need to look elsewhere. However, a friend from Ohio made me some arrows with SK300 and they fly every bit as good as the Blazers and the moonshine he sent me is the very best I've ever tasted . I have yet to shoot beyond 60 at targets, but that's coming.

[Predator55]

Well being a trad shooter I have feathers laying around, however, they are five inch. Cut down to three inch? Or leave full? As far as foc, I'll be using 150 heads and might even walk that up towards 200. I have some Strickland single bevel heads that i used last year for a shot, flew well.

[Boo]

Well being a trad shooter I have feathers laying around, however, they are five inch. Cut down to three inch? Or leave full? As far as foc, I'll be using 150 heads and might even walk that up towards 200. I have some Strickland single bevel heads that i used last year for a shot, flew well.

If you're a trad shooter, you know as well as I that you can cut feathers. I would probably be inclined to cut the leading edge. Current thinking is that a more abrupt leading edge, gives you better guidance. I would start at 3". I think you'll get really good accuracy.
If you are using aluminum inserts, 150 gr broadheads is where stellar accuracy starts.
Sounds like you know what you're doing so report in with your findings. Not many here use feathers. Mostly the crazy people like Wes and Keith Both like Razors

[Predator55]

Thanks for the info Boo, appreciate to.

[Tom]

Well being a trad shooter I have feathers laying around, however, they are five inch. Cut down to three inch? Or leave full? As far as foc, I'll be using 150 heads and might even walk that up towards 200. I have some Strickland single bevel heads that i used last year for a shot, flew well.

Now I shoot Old School (old bow & Alumn) but I only shoot feathers in my bows (hunting). If I was to WIN a bow, I would still use feathers.

Feathers are lighter then veins. 3 feathers (5") weighed lighter then 1 (5") vein. This helps with FOC. But they are noisier then veins.

Tom

[Reinyrooster]

OK, I quickly downloaded the Microsoft Moviemaker program and stitched together the video from Boo's arrow making session.....problem is the program tells me it's to long to post on Youtube...it's about 24 minutes long......don't know the software well enough to know how to cut it in half and post the two halves.
Anybody with any experience with this sort of stuff can step in here and either give me some direction or make arrangements to get the video on a stick and work with it.
In the meantime I will try and see if I can get it onto YouTube.
I am not a professional videographer and trying to catch everything that Don was saying as get ran back and forth would be about as easy as hearding cats.

[Reinyrooster]

WooHoo...it worked: I haven't even watched the entire video, but here it is:
https://youtu.be/rC4nwGnC-7Y

[newbie]

You have it set private
Maybe we dont want to see what went down

[Boo]

You have it set private
Maybe we dont want to see what went down

You of all people should know the drill. What happens at Booville, stays at Booville

[Reinyrooster]

OK, I'm on YouTube now trying to figure out how to make it public.....

OK, think I fixed it now......

[farm3rbrian]

Just watched your video. Good Job! Not easy to keep up and keep good sight lines. Thanks for doing that for us!
Brian

[xcaliber]

Brian, use Boo's tips, I'll spot you the jig. You pay post aye!

[elknut]

What brand of glue for the knocks and fletching.