And of course, helical fletching was first made popular by the traditional folks, longbow- and recurve-toting archers who were attempting to stabilize their wooden arrows that were tipped with large, ...

Only remove wood from the belly side of the limbs ... use based on your available materials Duct tape can mend a torn arrow fletching, and replace one. Tim MacWelch You won’t always have ...

A handy socket adapter holds the wood securely as it turns ... has an indexed rotation knob to turn the arrow exactly 120 degrees, and allows fine tuning of the fletching placement.

The fletching was trimmed using a hot coal ... accuracy was better than 50 % for this narrow target and the arrows stuck into the wood enough so that they were difficult to pull out.

Figuring out exactly what fletching type, number, and orientation gives the absolute best arrow flight for your bow setup and hunting style can sometimes seem like rocket science. And that’s ...

Feather fletchings have been used since ancient times and remain a staple among traditional archers. Only wooden arrow shafts, steel points, and turkey wing feather fletchings are allowed in ...

Keep removing wood slowly, until you reach your desired weight at your draw length. Once you get there, the bow is pretty much done. Some people prefer to leave the bow like this and use their bow ...