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What's the purpose?
« on: February 04, 2009, 01:29:42 pm »
Does anyone know what the purpose is behind leaving the first few strands of feather longer at the start of fletching on an arrow, as opposed to trimming the rest of the feather down?
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Offline DanaM

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Re: What's the purpose?
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2009, 01:33:01 pm »
It looks cool 8)
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Re: What's the purpose?
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2009, 02:48:02 pm »
What Dana said, plus it's a good way to mark the cock feather if all your feathers are the same color.
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