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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: HoBow on April 29, 2009, 08:13:21 am

Title: Banana Cut
Post by: HoBow on April 29, 2009, 08:13:21 am

Does anyone have strong opinions on high arc or low arc banana cut feathers ( I have also seen it called magnum)?  I've heard they are loud but are good for heavy arrows.  Anyone used them much for hunting deer?

Title: Re: Banana Cut
Post by: Timo on April 29, 2009, 08:28:49 am

Jeff, I have a nanner chopper. I think they are way to noisy. High or low , heavy to light arrows,didn't seem to matter much. parabolics seem to be the quietest to my ears.

Title: Re: Banana Cut
Post by: Hillbilly on April 29, 2009, 09:19:20 am

I just plain don't like the way nanner fletches look, so I've never used them.

Title: Re: Banana Cut
Post by: Adam Keiper on May 01, 2009, 11:01:12 pm

I make arrows with several types of fletching, but the modified banana cuts that I burn are my general favorite.  (The quill is 5.25", with a free hanging 1/4" tail.)  I don't find them to be loud, and the extra stabilization lets me use the same arrows on a fairly broad variety of bows and weights.  They will bleed off speed faster than 5" parabolics or such, but that loss doesn't become noticeable until distances beyond 30/35 yds or so

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Title: Re: Banana Cut
Post by: Little John on May 02, 2009, 10:19:16 am

I have used the bannana cuts quite a bit and like them, I think they are quiter than the pope and young style which I also like. The bananna cutter cuts left and right wing feathers. One reason I like them is because it is easier to tie down the back end of the fletch. I have not found mine to reduce cast over other styles.   Kenneth