I am asking to find a specific answer. I have made peace with which feather orientation I use, left or right so those opinions are not sought.
However, does anyone have ACTUAL knowledge of whether it matters if you use a right or left wing feather in a straight clamp with a slight offset?
I know some like lots of helical. Not my question. I just want to know if there is a factual base for discussing whether a right wing or left wing feather matters with offset of a straight clamp...
Thanks! :eek: :help:
I used to offset LW to the left and RW to the right with straight clamps. The feather will have a natural curl to it and you don't want to go against that. Did I ever put them on opposite of the wing to try it? No.
I use a straight clamp most of the time.....just off set to the left for LW and right for RW just like reddogge said above. Seems to work fine.
I just made these up yesterday. Right wing feathers in an offset straight clamp.
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z130/Greg_M_/archery/P1010530_zpsmtxhb6kt.jpg) (http://s194.photobucket.com/user/Greg_M_/media/archery/P1010530_zpsmtxhb6kt.jpg.html)
Bitz dial settings:
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z130/Greg_M_/archery/P1010532_zpsgcxzvanc.jpg) (http://s194.photobucket.com/user/Greg_M_/media/archery/P1010532_zpsgcxzvanc.jpg.html)
I haven't got any left wing feathers to try right now.
With the natural curl of the feather if you fletched a LW feather in a right offset the right offset would be fighting the left curl for the spin.
Pretty much already said.
Just use the correct wing to more easily make the slight curl.