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Title: White spliced fletchings
Post by: snag on July 01, 2010, 12:43:00 PM
(http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/snag23/DSC01355.jpg)

I think I have found my favorite fletching for visibility.  The ones that are spliced white with orange barred feathers look like white dots going through the air.
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Post by: Prairie Drifter on July 01, 2010, 12:44:00 PM
LOVE IT!!
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Post by: KumaSan on July 01, 2010, 01:33:00 PM
Beautiful job.
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Post by: Ragnarok Forge on July 01, 2010, 02:04:00 PM
Those are some sweet looking arrows.
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Post by: snag on July 01, 2010, 02:11:00 PM
Thanks guys. I've gotten away from crown dipping. I like seeing the grain of these Surewoods instead of covering them up.
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Post by: joe ashton on July 01, 2010, 03:05:00 PM
nice
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Post by: billy shipp on July 01, 2010, 03:52:00 PM
Beautiful job.....I need to try splicing some soon.
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Post by: bolong on July 01, 2010, 05:21:00 PM
Those are prettier than a speckled pup!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Islandlongbow on July 01, 2010, 06:03:00 PM
Your a master fletcher my friend!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Jim Keller on July 01, 2010, 06:26:00 PM
Beautiful. I gotta try that some time.
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Post by: Keith Zimmerman on July 01, 2010, 06:43:00 PM
I use the same but red instead of orange on my elk arrows.  Very nice!
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Post by: joekeith on July 01, 2010, 06:55:00 PM
My splicing attempts have never come out looking like that.  What's the secret to getting them to glue together so evenly?  I can't do it.......
Title: Re: White spliced fletchings
Post by: snag on July 01, 2010, 07:15:00 PM
Joe, I use to have one heck of a time getting a good glue joint too. I started out "butt end" gluing them. Didn't like that. Went to grinding the base down with a dremel type tool. That was better. Then I tried stripping the the quills off the feather I am going to use for the splice. It takes the thin membrane off with the quills. Love it! Perfect!
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Post by: yellow bow on July 01, 2010, 07:44:00 PM
very nice.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: lpcjon2 on July 01, 2010, 07:45:00 PM
You did good on them,I like em   :clapper:
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Post by: FerretWYO on July 01, 2010, 08:34:00 PM
You did well man. Great work.
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Post by: flyfish1 on July 01, 2010, 08:50:00 PM
what length are your feathers
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Post by: glass76 on July 01, 2010, 09:16:00 PM
Great looking arrows you have there.
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Post by: stickbowmaniac on July 01, 2010, 09:42:00 PM
Very Nice Job.
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Post by: COOCH on July 01, 2010, 10:38:00 PM
Awsome looking arrows there sir. I like them a lot.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: snag on July 01, 2010, 11:00:00 PM
Flyfish1, I love the 4 shield 4" fletchings. I don't have to worry about how to place the arrow on the string and they fly great!
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Post by: steadman on July 01, 2010, 11:04:00 PM
Great looking arrows! Love the splice!
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Post by: Kevin Winkler on July 01, 2010, 11:06:00 PM
Nice job snag! I prefer 4 fletch also. I tried some splicing last summer and they didn't turn out to good.

Yours look great! Where did you find the info on how to do it?......was it here on Trad Gang?
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Post by: Gator1 on July 02, 2010, 07:19:00 AM
Great Job....
Title: Re: White spliced fletchings
Post by: snag on July 02, 2010, 12:34:00 PM
Guys like FerretWYO are always a big help. I think  grinding the base off of the quills works pretty well. But if I can strip the base off it gives me a thin layer of the membrane that holds the quills and it is kind of curved of domed. So it fits really nicely onto the membrane you are splicing onto. Just what I have found to work pretty well. I am sure if you do a search for "splicing" you will get lots of info.

Well I have to get to making some more. I have some shafts that are already for fletching, they just need some of these spliced fletchings now!     :thumbsup:
Title: Re: White spliced fletchings
Post by: MSwickard on July 02, 2010, 01:54:00 PM
Nice arrows Snag!

Here are some I made up.  I used two white and put a red barred:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/MSwickard/2010_0610CXTerminatorselects0176.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/MSwickard/2010_0610CXTerminatorselects0173.jpg)
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Post by: ArrowCrester on September 13, 2010, 12:20:00 AM
Very Nice!!!!
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Post by: Bill Carlsen on September 13, 2010, 08:01:00 AM
Snag: You can crown dip with Rit dye and still see the wood grain. Looks cool.
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Post by: Shape Shifter on September 13, 2010, 12:16:00 PM
Those are some beautiful arrows you got there. Great job with them.
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Post by: Dave Bowers on September 13, 2010, 12:36:00 PM
Awesome job they look terrific   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Cromm on September 13, 2010, 05:08:00 PM
Very nice work.
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Post by: toppredator on September 13, 2010, 07:24:00 PM
Great job.  Those arrows look awesome.
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Post by: Mike Vines on September 13, 2010, 09:10:00 PM
Beautiful.  That pretty much sums it up.