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Title: prefered feather cut
Post by: Ron+dog on January 24, 2011, 11:17:00 PM
ive been playing around w/ the blitz alot here lately. i use mostly parabolic cut and some shield, 3rivers sells a chopper for traditional,pope and young and t-hawk that look pretty cool. any one use them ? what do you think ?
Title: Re: prefered feather cut
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on January 24, 2011, 11:28:00 PM
I have a banana chopper that is 5.5", I use a 4" feather and do a hybrid nana chop. It is kind of like the T-hawk
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Post by: S.C. Hunter on January 24, 2011, 11:34:00 PM
I use the shield cut, but I am thinking about trying some parabolic cut.
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Post by: JRY309 on January 24, 2011, 11:54:00 PM
I always preferred a shield cut with my wood arrows.These days with carbons I really like parabolics,no real reason.
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Post by: BWD on January 25, 2011, 12:13:00 AM
Parabolic for hunting, shield and nanner for looking at.
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Post by: cyred4d on January 25, 2011, 07:49:00 AM
I like the look of shield cut.
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Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on January 25, 2011, 08:23:00 AM
I use the Shield cut.
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Post by: lpcjon2 on January 25, 2011, 08:31:00 AM
I have a lot of shield cut and parabolic feathers on my arrows,But I got a burner and have done some cool shapes and the burner gives you endless possibilities with shapes.
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Post by: Night Wing on January 25, 2011, 09:34:00 AM
I prefer parabolic since I think the parabolic shape is quieter in flight than the shield shape.
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Post by: Frank Warnke on January 25, 2011, 09:39:00 AM
I go back and forth with parabolic and shield.  I just seem to shoot better with shield, not sure why.
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Post by: Rich in CO on January 25, 2011, 10:05:00 AM
I use shied cut's mainly, but I also like a 4.5in nanna cut.
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Post by: Tree Killer on January 25, 2011, 11:49:00 AM
My personal favorite is the 5.5" Swift cut that 3Rivers sells as a chopper.

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Post by: saltwatertom on January 25, 2011, 12:33:00 PM
I definatly notice a quieter arrow with a parabolic cut feather, the sheilds look kewl tho.  :archer2:
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Post by: Paul WA on January 25, 2011, 03:08:00 PM
I use 3 4" shields on my 31" carbons, parabolic is quieter but the shields touch my nose better...PR
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Post by: limbolt on January 25, 2011, 09:15:00 PM
Love the looks of the shield cut,but parabolic's seem quieter to me.  :dunno:
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Post by: Tree Rat on January 25, 2011, 10:19:00 PM
I wish I could settle one just one......
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Post by: dnovo on January 25, 2011, 10:23:00 PM
Nanners all the way for me. I think they look cool and don't have any noise issues.
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Post by: Davesea on January 25, 2011, 11:40:00 PM
I use Parabolic exclusively for every day shooting. Plan to use my Vario 5" "Indian" to fletch my hunting arrows with three wild turkey feathers.
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Post by: rdoggsilva on January 25, 2011, 11:46:00 PM
I have used both, I just like parabolic's better. To me they are quiter in my opinion.
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Post by: Friend on January 26, 2011, 12:01:00 AM
Shield for me -Since I utilize the feather to my nose as a soft anchor.
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Post by: cedarshaft on January 26, 2011, 11:57:00 AM
I have a Pope & Young chopper and use it often. After chopping, I cut the back end straight down and it works well for me. They are a little noisy, but I wouldn't use them for hunting
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Post by: bulldog18 on January 26, 2011, 12:39:00 PM
Shield cut for me.