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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: pintail_drake2004 on January 20, 2007, 03:35:00 PM
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Well, i dont understand this. If you cut them right, why do you need to burn them too?
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Don't think you do both. Either chop them or use a burner to shape them. With a burner, you can use different wires for different shapes. I think.
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I'm very new to burning feathers but I like the fact that I can design any shape and size that I want and I dont have to buy seperate choppers or blades to do it. You can get burner ribbons for $2.00 apiece.
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Because they smell so good :)
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Originally posted by 21cenlongbowhunter:
Because they smell so good :)
:thumbsup:
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I like to burn my feathers also,I can make any size I want.I have one wire I shaped into a bananna cut and I use to different ribbons for a shield cut.I use one ribbon to make the first sweeping cut,I can make it any heighth I want.The second ribbon I use to trim the shield cut.With the two ribbons I can make any length or heighth shield I want,3" or 4" or 5" or 5&1/2".If I get a good buy on die-cut feathers,I've cut them to the length I want and use the burner to trim them.
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As has been said you can make whatever shape of feather you want. But what I like is, one full length feather will make 2, 4 1/2" fletch. I tend to make mine (shield) a little high.
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I don't burn or chop. I use scissors. Here's how I get nice even cuts....
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l282/poekoelan/clip-open.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l282/poekoelan/clips1.jpg
Only costs about a quarter a piece and I can make any shape I want and it works with right or left wing.
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poekoelan: is that stuff plastic? is it just glued to the clips?
Also what is the difference in feather cuts? is one better than another?
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Yes. Just thin plastic cut/filed to shape and glued to the inside of the clips.
Feather shape is a personal preference. But more feather means more stabilization. Some people like a lot of feather, like a 5 3/4 banana cut, and some people like less.
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Oh, it's got to be the smell. Ask any wife, they'll tell ya. :thumbsup:
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because with my burner, I can get two 5" high-back shields out of one full length feather. Half price.
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The real truth is that feather smoke has deep halucinatory affect and some consider it a religious experience.LOL
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You're talking to a man who's just spent the last hour burning feathers in the garage -30 mph wind and sleet outside.
About time I got in touch with Eternal Archery and got me a chopper.
Even my beer smells like burnt feathers!
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Yuck..i dunno if i wanna try that. I think i will start out cutting them. thanks for clearing that up for me.
Pintail
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"I like the smell of burnt feathers in the morning. Smells like.........archery."
Steve