Were not talking about calories here. What we are talking about is "burning"feathers.  

  I prefer to burn mine in the morning and outside at that. Here are a few reasons why:

1. I want to stay married a good long time.

2. My wife leaves for work in the morning.

3. I wear my work clothes from the previous night's work. They will head to the wash after the "burn".

4. Even though I burn outside the odor has the rest of the day to"air out". Those of you who have done the "burn" know what I am talking about.

  So if you are ready,let's do it.....

Fletched up and ready to be burnt,good classic white,black and red always looks nice.....

This is the "burn" master....

   

Starting the burn......

   

I wish you guys that have never burnt your own fletch could smell this. It was really tricky rotating the arrow and shooting the picture at the same time....

Burn complete. Whiskers are common on some style of burns.....

 

Lots of whiskers here......

 

A fine pair of snips will trim them up...

 

So will a pair of clippers. Pick what works best for you......

   

After the trim job....


   

Notice the charred and jagged edges........


   

An emery board will work nice on the rough edges.

Remember to work in the direction of the feather
fiber.

All cleaned up and looking good....

Thanks for showing, never seen a burner in action till now.

Great looking arrows by the way!

All finished and ready to head to Marsh Hill this weekend......

   

Nice job. Good details and pictures.

I always like to cover my bases,so I burnt this bunch for my wife. Yellow and blue turned out nice.......maybe she won't notice the smell.

Monkeyball,  Thanks for posting this.  My dogs are about the only ones who appreciate the smell.  FWIW, I just use the edge of the razorknife held at a right angle to scrape off the ash. - John

Peeeeweeeee!!!  :eek:   Whats Dat Smell????