Spliced feathers not staying together

[Iowabowhunter]

Hey all, wondering if this is a normal scenario- the spliced feathers (looks great) are not staying together (hope that makes sense).

Doesn't seem to impact the flight or sound, wondering if that is anything to be concerned with?

[Pat B]

Will you post pics of what you have, ones that are together and one that has separated.

[Iowabowhunter]

Will you post pics of what you have, ones that are together and one that has separated.

Yep I can when I get home

[Iowabowhunter]

Hopefully the pics work. Excuse the GSP pup she has to be involved in everything.

I push the feathers together & sometimes they stay, but most of the time they splay out like that

[black velvet]

You need to pick feathers that are closer in angle and height. That will make them join better.

[Tajue17]

I remember someone else having that problem and if i remember right they found a special glue that fly tyers use on dry flys... he brushed a little on feather quills in between the seem and stuck them together,, i think it didnt effect flight.

[Iowabowhunter]

These are over a year old, not sure if that makes a difference. I think they still fly ok

[Pat B]

I think black velvet is right about the length and angle. Have you tried streaming them to see if that helps?

[Stringwacker]

I used to (for years) make all my arrows with three feather splices. The way I remember learning from a past PBS banquet speaker was to make a slight angled cut as opposed to straight down in the clamp. In this manner the quill sections laid on top of each other for a better feather alignment.

I remember doing that way at first; but eventually just used an exacto knife and cut straigh down through the quill on an upside down clamp...and butted the sections up against one another. I remember a few splices would want to separate but most stayed together.

[Walt Francis]

You need to pick feathers that are closer in angle and height. That will make them join better.

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