Last night I got out the feathers and went at it. It worked good. Still sometimes I would get the quills to stripping off the and then they'd break off the membrane that they are attached to when stripped off. But for the most part it worked great! The fit is so much better...seamless.
I did the same thing Dirty. I took some sandpaper and lightly sanded the membrane to even up the surface.
Mike, I used Fletchtite because it hardened quickly. I do use Duco for gluing the fletching on the shaft though.
Oh boy, I can see a lot of splicing in my future!!!!