Fletch Tape Question

[Talondale]

I use small surgical scissors to cut the tape after I apply it to the feather, then I use just one blade of the scissors to pick the edge of the backing until it seperates enough to peel back with my fingers.

[eddings220]

Razor Blade works great as others have said.  I started out using glue, and then tried the tape...I will not go back to glue, the tape is so much cleaner and stays on very well.

[Zbone]

I overrun it an inch and a half or two and then twist the end back and forth between my thumb and index finger. Peel and cut at quill.

[Huntschool]

Zbone:

Not being a smart butt, but.. that trashes a bunch of tape.  If ya just leave 1/4" over at the back of the fletch and stroke it with your finger nail against the clamp the stuff will seperate and you can "pluck" it loose with your finer nail...  then cut excess with cuticle scissors

[Zbone]

Have tried that (and about every other way I could think of), but subtract your 1/4" from my little tail and you're talking only about an extra inch or so waste. Not what I call a "bunch", and for as cheap as it is, I'll keep twisting my "bunch" of tail over the squinting and frustratingly trying to pick at the thing...

[Bud B.]

Originally posted by Zbone:
Have tried that (and about every other way I could think of), but subtract your 1/4" from my little tail and you're talking only about an extra inch or so waste. Not what I call a "bunch", and for as cheap as it is, I'll keep twisting my "bunch" of tail over the squinting and frustratingly trying to pick at the thing...

I'm not quite to that point, but it was frustrating on just three fletches. BUT, it still beats the glue thing. I'll figure it out. Gonna try the fingernail rub thing.

[Zbone]

Bud - I'm sorry, my thread was directed at Huntschool.

[DV of WI]

After putting the tape on the fletch pull the plastic backing back, cut the tape even with the back of the fletch but leave about a 1/4-1/2" of extra backing. This way with each succeeding fletch you can just pull the backing back, cut the tape and move on to the next.

[joekeith]

I use a pocket knife with a sharp, pointy blade.  I just poke the tape from the side and lift.  If your knife is sharp it oughtta work pretty easy.  Good luck.  

[Bud B.]

Originally posted by Zbone:
Bud - I'm sorry, my thread was directed at Huntschool.

I know, but I see your point about it being frustrating.


 

[Zbone]

Bud - Try twisting a little tail, it's so much easier, you'll like it.

[Huntschool]

Zbone... thats cool.  It was just a suggestion... no offence meant or taken...

[Autumnarcher]

Just use your knife blade, set it on the tape at 90 degrees to the tape, and scrape it back a little. it curls up and you can grab it and pull it off.

[2fletch]

Whether knife, fingernail or whatever, the objective is to bite into the film enough so that you can cause it to seperate from the glue strip and ride up so that the film can be removed. Can't imagine anything being quicker or less wasteful.