Good feathers are a must.
Recently, I purchased some natural feathers from someone that had about 90 or so for sale...and what I got from them were a bunch of seconds!
A bunch of second class feathers and many have very small moth marks...I have little use for them. I have no desire to put them on arrows that cost $10 each. I'll give them away to someone that makes kid arrows.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=163&t=000048#000000 Good natural feathers can be great, but otherwise I prefer Truflight over all others.
If anyone knows of a good source for natural feathers that are primary quality...with good quil grinds, please let me know.