Last year I bought a custom Ed Holcomb bow based on the 1959 Bear Kodiak and decided to use a feather rest on it as produced by a fellow who posts on Tradgang named "TRAP"...aka Darryl Damron. I was a little unsure as to the durability of these feather rests being that they are made of natural turkey feather but thought "what the heck, lets shoot it till it fails". Well, last year I attended 10 trad shoots , most of our club shoots and did one HECK of a lot of shooting with that Holcomb bow, and only now is it starting to show a little wear on the top of 2 of the feathers.....heck, it's just broken in. That is literally thousands of arrows across it and its very quiet. It's only real pitfall that I saw was the same ome suffered by our feather fletching.....RAIN! I like it better than the rug rest that came on the bow....to anyone considering trying one...DO IT....you'll be suprised. Thanx....John...Oh yeah...they are CHEAP too!