I got me a problem... I have thought that vanes simply couldn't be used on a trad bow, off the shelf... that you had to have a raised flipper rest to shoot vanes.
While cleaning the bow room I found a batch of 25-45 Whitetail carbons. I've been thinking about tryng carbons and decided to take them out back and play with them anyway. Someone forgot to tell them the rules! My Pronghorn, at 37#, absolutely loves them! In fact, I took them out on the club range course this morning and made some great shots. So, would someone explain to me a little about the use of vanes, please? I'd love to shoot vanes... let's face it I live in the Northwest and soggy feathers are a fact of life. One thing I noticed and wonder about... the shelf pad and the striker pad are separate pieces... there's a little gap between them. Not sure if that's significant or not.
Broadening the question... if you put a raised flipper rest on a longbow, you'd have to raise the nock point. Does this throw off the tiller significantly?
Dick in Seattle... 70 and still finding things to learn....