fletching jig

[minnesota_hunter]

i bought a BPE Fletching jig a fews years ago.  I cant remember if it it left or right helical, is there an easy way to tell?  I need to order some feathers, and want to get the right kind.

[Shaun]

If you look at the feather clamp from the back and held feather edge down like it was about to stick a feather on the shaft - it will swoop left for lefts and right for rights. Or another way of thinking of it is that lefts spiral counter clockwise from the nock and rights go clockwise.