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Author Topic: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?  (Read 1557 times)

Offline chad graham

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #40 on: January 27, 2010, 03:41:00 PM »
5" shield
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Offline sleepingbear

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #41 on: January 27, 2010, 03:48:00 PM »
5" parabolic
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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #42 on: January 27, 2010, 03:56:00 PM »
4-4" shield  

Gottabow, I like to place the fletching about 1" from the groove in the nock. This allows me to be able to at full draw have the point of the feather touch my nose as another anchor pt.
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Offline amicus

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #43 on: January 27, 2010, 04:42:00 PM »
4" low profile nanners. Very quite.
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Offline K. Mogensen

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #44 on: January 27, 2010, 05:43:00 PM »
Awesome pics guys.

Quick question for all you nana lovers, what do you like about them? The shape, or do they fly better/quieter? Just curious is all.
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Offline Dave Bulla

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #45 on: January 27, 2010, 06:42:00 PM »
I voted "other".

I used to use fletch exactly like what Guru showed and still do sometimes but to me that shape is not a true shield nor is it a Pope & Young either.  Mainly due to the curve in the back edge.  Shield is different and in P&Y it's not there at all.

For the last few years I'm mostly going with my own twist on a banana fletch.  Here's a picture of it.  I was going for a look similar to a chestnut oak leaf.  Feather burners sure are a versatile tool eh?

 

Interestingly, this shape does NOT whistle like many banana cuts do.
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Offline Arrow4Christ

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #46 on: January 27, 2010, 07:27:00 PM »
My favorite for off-the-shelf is 3 5.5" Bananas with 4 4" Shields not far behind. I have some of each in my quiver. I don't have noise issues with either.

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Offline K. Mogensen

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #47 on: January 27, 2010, 07:49:00 PM »
Dave, those are COOL!   :bigsmyl:
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Offline Ike 403

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #48 on: January 27, 2010, 08:10:00 PM »
I voted shield, but I've never really used any thing else...  :rolleyes:
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Offline seabound

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #49 on: January 27, 2010, 08:15:00 PM »
low-pro banana's all the way. standard 3x120º
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Offline crossstickspro

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #50 on: January 27, 2010, 08:19:00 PM »
I voted other, because I use a 5.5 bananna feather chopper, but I cut my full length feathers down to the best usable 10in then in half. Next i use a "tomahawk" to trim them down to a lower profile....if im in a hurry to flech some arrows then I use 5in shield.......
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Offline highelk

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #51 on: January 27, 2010, 08:21:00 PM »
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Offline RRock

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #52 on: January 27, 2010, 10:24:00 PM »
Traditional, but I cut off the tip to get rid of the whistle.
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Offline Steve Clandinin

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #53 on: January 27, 2010, 10:36:00 PM »
51/4-51/2" Traditional shield I burn myself,seams to stabalize anything.I'm half deaf so it doesn't make any noise at all !
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Offline 30coupe

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #54 on: January 27, 2010, 11:55:00 PM »
I like 5" shield, yellow, white or pink. They look good. I see them in flight, and since I am kinda deaf like Steve, they are very quiet. None of the deer I have shot complained about the noise either!
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Offline Chuck Hoopes

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #55 on: January 28, 2010, 01:07:00 AM »
5 1/2" Floresent Chartruese Bannana Cut-- I like to see my arrows fly so I can root for them.  Also provides better feed back training as the trajectory is more clearly visible.  One of the joys of trad. archery is actually seeing the arrow cut thru the air-- anyway you can enhance the view is a good thing  IMO.
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Offline term

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #56 on: January 28, 2010, 07:56:00 AM »
Banana and t-hawk
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Offline Tree Killer

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #57 on: January 28, 2010, 12:20:00 PM »
I use a 5.5" Swift

 
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Offline Guru

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #58 on: January 28, 2010, 12:45:00 PM »
Yes Dave, Feather burners are cool....that's how I got the one's you saw...

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I was looking for something low profile and "different"...

Haven't noticed any extra noise either with the sharp back end...
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Offline Chortdraw

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Re: What's your favorite feather cut/shape?
« Reply #59 on: January 28, 2010, 02:51:00 PM »
I prefer the 4" shields all white but also shoot 4" parabolic. The ones I like the most are the ones that go where I am aiming.
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