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Offline House

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My first attempt at splicing feathers
« on: August 29, 2010, 03:45:00 PM »
I think I'm hooked.  I really like how they turned out and am looking forward to hunting with these two sets in a couple of weeks.  Elk, muleys and black bears here I come!

 

 

 

Doing this has rekindled my desire to get some wood shafts and start cresting as well.  :rolleyes:    :thumbsup:  

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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2010, 03:47:00 PM »
Look great Travis ! Did you strip them or just butt splice them ?
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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2010, 03:49:00 PM »
I actually stripped these, I've butt spliced a few before, but never tried this method till the last couple of days.

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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2010, 03:51:00 PM »
nice arrows buddy  :thumbsup:
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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2010, 03:52:00 PM »
These are natural turkey feathers off birds that I have killed the last couple of years as well, that I split and ground myself, and I finally bought a feather chopper so I don't have to cut them with scissors  :thumbsup:  can't believe it took me this long to buy  :banghead:  

The only thing I'd do different is grind the quill down thinner on the feather that I'm "laying into" the other feather.

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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2010, 03:55:00 PM »
Oh yeah, and the splitting/grinding and splicing were all things I saw on Tradgang here and for that I say "THANK YOU TRADGANG" yet again!

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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2010, 03:57:00 PM »
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Originally posted by House:
The only thing I'd do different is grind the quill down thinner on the feather that I'm "laying into" the other feather.
Travis
OK I think I can see that laying in there, but how do you prep the main feather ?  Is that ground on the top side as well ?

I've got a bag full of naturals ready to go, but don't know where to start !

Your arrows look awesome! thanks for sharing.
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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2010, 04:00:00 PM »
Great job !!!


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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2010, 04:03:00 PM »
Looks pretty good to me, Sweet! The wraps are a nice touch.
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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2010, 04:12:00 PM »
You did a good job, hope you can some of them red.
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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2010, 04:14:00 PM »
You did a good job, hope you can turn some of them red.
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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2010, 04:16:00 PM »
Those look very nice. Is there an actual advantage to doing it that way as opposed to the "butt splicing" that is a lot easier?
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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2010, 04:34:00 PM »
Gordy-
The way I prep the main feather is with an extremely sharp scalpel.  I simply cut the feather barbs off and then smooth the top side of the quill with the scalpel so it is flat with no "little fuzzy" barbs protruding up.

VTer-
Not sure seeing as how this is the first time I've attempted this style, but I have had my butt spliced feathers develop a "wavy spot" in the feather where they meet up.  We'll see with time and shooting if this method holds up better.

Glass76-
yeah, I think red would look great on them as well.

Thanks guys

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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2010, 04:39:00 PM »
Nice Job!  :thumbsup:
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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2010, 04:43:00 PM »
They look real good.   :thumbsup:   I guess I'm gonna have to give it another try....
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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2010, 05:19:00 PM »
Great Job!
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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2010, 08:14:00 PM »
very nice!
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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2010, 09:43:00 PM »
very nice looking set of arrows there.
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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #18 on: August 30, 2010, 01:08:00 AM »
Thanks Grapes, been drooling over the arrows you've been building as of late

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Re: My first attempt at splicing feathers
« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2010, 03:04:00 AM »
Very nice mate
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