I love this fletching!

[snag]

Thanks for the nice comments guys. I just love making wood arrows. If I can get unprocessed turkey feathers I'll go with them. They are quieter, hold up better like Ric said, they are a little water repellent like Owlgrowler said, and the look great...how can you improve on what God created?!
The paint is Rustoleum's almond for the crown. I like it because it is a little softer and more natural looking to go with the natural feathers. I did put the white nocks on these for a bit more of a visual as the arrow travels to the intended target.
I usually make my arrows out of Surewood Shafts. But I found some old ACME POC shafts that were wanting to turn from a cocoon into a butterfly. They are 11/32" end tapered to 5/16". They are 78#-82# spine and weigh with 145gr. tips a total of 610grs. There are pretty heavy shafts from cedar. But you have to take into consideration that they are ACME's and old when POC was in it's prime.

[Don Stokes]

Beautiful! I like to use yellow or chartreuse nocks on mine, so I can find them after the shot. Like SEMO, I make them simple, but I always use red in the crest to attract blood for deer hunting. For turkeys, I avoid the bright colors.

 

[chad graham]

snag once again some beautiful arrows my friend!

[Jon Stewart]

Great looking traditional arrow.  Nice job!

[Fletcher]

Those are really sharp, Snag.  "Classy" fits, I think.  Congrats on the Acme's too.  There is a reason why POC was the "go to" wood for so long (fir is still my favorite, tho).  Nothing looks or works as good as natural bar fletch.  Onestringer must have a good cutter, those look really nice.  Thanks for sharing; I may have to try that almond.

[Burnsie]

Nice arrows Snag!

[BWD]

Very nice Snag.

[Pepper]

Snag you are a true artist.   Beautiful work.

[NoCams]

snag, super nice as always bud ! Love looking at all the fine arrowsmiths work on the gang. I am charcoal staining some 65-70 Surewoods you talked me into now. Got about 2" snow and a 25mph wind today so no treeclimbing for me. Fireplace sure feels good. I am going to try and build my first set of spliced fletch, " yellowjackets". Have not decided if I am brave enough to try a true splice or cheat and butt cut them ? I know you used to butt cut them but started peeling quills last year didn't you ?

[MJB]

There some OUTSTANDING arrows  

[Killdeer]

Perfect, snag! They look like my fletches, I settled on 4.5" shields some years ago. The real turkey feathers are so much better than the watered-down domestics! They have bred the strength out of the birds. But there is something to be said for seeing the fletch in flight, so I keep buying commercial feathers.

   
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Stringstretcher ground a bunch of natural barreds for me, and they came out perfect. I got busted by a bunch of turkeys that snuck up behind me when I was carrying the above arrows this season.
If I had been carrying natural feathers like yours, perhaps they would have walked up for a chat, eh?

Killdeer

[ti-guy]

I find them vry nice and they have a trad and primitive looks.Does real turkey feather really quieter?(never tried them)

[twitchstick]

I like your fletching work it's great. I have a few wings to work with this winter,thanks for the insperation.

[steadman]

David those look great and are perfect spine for me too    Great job as usual, and I really like the color combo. I want to try the "natural" white feathers this year.

[DEATHMASTER]

How tall is the back high point on the feather?

Love the looks and would like to try and burn some like them.

Is a template available by chance?

[snag]

Killie, do you recognize those nocks? Love those Mercury nocks! Thanks for showing me the way to a better nock.
No template Deathmaster...never thought I'd be typing that name! haha They are pretty much a standard height. It's the shape that I like.

[stringstretcher]

Killdeer, you just wait until I get your "PINK"  ones done   :rolleyes:      :eek:      

[Killdeer]

[Ben Maher]

Awesome ...

[Cottonwood]

Very nice, I like the natural look much better than some out there that I have seen.