Parchment for flights
I've just happened across a supplier of quality sheepskin parchment and was wondering if anybody knew exactly how it was used for flight arrow fletches by the Turks. I know the size and shape to cut...
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I have been searching for the same information. I bought a parchment skin and cut som vanes, but it wasnt easy to attach them to the shaft properly. I used super glue, and one vane fell off in the...
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I am leaning toward the thin channel, do you feel the parchment is rigid enough?
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Yes, I would say it is a little more rigid than feathers. But that depends on the thickness obviously.
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I have used vellum (thin calf skin rawhide) for fletching on flight arrows. I just glued it on edge to the shaft with either hide glue or tight bond 3. I build up a small fillet of glue between the...
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Yes, I excperienced that too last year.... Looked fine after gluing, but when picking it up some days later at the range i found the fletching had warped. Would you say vellum is better than feathers,...
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It seems like vellum or parchment should perform better than feathers but I haven't been able to verify this yet. I choose my feathers for flight arrows very carefully. I look for high stiffness yet...
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Many thanks for all the info. I will post some pictures of my experiments. I am leaning towards using parchment because I have difficulty getting suitable thin feathers. I have used wood pigeon quite...
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Good idea. I went out to test shoot some flight arrows yesterday, and the vellum fletched one was the best. That bow is obviously efficient ! Must be the gearing, dont you think ? What is the bow...
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