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Preparing Turkey feathers for fletching

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Take your feather of choice and hold it as shown.


Give a sharp tug on the feather to pull it loose along with a portion of the quill along with it.

Continue stripping the feather off the end of the quill.

Hint: I attach a spring clamp to the bottom of the feather to help stabilize it while I am stripping the feather. You can also have a friend hold it for you. You will waste a lot less feathers by doing this. You can now trim the feather to the desired length with scissors and cut to shape after applying to the arrow or use a chopper to cut to the desired shape…I do both.



Take care.. Sparky




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