I cut my feathers a 1/4"  longer on the fore end, and then sand the inner-fore end of the feather to a fine taper, BEFORE glueing to the shaft. makes for a very neat finish by not violating the stronger/ stiffer outer portion of the quill.
and then wrap.

My son uses a baseball batting glove with a patch of extra leather i glued to the part that comes in contact with the arrow.  I use an old weight-lifting glove, the leather is plenty thick on it!  Feels like shooting off the hand and no problems with abrasions. The wrist wrap from my glove also covers the low part of my wrist which helps when i'm shooting low brace and not wearing my arm guard.

Grey ...very nice arrows ...plain but very SWEET !The way I lik'm !!!

This is exactly why the Floppy Arrarest was invented.

Skyve the front of the fletching once you get it fletched. You can use thread, art sinew or sinew. Set the thread in glue after wrapping. Separate the sinew into threads and wet them. Then wrap and set in hide glue. You can also do a built up leather shelf if you want. All of this is on my site. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/

It doesn't have to be the front of the feather catching his hand. Could be any part of it, even the back end of the fletching if he is nocked too low on the string.

Roy, good point. Jawge

My Suggestion, Buy a Lether Glove, and Whittle it down, finger & thumb-wise until you can Shoot  ANY  Arrow without Damage to your Hand!! Simple Solution,  THEN  start working on the Fletchings, and the Rest on the Bow!!      :eek:

Tom, that is exactly why I started using a floppy rest and ever since i haven't had the problem.
 I've been wrapping the forward end of fletching for many years on all my arrows, even the ones I use with my Treadway longbow or Jeffery's recurve. I got into the habit way back when and have kept with it all along.

Thought I'd try a rest like Roys on the Kentucky Coffee Tree Bow first (not as pro as his but?)....  shoots much better and my hand is not getting wacked as much....  

I'm working on a Hackberry right now. I think I'll try a floppy on it?





Thanks guys  

Looks nice. If your hand is still getting hit, ya might want to paper tune your arrows to see if you are nocked too low on the string.