From Raw Feather to Completed Arrow Fletch

SERGIO VENNERI · March 11, 2010, 07:35:00 AM

Very nice grind there Rob, feather bases look thin and even.

Rob DiStefano · March 11, 2010, 08:12:00 AM

home made hog huntin' 'n' killin' arra

leatherneck · March 11, 2010, 08:12:00 AM

Very nice Rob.

BTW- Package is on it's way. Enjoy

Longbow338 · March 11, 2010, 09:18:00 AM

Great post makes the process look easier than I thought time to get started.

JEJ · March 11, 2010, 01:52:00 PM

Rob, great how to, thanks for posting it. Nice job on those arrows, there is some good mojo with natural turkey feathers on an arrow I think. Now just have to get some of those turkey feathers to work up. Reminds me of the recipe for buffalo burgers which starts ... 1. Locate, kill and clean one buffalo ...

Rob DiStefano · March 11, 2010, 01:54:00 PM

from plucked feather to finished arrow

Shakes.602 · March 11, 2010, 02:33:00 PM

Well Done Rob!!

Ed Isaacs · March 11, 2010, 02:41:00 PM

This should save a few from dropping $100+ on that feather grinding jig. Thanks Rob!

NorthernCaliforniaHunter · March 11, 2010, 03:52:00 PM

NICE WORK!!! Thanks Rob!

imskippy · March 11, 2010, 04:04:00 PM

Nice work Rob. Your the best How-To'r there is.

wapiti792 · March 12, 2010, 10:48:00 PM

TTT great job! I have metal, a sander, and a feather chopper...no feathers (yet). I am eyeballin' my full strut mount and wondering if he'll miss 'em if I pluck a few feathers

sou-pawbowhunter · March 13, 2010, 08:01:00 AM

Great how to. Now I'm gonna have to start talking to all the turkey hunters I know. One or two birds a year just won't be enough.

Pete W · March 13, 2010, 09:56:00 AM

Excelent post/Tutorial. It is hard to beat a simple setup.I was given 2 bags of wild turkey that I have been wanting to grind and not sure how to do it.Wild Turkey is scarce, and like gold to get in Northern Alberta. Now I can finaly have some Wild Turkey Fletches.
Thanks Rob

Pete

coaster500 · March 13, 2010, 11:03:00 AM

Thanks Rob, great thread

Can show us some of your Goose feathers finished?

Rob DiStefano · March 13, 2010, 12:20:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by coaster500:
... Can show us some of your Goose feathers finished?

here's a pictorial i did on canada goose feathers, from bird to fletchings ...

canada goose feather fletching

some of my local buds, growing this year's crop of gray gold for me ... :D

coaster500 · March 13, 2010, 11:25:00 PM

canada goose feather fletching

They make a great looking fletch. Great looking arrows and you can't beat the price

I'm going to have to take a look around at the lake.

Thanks Rob