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Some crests are works of art. Some are painted between thefeathers, extending beyond the feathers with one or morerings around the butt. Gold leaf has been used with verypleasing results. In most of the artistic jobs, the primary ringsare separated by very thin rings of black. Fletching Fletching is an old English term which means the applica-tion of the feathers to the rear end of the arrow. If someperson whose name happens to be Fletcher would trace hisgenealogy, he would find that his grandfather, many timesremoved, was an arrow maker. The purpose of these feathers is to keep the arrow on a trueflight. They are located near the rear end. Most arrows havea space of 11/4 inch from the nock to the upper zone of thefletching which is known as the butt; I like mine an even inch.The size of feathers on target arrows is 21/2 inches to 3 incheslong and about 1/2 in. high- On flight arrows the fletching istiny celluloid veins. On hunting arrows the feathers are muchlarger. |
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