Anyone strip perfectly fletching just because you’re board or wanted to change colors for some crazy reason….

(perfectly good)

Nope, it stays on 'till the shaft doesn't fly right or it tears off. Price of feathers is too high to be fickle.

I have. Not often..but I've done it.

Never .

MnM? I hope that You are talking Aluminum or CARBON shafts? Stripping fletching from WOODEN shafts is a real BOOGA-BEAR! Trust me on this! BEEN THERE & TRIED THAT! NOT ANY FUN!

Yes. Only for my wife.

My feathers usually look like a spent hen on her way to the soup factory before I switch them out.

X2 NEVER

Yes

Never, I just make new arrows.

I'm with Brad and Deno on this one!

Yes, I get bored looking at the same arrows. I have some GT trads that are over 10 years old that have been refletched 3 or 4 times at least. Course I use wraps which makes it easier. Now I have my eyes on a dozen Axis that need to be red and black.

Yes, done it many times.

seldom

Yes, I've done this, many times.

My arrows must have brightly colored feathers! Yellow, white, chartreuse, etc. I use a very sharp thin bladed pocket knife or a exact type knife to strip off feathers. Wood shafts are a little more difficult, so I'm careful not to cut into the shaft.

I will state, that I keep old shafts that have the dyed barred fletchings, that was popular years ago. I enjoy the muted yellows and oranges and other colors as it brings a bit of nostalgia.

I use fletch tape so on carbon or aluminum it's easy. Different on wood can cause damage. Not often

Same for me Rooty, tape. I can strip off with dental floss and re- apply if I do not like something. Or, if I break a shaft with good fletching, I can remove and put on another shaft.

Oh yes many times. With the price of things now probably not. :-) Have fun and let us see them.

Oh yes many times. With the price of things now probably not. :-) Have fun and let us see them.

Oh yes many times. With the price of things now probably not. :-) Have fun and let us see them.

No, I wait till the feathers are shot.

I have more than enough trouble keeping up with the ones which really really need it…

Brad and Clydebow made me laugh!!

I don’t usually try to remove and reuse, but I break arrows often enough that I probably should learn how to make do with that….

Never, ever.

I have in the past but with the price of feathers, not anymore.

Never!

No, but I’m about to!! Can’t see these purple (pretty) ones worth a hoot!! Going to check my count of fluorescent yellow ones now!!

Steve

Not since feathers went on the gold standard.

No, and at today's prices I'll always be shooting "roll my owns" from my Stykzz-processed wings like I've done for many years.

Never

Normally, no. But I did recently, because I was running out of time and was trying to put together a bunch of arrows for a 3D match and was low on shafting, etc. So, I stripped some 3 fletch feathers, off of both some factory fletched arrows and some I had made before, to get a few more arrows that matched some new ones I had made with 4 each 4" fletches. Some of the 3 fletched ones were getting a little rough and beat up, anyway.

no

I let them go until my arrow retriever has totally mutilated them

a little spine checking

No but it's your arrow do what you want.

I do it a lot. Mess up one vane, remove all three.

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