fletching

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Ian - also known as OddJobb, is good at many things including leatherwork, fletching, doing clever things with computers, and writing science-fiction.

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  • He knew that it was vital for both barrels to go off at the same time I later found out that he had taken an arrow just above the right collar bone, angling down into his gut, and driven in as far as the fletching, but I couldn't see that from where I was. —  LeoA
  • The arrow flashed out in a smooth, shallow curve, the razor edges of the broad-head twirling as the fletching spun the shaft. —  Map.html
  • Oh, they've got a little fletching, but they're hardly fledged. —  Tucson Weekly
  • Shaft, arrowheads, nock and fletching constitute an arrow. —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
  • The arrowhead and fletching provides the requisite balance to the arrow. —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
 

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