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Hair: thanks very much, it was a great read, BUT I'm not an expert, an enthusastic afficiando, indeed. A few quibbles here and there but overall a very good job, I forwarded it to work to print it out so I review at leisure.

The fletching being hand wrapped was a nice touch but it usually isnt just tied on. Hide glue has been around for a long, long time and would have likely been used to afix the feather prior to wrapping. Hide glue is water soluble so humidity or rain etc. dissolves it. Hence the wrapping. Have done this myself a few times, yes it is tricky but doable. If glue isnt used one feather is secured with a single wrap, then the second, another wrap etc. then all three are bound. The rear of the feathers are bound then the wrapping of rest of the feather commences, once the front and back edges are secured. Yes, it helps to have three hands. :-) I'll pass this onto G'nad. Thanks again to you and MBY.