You got to have feathers. The longer ones, the better stabilization. I shoot 5" shield feathers myself. And you want to shoot cock feather out (to the left if right handed).

You really should bare shaft tunewhen you get your form down. That might take up to a year. No joke. I suggest taking the 4064 arrows, and go shoot. Your going to change your form 10 times before you decide its right. And trying to bare shaft tune with a sloppy release, or bad form, can be a waste and usually gives false indicaters.

For example, when I started shoot traditional, bareshaft tuning showed a very stiff reaction, but after some years, same bow, same type arrow, it shows slightly weak. My release got crisper.

I suggest downloading the easton archery tuning guide. Or there is alot of good books on tuning and shooting bare bows. Here are a few I have read. I don't agree with them all, but good info in them all.

http://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide-Traditional-Archery-Sorrells/dp/0811731332/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200280629 &sr=8-13

http://www.amazon.com/Become-Arrow-Target-Byron-Ferguson/dp/091330509X/ref=pd_sim_b_title_4

http://www.amazon.com/Instinctive-Shooting-Step-Step-Bowhunting/dp/0936531053/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=120028 0743&sr=1-2