I recently started going to a new pro shop, and the old guy that runs it makes some niiice arrows. He only uses left-hand helical on his fletching though, and I am wondering what everyone's opinion is on this.
The reasons? This is what he told me;
1. The arrow comes away from the rest faster which in turn straightens the arrow faster
2. It's easier to get left hand vanes/feathers because the manufacturers buy up most of the right-hand, and the cost is cheaper for left-hand
3. He also said that the largest manufacturer uses left-hand helical.
I don't know how true all of that is, so I am wondering what everyone's opinion is on this.
BTW, I bought 1/2 dozen of his arrows, and they are MUCH nicer than the other arrows that I was shooting. He dips the arrows, and puts what looks like a "pinstripe" around the top and bottom edge. I bought feathers, instead of vanes (my old arrows have vanes). My groups were tighter, and at longer distances, you could see the arrow straightening out faster than with my vanes. I took my vaned arrows in to have him dip them and put on feathers too.