Arrow wraps, are they a joke??
09-20-2010, 12:25 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Waynesville, Missouri
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Arrow wraps, are they a joke??
I decided to go out and get some arrow wraps for my arrows. I bought some eze crest wraps (glow in the dark ones), after going through one wrap i found out my wraps are too wide. I was told by the bow shop to trim them down with scissors, or a paper cutter. After 7 tries, I have felled to do this right. I have gaps or overlap. What do I do?
I fletch my own arrows, just tired of scraping off glue and ruining hunter shafts. I wanted to switch to something that would save my arrows, not give me more heartache. I need help.
I fletch my own arrows, just tired of scraping off glue and ruining hunter shafts. I wanted to switch to something that would save my arrows, not give me more heartache. I need help.
09-20-2010, 01:24 PM
#2
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Buy the proper ones for the arrows. Or use a high end paper cutter
I buy mine here and they are about perfect.
http://www.onestringer.com/
I buy mine here and they are about perfect.
http://www.onestringer.com/
09-20-2010, 06:07 PM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 868
The wraps overlap because you bought wraps for aluminum arrows and put them on carbons.
You can either:
a) leave them too wide and simply overlap them (no problems with this other than a little extra weight.
b) use a straight edge and a razor blade and cut the wraps down.
In either case, wraps are great for keeping your shafts from getting messed up when refletching.
To some degree, I agree with Passthrough. I really like painted crest arrows (have a couple sets of target arrows like this). No decal wrap can compare with a truly crested arrow. That being said for hunting arrows I always wrap. I end up refletching too often to put the money into custom crests or dips.
You can either:
a) leave them too wide and simply overlap them (no problems with this other than a little extra weight.
b) use a straight edge and a razor blade and cut the wraps down.
In either case, wraps are great for keeping your shafts from getting messed up when refletching.
To some degree, I agree with Passthrough. I really like painted crest arrows (have a couple sets of target arrows like this). No decal wrap can compare with a truly crested arrow. That being said for hunting arrows I always wrap. I end up refletching too often to put the money into custom crests or dips.
09-21-2010, 06:28 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Henderson, KY
Posts: 1,760
Learn how to fletch right and you wont ever mess an arrow up. Are you digging into the arrow or something???
Anyways, just use a straight edge and roll the arrow over the wrap as straight as you can. Just a few and you should be the master at arrow wraps...
Anyways, just use a straight edge and roll the arrow over the wrap as straight as you can. Just a few and you should be the master at arrow wraps...
09-21-2010, 04:55 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Henderson, KY
Posts: 1,760
Identical to what I do. doesnt have to be a mouse pad, just any small edge that you can get over and know is straight.
09-21-2010, 07:36 PM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Woollum, Ky.
Posts: 269
A mouse pad works great for me. It doesn't really hurt anything that the wraps are too wide, it just makes the overlap bigger. I get my wraps from Bowmanhunter, haven't had any problems with them peeling off and when I do take them off they don't leave much residue. http://bowmanhunter.com/ They also sell them on ebay.
Last edited by obsessed bowhunter; 09-21-2010 at 09:46 PM.
