Arrow
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An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabi
Traditional target arrow (top) and replica medieval arrow (bottom)
Modern arrow with plastic fletchings and nock
Warring States bronze arrowheads
African bow and arrows in a quiver
Fletching
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Fletching is the fin-shaped aerodynamic stabilization device attached on arrows, crossbow bolts, darts, and javelins, typically made from light semi-flexible materials such as feathers or bark. Each p
Arrow
…a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers called fletchings mounted near the rear, and a slot at the rear end called a nock for engaging the bowstring. A container or bag carrying additional arrows for convenient…
Feather fletching – these are shield cut with barred red hen feathers and a solid white cock.
Plastic fletching (also known as vanes) – this example is parabolic cut with pink hen vanes (the ones put oblique to the bow when nocked on the string) and a green cock (the one – or ones, with even-numbered vanes – put perpendicular to it).