Arrow wraps
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From: Jasper
25-Feb-20
What brand do you use or do you make your own? Let’s see some pics of your wrapped arrow/vane setup! Thanks!
From: MtnHunter
25-Feb-20
I've used special order wraps before. But this year I just went with bohning 4 inch xs wraps and they turned out great.
From: Jasper
25-Feb-20
What brand do you use or do you make your own? Let’s see some pics of your wrapped arrow/vane setup! Thanks!
From: Bowboy
25-Feb-20
Bowboy's Link
One stringer wraps.
From: Shawn
25-Feb-20
One Stringer, Scott and Mindy have the best wraps around!! Shawn
From: 12yards
25-Feb-20
When I shot 4" feathers, I got some 7" yellow fade to white wraps with a deer head at the front. Since I switched to Blazers I've been using the Bohning 4" wraps.
From: fubar racin
25-Feb-20
I got mine from arrowwraps.com can’t speak to durability yet but they sure look nice.
From: PECO
25-Feb-20
One Stringer if you want some fancy ones. For plain, the ones from Sagittarius Archery are great, as well as their feathers.
From: AT Halley
25-Feb-20
Onestringer wraps have served me well.
From: Buffalo1
25-Feb-20
+1 for One Stringer. Good folks and fast service.
From: wyobullshooter
25-Feb-20
Yep, One Stringer. Great products and fast service.
From: Dale06
25-Feb-20
One stringer, lots of choices, decent prices, and a good product.
From: Jasper
25-Feb-20
Thanks guys!
From: PECO
25-Feb-20
Who makes their own, what is your source of supply for vinyl?
From: Jasper
25-Feb-20
Thanks guys!
From: stagetek
25-Feb-20
Most of my wraps are bought off the auction site. Many choices.
From: boothill
25-Feb-20
Western Recreation in Colorado...Those Colorado guys love doing KC Chiefs stuff for sure. LOL
From: yeager
25-Feb-20
Another Onestringer user........you can either choose one of their various stock wraps or, like myself, I design my own.
From: lewis
25-Feb-20
Onestringer hard to beat good luck Lewis
From: JL
25-Feb-20
Been doing Onestringer's for a long time. One thing I had them do was make the base out of reflective material/tape so I can find the arrows (or animal if ever need be) at night. It works great!
From: Jethro
25-Feb-20
I buy Bohning 7" wraps, cut them in half and use 3.5" on the shaft.
From: BigSkyHntr
25-Feb-20
One stringer.
One stringer.
I like the custom one stringers as well (very reflective after dark and custom numbered etc) but found they were a pain to get off to refletch. The ones I have are almost like a sticky tinfoil?.. Any tips on how to remove from FMJs?
From: wyobullshooter
25-Feb-20
^^^^ Turn your wife’s hairdryer on “Hot” and “High”. They peel off great.
From: yeager
25-Feb-20
On my FMJ’s, I just use a utility knife and then clean the shaft with acetone.
From: GLP
25-Feb-20
I do what jethro does
From: Scooby-doo
25-Feb-20
You can buy super thin contact paper that is vinyl and cut them yourself. A lot of recurve and longbow guys do just that. Remember a 7" wrap and a lighted nock can add as much as 30-35 grains of weight to the rearend if the arrow so it will stiffen them a tad bit. Shawn
From: BigSkyHntr
25-Feb-20
Thanks guys!.. But I don’t have a wife or a hair dryer! ;) lol I’ll figure something out
From: joehunter
25-Feb-20
Put them in boiling water for couple minutes will come right off clean.
From: PECO
25-Feb-20
I have a wife with a hair dryer, and I have a good heat gun. A hair dryer is a lot less expensive than a heat gun. A hair dryer or heat gun is a great tool to have if you do your own arrow building.
From: Matt
25-Feb-20
I spin the Onestringer wraps over a low stove flame for 3-4 seconds. They soften and peel right off no problem.
From: JL
25-Feb-20
To take off the Onestringer wraps, I use a fletching remover and it works pretty good. That way I don't have to do anything to the carbon shaft that could mess it up.
From: Teeton
25-Feb-20
Like stated above I cut 7 inches in half.
To remove, I run then under the utility sink hot water and scrape them off.
From: Flynarrow
25-Feb-20
Another vote for Onestringer. I made these over the weekend
From: JB
25-Feb-20
Onestringer for me too.
From: Jasper
26-Feb-20
Looks like Onestringer is the place to go. I’ve heard a lot of people getting them off EBay as well. Thanks for all the help!
From: Empty Freezer
26-Feb-20
So what is the purpose of the wrap if you have to remove it to install new vanes?? I make my own arrows and was thinkin about changing things up.. Thanks
From: wyobullshooter
26-Feb-20
^^^^ A few reasons why I use them. 1). They make it easier to find your arrows. 2). Vanes adhere to them first time, every time. 3). I think they look cool.
From: JL
26-Feb-20
^Empty....good question. One thing I started to do was shorten/shift the wrap and leave enough bare shaft at the end to glue the vanes to. That way if a vane gets torn or ripped off, I don't mess up the wrap replacing the damaged vane.
From: PECO
26-Feb-20
It is much easier to remove a wrap vs removing fletching that is directly glue to the shaft.
From: PECO
26-Feb-20
It is much easier to remove a wrap vs removing fletching that is directly glue to the shaft.
From: Matt
26-Feb-20
I use a wrap because I have ruined a couple of arrows cutting of damaged vanes that were glued directly to the shaft. Wraps and 3 vanes are much, much cheaper than an arrow shaft.
From: Bou'bound
26-Feb-20
Or just don’t ruin the arrow removing the vanes. There is actually a replacement exact type blade they has a notch in it for removing fletching perfectly. Xman sent me a couple ten years ago and I still have them
From: Empty Freezer
26-Feb-20
Oki Doki.. Seems like its a personal preference and i agree, they look cool. Thanks
From: JL
26-Feb-20
""Or just don’t ruin the arrow removing the vanes. There is actually a replacement exact type blade they has a notch in it for removing fletching perfectly. Xman sent me a couple ten years ago and I still have them""
^x2...This. I have the notched tool to strip vanes off in one swoop. It doesn't hurt the shaft.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bohning-The-Stripper-Vane-Fletching-Arrow-Blazer-01524-Remover/292572944958?hash=item441eb4da3e:g:skMAAMXQY8JRfwCA
From: Shug
26-Feb-20
I buy full sized tape on eBay and cut it down with a paper cutter you’ll get enough to do 10-20 dz arrows for $20 or so
From: Shug
26-Feb-20
Dbl post
From: Shug
26-Feb-20
To clean old wraps off I put three or four arrows in the sink with hot water then use a knife to cut each feather off the rest of the wrap will peel right off easy as long as you do them quickly
From: bentshaft
26-Feb-20
One Stringer.
From: PECO
27-Feb-20
I refletched an arrow yesterday. The blazer vanes were glued directly to the shaft. I bought some of those box cutter blades with the notch in them. I got that tip on this site. Removing the vanes was very easy, I wish I'd have know about this long ago!
From: PECO
27-Feb-20
They are called hook blades.
From: No Mercy
27-Feb-20
Fresh out of the Bitzenburger..........
From: grossklw
27-Feb-20
OneStringer for me as well, quick toss over a flame, peels off easy. Quick alcohol rub down and I'm ready for a new wrap and fletchings.
From: Empty Freezer
27-Feb-20
Nice wraps NM.. Gets me thinkin..
From: Bowbender
27-Feb-20
No Mercy for the win!! I like 'em. I ordered some last year in a copperhead pattern. Looks nice with two white and an orange blazer.
From: No Mercy
27-Feb-20
No Mercy's Link
HAHA-I love these. Arrow Tech makes them.
From: smarba
27-Feb-20
I was going to say the same as Shug: often 6" wraps are the same price as 3"...but with a razor blade and straight edge, a dozen of 6" become two dozen 3" which are perfect for any of the short vanes such as Blazer.
From: Matt
27-Feb-20
"Or just don’t ruin the arrow removing the vanes."
If only you had provided that sage-like wisdom sooner.
I can let me car insurance lapse now too, because I just won't get in an accident.
