Hotfix: Scraggly Feathers
You've been shooting in the rain either with your big chunky aluminium arrows or your woodies. Common denominator is they both have feathers and now look like they've been dragged through a boss backwards. How do you fix this scraggly mess?
Simple solution is to boil some water and hold the feathers over the boiling water and rotate the arrow slowly. Hey presto ... perfect feathers once more.
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Arrow: Easton X7, Feathers: red parabolic by Gateway, Saucepan: from Morrisons, Water: Curtesy of Scottish weather.
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