kevin8989

what is the best way or tool to remove old vanes without chunking up the shaft??

mez

An old dull knife seems to work the best. I bought on of the saunders arrow mate fletching removers and it doesn't work very well. Just scrape the shaft with a dull knife and you can knock most all of the old glue off.

jetblast

That's what I use, a VERY dull knife.

Stonyrvr

I believe this same topic was on here awhile back. A couple of the posts mentioned using a serrated (sp?) knife. I tried that and I thought it worked great.

kevin8989

how does that cut the vane? another question i have is , if you leave small gouges in the shaft , is is ruined?

jetblast

Kevin,

if you gouged the carbon much, I would say not shoot it. The trick is to scrape the vane and glue off, not cut it. Be sure you are not looking at glue remaining on the shaft, vs carbon missing. Both cases will leave the shaft a rough/bumpy feeling.

BTM

Those cheapo curved-blade linoleum knives work great.

RTA47

Dull -knife is all i ever use, works very well