Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27425734-20170826213348/@comment-26397825-20170910080553

Different types of feathers and fletching would have a different feel on the fingers; use them to help denote which ones are what dust. Goose feather, synthetic feather, turkey feather, peahen and peacock feather...there's a lot of different types of birds that have been used for fletching in the past, and all have different feels. Then there's  shape  of the fletching itself, which further customises an arrow.