A fletcher is an arrow maker, in the Anglo-French fleche which translates to “arrow.” The term fletching is used for the aerodynamically designed wings (called fins or vanes) that stabilize an arrow or dart in flight. To honor famous Fletchers in the film, this arrow is to the Academy award-winning actor Louise Fletcher, portrayer of Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975). (Honorable mention: the fictional murder-beset creator Jessica.) An arrow is a Fin-stabilized shot that is launched by the use of a bow.

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An average arrow consists of a stiff, long straight shaft that has a heavy (and typically pointy and sharp) head that is attached to the front with a series of fin-like stabilizers referred to as fletchings that are mounted to the rear of the arrow, and a slot on the rear of the shaft called nock to engage the bowstring. A bag or container carrying additional arrows to make it easier to reload is known as the quiver. Bows and arrows by human beings predate the recorded time and are commonplace to all civilizations. A person who crafts archers is called an arrow maker or fletcher or a person who creates arrowheads is an archer.

The sizes of arrows vary widely in different cultures, ranging between 18 inches and six feet (45 centimeters to 150 centimeters). [1010 But, the majority of modern arrows range from 75cm (30 inches) to 96 centimeters (38 inches) to 38 inches in size. Arrows found in the Mary Rose, one of the English warships that were destroyed in 1545, were typically smaller than 76 cm (30 inches) in length. Short arrows were fired by a guide, or around in the archer’s bow (an “overdraw”) or directly to one’s arm (the Turkish “siper”). They could fly further than arrows with heavier weights, and a person who isn’t equipped with the right equipment might be not able to return the arrows.