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Feather blanks

paulm

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As a lot of you know I keep Birds of Prey and get a few feathers now and again from them. Would anyone be interested in casting them in acrylic for pen blanks? Obviously I'm happy to pay... well when I say happy :funny:
 
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paulm said:
As a lot of you know I keep Birds of Prey and get a few feathers now and again from them. Would anyone be interested in casting them in acrylic for pen blanks? Obviously I'm happy to pay... well when I say happy :funny:
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Paul, I have unearthed my old fly tying equipment with a view to doing this, just need to wait for the wave of summer agricultural shows to finish in three weeks time and I'll be up and running hopefully.
 
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Paul, I have unearthed my old fly tying equipment with a view to doing this, just need to wait for the wave of summer agricultural shows to finish in three weeks time and I'll be up and running hopefully.
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Thanks Neil, If you're around here and fancy a fish, Blagdon and Chew lakes are only 5 miles away and I've got enough stuff for the two of us to drown a few flies.
 
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Far too fiddly enuff for me to contemplate.
I don't like the tie at both ends, maybe different if the whole feather was stuck to the tube then encapsulated.
 
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Grump said:
Far too fiddly enuff for me to contemplate.
I don't like the tie at both ends, maybe different if the whole feather was stuck to the tube then encapsulated.
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That's how I do it.

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I've never seen a feather pen (perhaps I should browse for one) so I'm not really sure what the difference is.
 
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You could try sending a pm to Mervyn Cadman who is a member of this forum. Mervyn specialises in casting feathers in resin and has in fact produced a dvd (creative pen turning) showing how he does it. His cast feather pens are truly stunning. He's also a very nice guy.

Some examples of his work can be found here
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=m...us.google.com%2F104633762296641199671;650;446

Ray
 
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