Pete, One thing about Quill Wings, You have to use the right part of the feather. Hold the feather up to the light and you will notice there is a distinct line in the feather between the stem and the end of the barbs. The part closer to the stem will be a lighter color. This part is to be discarded. It is stiff and will cause the wing to split. The outer part of the feather from that line is the part of the feather to use for the wing. It will stay Married and not split. I hope I have made this clear, if not, let me know I will try to word it better. BTW, Tim is from your state of PA. Tony
--- On Sun, 11/25/12, Peter Gramp <pete.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Peter Gramp <pete.gr...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [VFB] Setting Quil Wing Video To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, November 25, 2012, 3:16 PM Hi Tony (and the VFB list) - I have done some (not much, with the Thanksgiving holiday and travel) with the bamboo rods, I'll send an email off-list for that once I can get pictures going for the progress. As for the quill wings, I used to try doing it as I saw Davie McPhail do it... hard to explain, but essentially tie them in with the quill butts facing the hook eye, then stand the wings up, and fold the butt ends of the quills back on either side of the uprighted wings, to make a sort of collar/ post around the base of the quill wings, made of the butt ends of the quills. I'll try to locate the youtube video of it... here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIRPkUzk6IM and I just realized it is in the comments of Tim's video LOL Anyhow, I always used to try to do my quill wings the way Davie does in that video... and they almost always split and turned into a feather-puff of frayed and unmarried fibers. I've already had better results after just a few tries of Tim's method, so maybe Davie's way just wasn't for me. Who knows? I need to practice it more, but I've got all winter to catch up on my tying practice :) Hope all is well, -Pete On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> wrote: Pete, Wish you were close by I would be glad to show you how I do it. It is almost identical to how Tim does it and I get the same results. I tie in my wings with the butts fwd instead of back, either way will work. Less bulk tied in like Tim does it. For separating the wing slips, I found a small divider tool that is adjustable for width. It has two points that separate with a handle about 4". I can't remember where I got it or what it was used for. It is perfect for splitting the slips. Have you done anything on those bamboo rods. Tony -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
