Tanks Byard, will take a look and see. I'm interested in the technique too. My quills are appr. 2 inch. long. I guess that is too long for this purpose. When I cut it in 2 pieces water might go into and it will not be float anymore. How can I seal them? Will epoxy work?? Rene -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Byard Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: Samstag, 8. Dezember 2001 14:15 Betreff: [VFB] Re: Porcupine for Tying Material
>>Interesting thread, >> >>I have got a small amound of the quills - bought it out of a mood when I >>visited a shop during a busines stay in CA. Was thinking how to use it. I >>found the idea of using it for extended bodies quite nice. How do you work >>with them? How are they set on the hook? Glued? I assume that you have to >>cut it into pieces? How to keep them afloat and seal them? >>Thanks in advance >>Rene/Germany > >Rene... > >Here's a pic of a Quill Gordon... > ><http://www.virtualflybox.com/articles/symposium_01/d_schmezer_2.html> > >...tied by Dave Schmezer using a porcupine quill wrapped with a >stripped peacock as an extended body. Pretty neat! I may be able to >describe his tying technique if interested. > >keep tyin'...byard >
