I made some arrows a while ago, and the solidest attachment method we found was cut a bit of a grove in the three points you want feathers, as long and as wide as the part your glueing in, and put super glue in the bottom, then glue them in, and cut the frilly part of the feather in a bit at both sides, leaving the hard part of it, and wrap it tightly(so that the thread imbeds in the wood) with some strong thread.
are bald egal feathers illegal if you collect them off the ground?
ADDED: and for lazy people(like me) taking some dowel and sharpening the end in a pencil sharpener makes a dandy arrow, its cheap, and if you blunt the tip, its easier to sharpen:)
in article BC272D6E.3DB0% snipped-for-privacy@shaw.ca, Reyd Dorakeen at snipped-for-privacy@shaw.ca wrote on 1/11/04 4:44 PM:
One of the more traditional methods of attaching fletching is to use pine resin and sinew wrapping. I've used the resin, and other than the pain in collection and prep it worked better than any other method and smells better too. The feathers also can be mounted in a spiral around the shaft. Now I mostly use Fletch-Tite or fletching tape and commercial fletching.
As to Eagle feathers- in the US possession is restricted to Native Americans or by permit, no matter how they're collected. I don't think the Canadian restrictions are as severe.
/vic
uh-oh *runs and hides from the candian...FBI? BIF(bureau d'investigation Fedéral)? or teh hockey player spys* we have a pretty big thing with some nice feathers in it, all found by my parents or I while exploring in the woods.
in article snipped-for-privacy@news.chi.sbcglobal.net, Victor Radin at snipped-for-privacy@NOSPAMameritech.net wrote on 1/11/04 5:47 PM:
Yup. It's like ivory. You just wouldn't believe how many people will say, "But officer, I just found it there, I didn't kill the animal." Uh Huh.
Dave in Fairfax
I remember hearing a new story a few years ago on TV. There was a dead whale on a beach in Cape Cod, MA. It sat there and stank up the whole area for a few weeks because all the local gub'ment agencies were claiming the cleanup was ANOTHER gub'ment agency's problem. In the meantime, a couple viewing the carcass removed some of the whale's teeth for a souvineer. They were later arrested, charged with some endangered species crime, and heavily fined.
On the same note, I used to have a video clip of a 70's news report about another dead whale. It was so big that they couldn't move it. So they decided to blow it up into manageable pieces with dynamite. The actual explosion was televised from some 500 yards away in a parking lot. BOOM! Big smoke/dust cloud around the whale. All of a sudden, everyone in the parking lot was getting rained on with chunks of blubber. Some of the cars were seriously damaged as some of the chunks were the size of big screen TVs! I remember one car (early 70's Olds 98) whose roof was crushed to the floor from one of those chunks. All live and on TV.
And the whale carcass was still mostly whole...
Peter Teubel Milford, MA
there's YEW and there's Yew...the stuff you are probably referring to is the bush/shrub...which is different from the big TREE which grows in western USA. The are related, of course. The bush form takes a long time to get big enough to turn, but when it does, it is wonderful...I posted some pics of this awhile back.. (It is a good idea to wear a dust mask when turning *any* wood..and especially during sanding)
Here is me, sitting in front of a Yew shrub, with two pieces turned FROM the root and lower stump of an old shrub...one of which is resting on a stump/root I intend to tackle soon. (to the right is a slightly smaller stump, which will still be pretty good!)
Hrm... Feathers are hard to come by this time of year. Hafta be Wal-Mart stuff or wood.
The RCMP handles that kind of stuff up there, I think.
Eagles are a non-issue for me here anyway. I've never seen a bald eagle, except in pictures.
Yeah, that video is on the web somewhere. Hillarious, since I wasn't there. :)
Most everywhere it is illegal to possess wild Blue Jay feathers along with most other wild songbird ones too. Raptors and all kinds of other birds are also included in that. State and local laws are different so check if you're concerned. Just an FYI.
- Andrew
I see them all the time. They winter here in parts of the Ozarks. Nice big birds but not awe-inspiring. They eat and fly but mostly just sit around like most every other bird. At least the majority of the pictures of them are inspirational.
- Andrew
really? they are pretty, they sit on some trees near where I sometimes go in the summer. and occasionally drop very nice feathers which I pick up. in article snipped-for-privacy@giganator.family.lan, Silvan at snipped-for-privacy@users.sourceforge.net wrote on 1/13/04 9:20 PM:
Good grief. Tell that to my cat. I guess she needs to go to jail.
Most cats do! .... if for no other reason than that smug look on their faces. ha!
Yeah, I know, good grief. I suppose there's a reason for the laws but still....
- Andrew
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