How to make a feather quill pen?
Have you ever found a feather and felt you just had to make it in to a quill pen? If so, this article is for you!
Step 1
Find your feather. You can use just any real feather that fits comfortably in your hand (like a pencil),but a long tail feather is best.
Step 2
Shave off the fibres closest to where the fibers end. You may leave them if you prefer, but this makes it easier to work with and easier to hold.
Step 3
Leave your feather in water over night. This makes it soft and more easily bent, you will see why later.
Step 4
Heat some sand to three-hundred eighty degrees Celsius and leave the feather in the sand, on a heat-proof surface,like a large pan,until cool. This hardens it and makes it so you don't have to resharpen it as often.
Step 5
Cut your feather at forty-five degrees then make a cut that is opposite the first one at about five degrees (Steepen if necessary). This cut should make two horns.
Step 6
Bend the two horns together. This should create a cracking sound and a pretty central slit at the horns,usually cutting a slit is better.
Step 7
Shave off the horns to a not-really-pointy-or-flat point so you don't splatter ink.
Step 8
If you want to, you can dye the end of the feather by mixing a hair dye in a clear plastic tub,carefully dip the end of the feather into the dye and let it dry overnight.
Step 9
Put a small strip of cloth or a good quality ribbon around the the place where you hold your pen to add more grip.Finished it off with a little super glue.
Step 10
Leave it to dry and it's finished!
Written by Winston.
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