How do I make a quill pen? And where can I find the feathers?
Sorry, the others didn’t have good answers. And one was asking if people switched to pens or still use quills. 3 years ago……… Well, I have 2 theories:
1) Take a big feather with a hallow center and glue a pen in.
2) Take the same kind of feather and carefully carve a point in it. Dip it in ink and write.
Which would work better? Would I be able to use gel food coloring? (I have a lot because we needed it for a cake decorating class) And where can I get big, hallow feathers? Don’t care about color. And do those fit regular pens? Or do I need to find others? Please don’t tell me to look in a craft store, no luck in craft sections of walmart or meijer and same for Joann fabrics. Oh, and just a little extra question, How do you make/where do you buy a roll of parchment? Thanks!
Luke: Wow…………………….. Just, wow……..
I googled and it says to look for turkey or goose feathers. I really hope they mean fake!
Peace forever: Well, in MY park there aren’t any hawks or turkeys walking around. And I believe you put sand in the oven and stick feathers in that. Saw 3 things that said that.
Other I forgot name of: I don’t want to buy one, I want to make one
Oh, and parchment is paper that has oil or something that it was soaked in. Makes it last longer and look different
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find feathers in the park!
the best ones have tips you can put on the end it will write terrible if you just cut the end off
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What you are supposed to do is boil the end of the feather in water and then carve it to a point. Use ink. No idea where to get the parchment paper. Isn’t it made of animal skin? Like goat, or something? You can find feathers in a forest or field somewhere. Try to find a hawk or turkey feather. They work the best.