Removing the feathers is historically accurate

Thank you for sharing this video, it was quit informative and simple. Going to try and make in a couple of days.

this guy has a lot of charisma 😍 when he broke it off at the end, it made me chuckle

Use a small crochet needle to pull out the insides..works wonderful 😀

Thanks. That was more useful that other internet instructions. My daughters will follow this using Canada Geese feathers. However we will not remove the barbs, as the reason to use a quill pen IS to have the barbs bothering your face and everything else.

i prefer the hollywoodiesque type of a feather quill, and i'm not worry for my nose and right eye :)

going to attempt this on a very small but beautiful feather found in the PNW (not sure what kind of bird but its yellow and green). guessing this will be more difficult due to the size!

i love the instructor, lmao

This is a demonstration I gave to students at Cooper Union, I am not sure why it is on your subscription channel, Ewan Clayton

How about using small scissors🤔

Excellent tutorial, but you did not mention the hardening of the quill, surely an essential part of manufacture. Chris B.

But... But the natural flaky feathery feather hair that gets into your face IS the whole reason anyone would want an actual feather quill! I aint braking off my expensive emu feather in half and cutting it bold, its a memory souvenir!

This is great!

how long pen last?

Would have liked to see you write with this pen. I just got a bunch of plastic feathers in the mail and they are junk to make quills with it seems. to hard to cut, whoops >.

SO --does the nib suck up the ink in a capillary method ? Why not show the result (writing )--do u dip it every 5 seconds ? or not ?

Wonderful job & very useful

Can i ask if blade is effective or i should use that

Thank you, who is the instructor please ? How do you fill the nib is it just dipping?

How can I prepare a quill for the same rigidness so it can make the clipping sound?

You shud use a contrasting background for that white quill --we cant see what you are cutting!

but does it write?

Greetings, i've always called the "guts of the thing" the "marrow" of the shaft. No idea if it is correct but that is what I use. And another thing, strip the fletching/barbs/vanes and give them to an archer friend. Some terms: FEATHER TERMS AND ILLUSTRATIONS . www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/glossary.php. And more information: medievalwriting.50megs.com/tools/quill.htm . pax

He has this English look

What’s the point in making a quill if you’re gonna cut the feather off? 😂

Dude you butchered that thing lol. Leave the last bit on the top, looks nice. I wound up sanding the “squared” edges after removing the barbs and very lightly oiled when done. Looks great!

make it easier. just stick a fountain pen nib on the feather

They laugh a lot what’s so funny about cutting a quill?

The narrator has a fine command of the English language, whilst carving a feather quill pen, but this certainly isn't the best demonstration I've seen. So having produced this historical writing tool, you then butcher away all the feathers to avoid tickling to the face. Why don't you just use a Bic pen instead? You didn't even write any calligraphy.