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by DOUGSDEN » Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:53 pm
Dearest Friends,
You guys really make my day! No dear Daringduffer, no other piercings. Definately not into that! Just the occasional chemically sharpened point under the dermal layer! That's about as "pierced" as I wanna get!
To Karsten, Ruard, Bill, William, Hank, Zen, and Ray.....Thank you one and all for the kind and humorous words! I have been at my typically s-l-o-w pace in both production and photographing. I recently rec'd a great gift of hen necks and saddles and I have been experimenting with meaningfully joining dubbings and hackles together. I am still trying and it has been a blast in doing so! As I look back on the three amigo's above, they seem really over hackled and I think I know why. I was cursed with the "one more turn will look nice" approach and I have been guilty of this in the past. I think it comes from looking at the prepared feather and thinking, "I can't pare more of those beautiful barbs from the bottom of this exquisite feather! That would be a crime!" Conversley, I could stop a turn or two short of using the entire feather length (less the fluff at the bottom) for this would be the same! Hence, I end up with a huge hackle collar when I am consciously trying to keep things as tidy and sparse as possible. I think it's a terminal illness so if anyone could send me a pill for this condition, I would gladly take it!
I think I have failed to mention that these birds were dressed with the tie in the hackle at the butt of the stem and wind forward method. Sometimes I tie in the feather by the tip and do the same! Alot of it depends on the shape and condition of the feather at hand!
Has anyone else had similar thoughts along these lines?
Curious D.
Fish when you can, not when you should! Anything short of this is just a disaster.
