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Title: Splicing question??
Post by: Buranurra on February 11, 2013, 01:50:00 AM

Hi all

I want to try some splicing and I have a question?

Do I need to strip the same part of the feather that I wish to replace with the different colour, or is roughly around the area okay.

Am using full length feathers

Cheers

Jase

Title: Re: Splicing question??
Post by: agtex42 on February 11, 2013, 02:26:00 AM

I've found that splicing from the same area will work just fine, you just have to test fit your splices before gluing to make sure everything lines up.  It's a great way to make the most out of your feathers and I've never had any problems using this method.

Title: Re: Splicing question??
Post by: Mike Vines on February 11, 2013, 09:24:00 AM

This should answer your questions...
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=123698#000000

Title: Re: Splicing question??
Post by: Tutanka on February 11, 2013, 09:28:00 AM

https://www.rmsgear.com/store/pc/tutorial_feather_splicing.asp

Tommy at Rocky Mountain Specialty Gear is the man when it comes to splicing.  He put together a pretty good how to tutorial.

Title: Re: Splicing question??
Post by: FerretWYO on February 11, 2013, 12:39:00 PM

Best tutorial I have ever seen.

 

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Originally posted by Tutanka:
 https://www.rmsgear.com/store/pc/tutorial_feather_splicing.asp  

Tommy at Rocky Mountain Specialty Gear is the man when it comes to splicing.  He put together a pretty good how to tutorial.

Title: Re: Splicing question??
Post by: FerretWYO on February 11, 2013, 12:43:00 PM

Here is one I did as well.

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=085823

Title: Re: Splicing question??
Post by: Mike Vines on February 11, 2013, 02:32:00 PM

Looks like you came to the right place.

Title: Re: Splicing question??
Post by: xtrema312 on February 11, 2013, 08:38:00 PM

Great info and just in time for my planning. I have a bunch of goose feathers just shipped to Magnus for processing. I like bright feathers so thinking about splicing something on back of goose feathers and adding some onestringer wraps to brighten them up to make them easier to  see.    

Any fine points to add about splicing into goose feathers and what to use for factory feathers?  I usually use AMG fluorescents.  If you strip most of the base off the accent feather does it make much difference between Trueflight, AMG and Gateway for the quill quality?

Title: Re: Splicing question??
Post by: Buranurra on February 12, 2013, 08:08:00 PM

THanks for all the helpful links and info

Cheers

Jase