I made my first attempt at stripping and chopping natural turkey feathers. I think they came out well for my first attempt. Pictured below are the feathers that I cut off from the right wing, which I did not use.
I stripped the feathers using Ferret's method that I found on another thread. The first few I did curled real bad. I placed them in a bowl of hot water with dish soap to clean some blood off, and the curls came out.
I washed all the primary and secondary feathers. I set them out to where they were straight, and quills together. Once dry I started chopping.
Some of the them came out nice and flat. Others came out with their own left helical built in.
I came out with enough to do a dozen arrows from one left wing.
The peeling and chopping worked great for me. I felt I would share my experience with all of you. I hope you enjoyed.