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Author Topic: How to identify the wing side of full feathers?  (Read 290 times)

Offline snowplow

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How to identify the wing side of full feathers?
« on: November 21, 2014, 12:12:00 PM »
I have seen the diagrams showing how you can see what side the 'lip' is on a fully processed feather fletching.

How does this translate to a full feather. How do you tell if a random feather is right or left wing?

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Re: How to identify the wing side of full feathers?
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2014, 12:22:00 PM »
Hold the feather with the outside end (the end that doesn't stick in the bird) pointed toward you, edge up.  The quill will form a ledge on one side or the other of the feather. If the ledge is on the right side, it is a left wing feather, and vice versa.
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Re: How to identify the wing side of full feathers?
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2014, 12:24:00 PM »
heres a good youtube video from ted fry:
 
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Offline snowplow

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Re: How to identify the wing side of full feathers?
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2014, 02:35:00 PM »
Oh wow that's easy. Thanks you guys. I didn't realize the feathers grow favoring one side of the quill or the other. I thought the ledge was more or less manufactured when grinding or something.

Thanks!!

Just got a feather burner and my friends bringing me a bunch of turkey feathers tonight!

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