game bird feathers

[horses50]

Most of the feathers i use are from genetic capes.my question is ,when useing game bird feathers eg partridge,snipe, pheasant etc do you tie them in at the tips rather than the base of the feather as you would do if you were useing feathers from a genetic bird? Thank You.

[jonnied17-2008]

aye the tips strip off the flue from the base, stroke most of the fibres back and tye in at the tip.

[horses50]

Thanks Jonnied for the reply,am i right in saying that it is done this way because the base of the stem on a game bird is quite thick?

[jonnied17-2008]

aye it is