Hi Spider,
If you have £20-plus that you care nothing about, buy one. Otherwise you can achieve exactly the same result with a bit of foam and a bulldog clip for a few coppers.
Cut a section of foam just narrower than the longest CDC feathers you will use, then make a slit across it with a craft knife or similar.
Lay the CDC feathers over the slit and, holding the ends, pull down so that they fold back on themselves and are gripped by the foam with the barbs sticking out.
Trim off the excess either end of the foam, then use the bulldog clip to grab the barbs, bend the foam slightly to open up the slit, and lift the CDC clear.
With sharp scissors, trim away the shafts of the CDC and mount the remaining ends into a dubbing loop, then remove the bulldog clip.
It is much easier to do than to describe, but if you know how to use the Petitjean tool you will pick it up immediately.
If you make your foam triangular, you can cut slits of various lengths to suit different sizes of CDC.
Cheers,
Angus
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