Identifying Capes

[midgetip]

Hi all, I was recently gifted a load of fly tying gear by an old chap who had to give up 'cos the eyesight was gone. As a relative newbie to the Black Art, I am not well up on the different types of cape and was hoping some of you more experienced guys would have a bash at identifying the capes below.
I am more interested in finding out what the feather type is [ Grizzle/Badger etc. ] but if you want to have a bash at colour/shade also, feel free. Reading the previous post "Undefined Colour", it will be interesting to see how many different opinions are offered!


As you may see, fly tying is not the only thing I am new to, can someone tell me where I went wrong, and why the post is horizontal ???

[mr_eejit]

Sorry but i cant help with the colours etc, but in your photobucket account above the picture it says "edit" you can click on that and then rotate the pictures hope that helps

[john]

Wouldn't worry about the pictures, anyone clicking on the picture can scroll through all 10 of them and should be able to identify them, I will leave that bit to someone more expert than me.

[PitsfordPirate]

Hazarding a guess mate, I would say the feather type is dead cock chicken and probably from China or India.

Pip pip!

The Pirate.

[Former member]

Ronnie
I would say they are as follows;

1. Silver badger varaint Indian cock Neck
2. Greenwells variant Indian cock Neck
3. Golden badger Indian cock Neck
4. Furnace Hen Neck
5. Cream Indian or Chinese Cock Neck
6. Blue Dun Indian Cock Neck
7. Olive over Ginger Indian Cock Neck
8. Cree Indian Cock Neck
9. Dark Red Game Indian Cock Neck
10. Barred Ginger Indian Cock Neck

Cheers
Gerry


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[midgetip]

Originally Posted by ******eejit

Sorry but i cant help with the colours etc, but in your photobucket account above the picture it says "edit" you can click on that and then rotate the pictures hope that helps

Cheers for that, sorted now.

Originally Posted by john

Wouldn't worry about the pictures, anyone clicking on the picture can scroll through all 10 of them and should be able to identify them, I will leave that bit to someone more expert than me.

Just a bit p****d off at the "spreadsheet" effect.

Originally Posted by PitsfordPirate

Hazarding a guess mate, I would say the feather type is dead cock chicken and probably from China or India.

Pip pip!

The Pirate.

VG Pirate You in the polis by any chance?

---------- Post added at 07:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:49 PM ----------

Originally Posted by Ruthvenflyfisher

Ronnie
I would say they are as follows;

1. Silver badger varaint Indian cock Neck
2. Greenwells variant Indian cock Neck
3. Golden badger Indian cock Neck
4. Furnace Hen Neck
5. Cream Indian or Chinese Cock Neck
6. Blue Dun Indian Cock Neck
7. Olive over Ginger Indian Cock Neck
8. Cree Indian Cock Neck
9. Dark Red Game Indian Cock Neck
10. Barred Ginger Indian Cock Neck

Cheers
Gerry

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Thanks Gerry, I had a guess at some of them, but way off the mark with most
Cheers,
Ronnie.

[doonicus]

I would list the capes as the following, and that all are cock capes.

Silver Badger
Greenwells variant, for dyeing black, a very poorly coloured and marked cape.
Golden badgerish, for dyeing,
Greenwell, well marked, it has the classis black centre with black list,
Cream
Blue dun
Olive, over ginger
Cree I would dye this one as well.
Cockybondhu
Barred Ginger


This is my slant on the capes, could well be others disagree.

Sam

[midgetip]

Originally Posted by doonicus

I would list the capes as the following, and that all are cock capes.

Silver Badger
Greenwells variant, for dyeing black, a very poorly coloured and marked cape.
Golden badgerish, for dyeing,
Greenwell, well marked, it has the classis black centre with black list,
Cream
Blue dun
Olive, over ginger
Cree I would dye this one as well.
Cockybondhu
Barred Ginger


This is my slant on the capes, could well be others disagree.

Sam

Thanks Sam, you and Gerry are 80% in agreement, so I reckon that nails most of them
I had pegged no.4 as a Coch, and no.9 as a dark Furnace, but this was from trying to compare them to pics in books.
Excuse my ignorance, but what part of the feather is the "list"?
Cheers,
Ronnie.