I am going to learn to make my own quill. There's a process to harden the tip and the instructions are here. I've read other sites and they're all about the same. Basically you cook the tip in sand and when it's cool, it's tougher and easier to cut.
I've ordered some goose feathers online and they should be in this week. In the meantime I have a large feather I found in the yard that I'm thinking of using. I've seen wild turkeys around here but it doesn't really look like one of those. It's certainly large enough and the tip is about the same size as a crowquill. Or I could wait and use the cheap stuff to experiment. To be continued.....
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