The feather needs to be heat treated in hot sand to harden the feather to preserve the tip. The nib will ware down over time and require more trimming and thus not last as long, probably not important unless you plan on using it for a lot of writing. Also your holding the nib upside-down which will make the pen much harder to use, plus there is way to much ink on the pen that will make rather rounded letters instead of the fine intricate writing normally done with a heat treated and precisely sharpened properly inked nib.

@laurachamberlain9579

5 жыл бұрын

Was just going to make those points.

@tainicon4639

4 жыл бұрын

Dinesh Kumar what? Why would you comment just that?

@RVsoloman5000

3 жыл бұрын

Elaborate more on the heat treating please. I have a crow feather I want to make into a quil pen.

@suhasop4919

3 жыл бұрын

@@RVsoloman5000 same

@sreejagopalakrishnan96

3 жыл бұрын

Hh

Helpful and easy. I love how you just cut to the chase and don't dilly dally.

@unhooked25

4 жыл бұрын

Dobbits Mkgee: That's right, cut to the chase. Oh and follow the van and don't dilly dally on the way.

@nilambarisingh9908

4 жыл бұрын

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@nilambarisingh9908

4 жыл бұрын

@@unhooked25 Ys798[8

@nilambarisingh9908

4 жыл бұрын

U7/

@bigbiemacaw

4 жыл бұрын

Dobbits Mkgee I live how everyone trying to say love online spells...LIVE...lol....

for all those who are trying. it needs to be sharper and smaller.

@pretzelschannel6595

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@sreejagopalakrishnan96

3 жыл бұрын

Gbyg

Awesome Project! My Dad and I made some of these when I was about 5, such a great memory. I actually got the idea from a book, that I had checked out from the public library, wish I could remember the name of it. Thanks for bringing back a wonderful memory!

@QonnorM

Жыл бұрын

Might've been Harry Potter

Just an extra tip, apparently the very end of the feather isn't as strong as further up on it, just under where the actual feathery bits start. So, person reading this, if you're looking to make a stronger quill pen the you should probably start a bit further up. I reccomend Bernadette Banner's video on quill-making. Also, the thicker the tip of the quill/pen thing is, the thicker the writing seems to be, so if you want a thin pen, just make the tip thinner.

You're using it upside down!!! 😂

@brianworden7022

8 жыл бұрын

Nice catch! I had to go back to see that. I have never used a feather for a pen, just fine tip metal nibs from sketching.

@rashidablackfeather4110

8 жыл бұрын

Lol! I noticed that too! XD

@GanonGhidorah

5 жыл бұрын

I actually just made mine following this guy's instructions, and what I found is that while one side runs out of ink, the other side still has some to retain; so all you have to do is rotate the feather in order to keep writing before having to dip.

@VanNguyen-eh3ym

4 жыл бұрын

Jennie Towan it doesn't matter cause it still works.

@bulletstothebeat1768

4 жыл бұрын

An upsideown writing is a trick to make the flow controllable to make it abit thiner for some bad quality paper

I was able to make this from a cockatoo feather I found outside. It works great, thank you!

I think a tame ducks feather would work too! I live on a farm (well, of birds lol) and we collect the eggs. On a side note, duck eggs are really good for baking! Back to the point. All ducks drop feathers that are small and downy, but occasionally they will drop a wing feather of sorts. They are also good, but the turkey feathers are also sturdier (in my opinion) and not as rare. Don't know why I typed this much, but okay! XD

@Rosie-fe4zh

8 жыл бұрын

+epicfantasy I'm pretty sure I will! This video was really fun to watch, and I can't wait to try it out! Also, how much money would ink like that cost at a store do you think.... I know you made yours out of berries, but just curious. :3

@anselmgolden8286

5 жыл бұрын

😊💗✨

@thegreatchaos13

2 жыл бұрын

If you have geese or turkey I would recommend using that instead because they are stronger than the usual pigeon or magpie feather.

I like this channel ,there is no unnecessary music

I found a crow feather in my yard. will that work?

@epicfantasy

8 жыл бұрын

Maybe, give it a try!

@ItsOwenTime1000

8 жыл бұрын

epicfantasy Ok, thanks!

@Nomercy721

7 жыл бұрын

Did you try it? I'm curious to know if it works.

@ItsOwenTime1000

7 жыл бұрын

Nope! It doesnt... I found feather buy just now, though, and I wanna get some pheasant feathers

@ItsOwenTime1000

7 жыл бұрын

I mean goose

This was really easy to understand, thanks for the tutorial! Can't wait to make my own

Me and my uncle just went goose hunting and I took the feathers so I'm going to do this Thanks for the great idea You just got a subscriber!

Really, really amazing video. Incorporating the finished pen into the video like that, inspiring! And of course to make a quill pen now

Conditioning the feather makes the quill last longer & the nib not curl.

I read that you use warm soapy water to soak the feather before cutting and using a toothpick to clean out the shaft before fashioning the tip.

Thank you it really means a lot to me to learn our history and having links to it from people like you that are willing to take the time to teach me. I'm off to write some poetry and song lyrics. Thank you

Thanks for sharing! My son just collected a bunch of goose feathers. Now I know what to do with them! :)

Thank you! Really liked the instructions drawn out before you started actually cutting the quill. Going to give it a try write now. Subscribed!

@dickon728

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's a good idea.

My dad showed me how to make quills a couple of years ago so I am glad someone else makes them the same way I do.(note I am 13).

@isabellehawman4848

8 жыл бұрын

But most of the time I'm lazy so I do a more basic quill

I make all your projects and I love the stuff you make (:

Question: Are feather quill pens mass produced anywhere? I've never come across them and I've always wondered why, given there's so many metal nibs that attempt to be derivative.

@ThatGuyWithNoLife

Жыл бұрын

They probably are not produced because they are out dated and replaced by modern day fountain pens.

@pasquino0733

Жыл бұрын

@@ThatGuyWithNoLife There's a different and quite beautiful quality, when you draw with a pen with limited ink capacity. i.e. a fountain pen can never produce a pen and ink drawing with the aesthetic refinement of a Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael or Rembrandt.

I made one but have not tried it yet. All of your videos I have watched so far are great!!!!!!

thank you, great video! I made a few quills and they work well, although I do have to have them at odd angles/upside down since the feathers are so stiff, and instead of writing properly they start making double lines or bouncing and splashing ink everywhere... Maybe it just takes practise, but anyways.. AWESOME VIDEO!!!

loved the tutorial, and followed along. you should go into how to make ink next.

That is so easy! Why did I not try this years ago?! I had to try twice but it was really simple and works brilliantly. :D

@thebishop1095

6 жыл бұрын

I made my first quill pen when I was 10 and nobody showed me how to do it. I just copied the fountain pen I was using. It worked great. Made my own ink, too by boiling oak galls when my granny told me that's how the people in the mountains, you would call them "hillbillies" probably, did it.

Absolutely awesome thank you sir

Thank you for the tutorial

finally someone else who is left handed!!

I'm currently trying to make something like this out of the long skinny handle of one of those combs. I never understood why a hair comb comes with a long, skinny, sharp hand, unless you can get these in prison, and it just cuts down on labor.😂 Speaking of prison, the only tools I'm using are razor blade, a fixed, blade, knife for prying, and a flat pair of semi needle nose pliers for pulling😂 You could give me whatever they use to write signatures 10 billion years in the future, and it would still look like somebody trimmed a willow tree and threw all the sticks into a giant pile. Think of literally any heavy metal bands logo😂 I can't tell you how good I did or how well the project turned out but I can tell you without a doubt whatever it is that makes a person a good teacher. You definitely got it my dude!!!! Exceptional and the diagrams were... well it's obvious why that was the most replayed portion😂 And the archaic and simplistic style, surprisingly made it so much more easy to understand!!!❤

@epicfantasy

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. And, you clearly can think, and craft. Keep making things! The world has a need for creative thinkers.

the sketches were a big help. going outside to grab up some feathers!

@epicfantasy

Жыл бұрын

Have fun! Good coincidence here. Right now I am making paper!

I have some really beautiful peacock feathers that im going to cut into a pen now! They are really lovely flight feathers, black with a shine of greenish blue. Cant wait!

@vashonjohnson4060

8 жыл бұрын

Come on sarah do you havr kids????

@Bellescc

8 жыл бұрын

Vashon Johnson uh, extremely personal question. I prefer to keep that to myself. Why is this being asked might I say?

@vashonjohnson4060

8 жыл бұрын

All have to say as a man of God is know your bible and there is know problem with this ! Who we are in Christ is all that matters!!!

@Bellescc

8 жыл бұрын

Vashon Johnson I do not believe in god. Im sorry if that offends you in any way, but I would rather not believe in something there isn't uch proof towards.

@vashonjohnson4060

8 жыл бұрын

Who you think created that beautful you believe in and behold and you ! Think about it text me later

Am I the only person that came here to make a quill too match the one's in Harry Potter?

@Andymae824

9 жыл бұрын

No I did too

@sharikakhanPotter_head

9 жыл бұрын

Pratyush Srivastava me too!

@kellyoneal7005

9 жыл бұрын

As well as I

@gottabweird

9 жыл бұрын

Oh that's an amazing idea.

@sarahswanson3995

9 жыл бұрын

I'm here for the same reason!!

I use vulture's feather: it's free and easy to collect in Chile. Obviously, it works fantastic and I can write with thin lines (the trick is carve a line along the tip, don't cut it along)

Made the quill and it is awesome

Thank you. Helped a lot.

I love it I am doing it right now!

Very clear and succinct. Thanks.

really cool great love old things

Such a great video thank you! 🪶

I love your intro. 😂 I subscribing just to hear that every day.

Thank you for the tutorial on making a feather ink pen. Also helpful is that you illustrated how to hold it to write. In my naive previous attempts to create a feather pen, when I went to write with it, I erroneously held the open end down; obvious failure. Thanks again.

@sfuikm

2 жыл бұрын

open end down is the right way to use it. He writes with it upside down

so awesome! I like it

You use a flat tip nib for calligraphy and a pointed tip nib for normal cursive writing

@tainicon4639

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew.W/death999xd 836 The flat tip(called a stub) is used for italic scripts and gothic or more modern fraktur. The pointed tip is used for flexed cursive scripts like Spencerian or copperplate(many more exist) Either can be used for normal writing, my everyday pen is a stub nib fountain pen.

The best easier tutorial ever!

just found a nice hawk feather (our hawks are huge) and it fits nicely in my hand - I think a metal tip is best though

You guys are not alone

so useful thank you !

i used a female peacock feather. dull brown though very stiff. I tried nibs made at the end of the feather in the hollow area and got nibs tat laddered easily from the split end. my best nib was made in the middle of the feather where there is that foam like material not the crispy plastic stuff and no split and left quite a bit of the foam on the nibs inner and found that it acted like a sponge for ink and i could write a lot more letters between dips than with a split

I made some ink with coffee. It was pretty thick and worked really well.

@epicfantasy

9 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool. I never thought to try coffee.

Thanks. Much appreciated.

Oh this is really cool

@epicfantasy

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

im going to try to do it

try, writing using this at school or office!

@NorimichiTeves

3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't sound like a good Idea😂, but as an activity it sounds good

I've been thinking of making an authentic medieval cook book to use at 15th century re-enacting and you keep coming out with all these really useful videos about paper making and now this! Have you thought of doing on on book binding Will?

@Rynax-

10 жыл бұрын

epicfantasy Would be awesome to see all those tutorials coming together, using them all to make a medieval style book, all from scratch!

@Indigonac

9 жыл бұрын

I would love to see that!

@SarahM-lw2gd

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

Most excellent mee lad!!.....by the way, i made one out of a seagull feather, I live by long island sound in connecticut- works great.

Thank you it is wery usefull

did this with a large ostrich feather... oh.. my arm just got soo tired! it was FUN though :D thanks for the tutorial, i put too much effort into mine, this is much easier and more stable of a technique.

I am building one right now! We have turkeys so i can make jow many i want!

@epicfantasy

2 ай бұрын

Excellent. Probably big feathers too!

There’s always something special about writing like it’s the 15th century!

Were could i get some ink to wright with and maybe an ink well too?

Hi there! Thanks for the video. I have an antique journal i would like to make a quill. I found some bird feathers although i don't think any are turkey. Do you think they would work the same way?

@epicfantasy

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure,. GIve em a try!

I also forgot to add, for Christmas that year I got a Calligraphy kit. Even though it was the cartridge type, I remember making a big mess with the ink at first,, but I actually got pretty good at it. I would practice the letters that were in the included book, and went through many cartridges.

oh and great tip for the metal nibbed crow pens use a match or lighter to blacken the nib with soot and you won't have to dip more than once per line of words. it is amazing how much a little soot can do am assuming that thisis what the sand is meant to achieve

that's pretty cool, I found a hawk feather in the woods and I was thinking of turning it into a feather Quill Pen, I was going to make some ink to write with using 2 cycle mix oil, that was too thin, so I was going to mix it with corn syrup to make it a little thicker, so that it wasn't like writing with water, it's still not working, I must not be doing something right to get it to the proper thickness, so I decided to go another route and started watching this video and the video of you making the ink, a hawk feather would make a beautiful pen, I think.

@morganbundy4822

8 жыл бұрын

I just emptied the INK from a pen and it works great! (I was too lazy to make my own)

I need one!

Soak it and then do it in hot sand to harden the feather. Also, the first few flight feathers are the best

@epicfantasy

Ай бұрын

Great comment. Great suggestions. Thanks!

I think you need to learn what to do with the quill pen. Some calligraphy lessons perhaps

@jocelynrivera6410

6 жыл бұрын

I need those too...

@crici.k

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, ikr

@slick9519

5 жыл бұрын

you can find em on youtube.

I’m gonna start taking notes in math class with this. thank you

I have a Quill with a beautiful white feather. But there's a slight yellowish discoloration on the edges of the feather. I'd really like it to be perfectly white. Any ideas on how I could acheive that?

TOTALLY WORKS THX BEACH AND EPICFANTASY !!!!! 👍🏿 👍🏿

Peacock feathers work very well for this

I'm gonna try this. There's this eagle who always comes around the house at dusk when the sun is setting behind the mountains. It soars overhead, it spirals down, and it always lands on the electric post outside my house. Every now and then, it drops a feather or two straight down as it sits there, and next time a feather rains from above, I'ma turn it into a quill. Thanks for the video, my dude.

where can you find turkey feathers?

Came here because my daughter found some big seagull feathers at the beach and wants to make a feather pen. Next will be the berry ink tutorial! Thanks, Will!

@epicfantasy

4 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! Have fun! And thanks for watching!!

what are those old fashion moving backgrounds called. The ones that moves

could i use one of thes for taking notes at school i think it would e cool to have a quill like harry potter

great

Medievally quills were not split down the centre. There is no need to make the slit with once living material as it wicks the ink naturally. Try it out.

I made one with peacock feather it is so beautiful

How do these all natural quills 'hold'? for example if i would not use it for a month (after it's been used), would it still work? And once the tip has worn off, can i just cut a new one a bit higher above the first cutting?

@epicfantasy

9 жыл бұрын

Great questions. I returned to these after a couple of months and they needed some tweaking because of all the dried ink. One needed to be recut. Yes cut a new one a bit higher works if needed. Clean them well after use and they will require nothing.

@Indigonac

9 жыл бұрын

epicfantasy Thank you very much for the clear awnser. I'll definitely give it a go!

Interesting that at the start of the video he was left handed and then at the end he was right handed. Thanks for the tutorial, this one made the most sense!

How many grits do you use for the sandpaper?

Fellow left hander!

cool

Where did you get your ink

nice

Nice

Where did you buy the feathers

Where can you get ink for the pens?

Do you just rinse it in water after you are done writing with it??? Nice video!!

cool! always would try to make these as a kid... one time i just shoved the filament from a normal pen up inside a feather and glued it because i wanted one so bad... haha. thanks, will! i'm left handed also, lol lefties unite!

I will try this...

@epicfantasy

10 жыл бұрын

Cool, send me a pic!

Can we use peacock feather to write?

Legendary tip Write with your own pen 😂🤣

Man, I was really hoping for the steel sword. I guess I'll just try and be patient. I hope you can do it Will! I wanted you to make a steel sword(skyrim) out of steel

I can write with my finger like that, 😀

A good friend of mine made some black walnut ink and mailed it to me. Im gonna make one of these quills and send her a letter with her own ink!

What do u think ur next giveaway will be

Can I use a shuttlecock feather?

The conditioning of the featheris a process to "age" the feather so you can work with it with out breaking it. If you are able to get an old feather that has naturally been aged then you can skip conditioning.

@madcat-ke6gq

Жыл бұрын

good to know