Pheasant tail feather scales

I had a set of cracked bakelight scales, so I repaired them with epoxy but you could still see where the crack was.
I tie flies as another hobbie so I went into my feather collection and found a set of matching pheasant tail feathers that were pretty close to the same length of the bakelight scales.
I coated the scales with epoxy, carefully placed the feathers and coated them with the epoxy.
Lots of sanding, more epoxy, and polyeurothane and I have these:

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They look better in person, it's hard for the camera to pick up the coloring in the feather.

Nice work as well as a creative save.

Michael

Very nice, and a great idea!

That hyas truly got to be a one of a kind, What sn original idea!

Dude, very creative...but I get the feeling that if someone was to visit you,and sit still for to long... They would end up with a coat Of epoxy on on themselves...

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Originally Posted by Wintchase

Dude, very creative...but I get the feeling that if someone was to visit you,and sit still for to long... They would end up with a coat Of epoxy on on themselves...

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Just wait until you see my father-in-law scales. LOL

thats thinkin outside the box. love eet.