Turkey Feathers for Quill Pens

Itchy Triggerfinger · January 31, 2009, 04:46:13 AM

Forty Rod tode me that someone that frequents here is a well known Turkey Farmer (or maybe I am getting my chain yanked).

Anyway I teach 5th grade social studies and I want to make quill pens so the children can see what it was like to write back during colonial times. Anything I can do to encourage the children to write helps, trust me.

Thanks,

Itchy AKA the dastardly Shameless Womanizer

Texas Lawdog · January 31, 2009, 06:48:31 AM

Mr. IT, The person that 40 Rod is talking about is The Ozark Tracker. He raises Turkeys for Butterball in Arkansas.

Ozark Tracker · January 31, 2009, 06:58:18 AM

IT, I've got all the Turkey feathers you'll probably ever need, we raise around 150,000 birds a year, if you'll pm me your name and address, I'll be happy to gather up some of the larger feathers and send em to you.

litl rooster · January 31, 2009, 07:20:57 AM

I thought SASS was trying to yank my chains when I wanted the alias Dastardly Shameless Womanizer

Texas Lawdog · January 31, 2009, 08:00:06 AM

There only be one!

Trinity · January 31, 2009, 09:05:32 AM

Awwww lr. You're not that dastardly.

litl rooster · January 31, 2009, 09:56:37 AM

Quote from: Trinity on January 31, 2009, 09:05:32 AM
Awwww lr. You're not that dastardly.

heck Trinity I'm not that smart.....I just seen the elephant for the first time a few months ago...Now i got to learn to use feathers to write with.

Texas Lawdog · January 31, 2009, 10:26:29 AM

AH! The wonders of modern Technology!

Forty Rod · January 31, 2009, 10:58:23 AM

Quote from: litl rooster on January 31, 2009, 09:56:37 AM
heck Trinity I'm not that smart.....I just seen the elephant for the first time a few months ago...Now i got to learn to use feathers to write with.

Start with finger paints and work your way up.

Delmonico · January 31, 2009, 11:14:44 AM

OT, I have a friend who would help gather the feathers, though it might take a while cause he makes a performance out of it when he finds one.

Four-Eyed Buck · January 31, 2009, 11:37:20 AM

Might be hard to get it away from him, too!

Delmonico · January 31, 2009, 11:49:13 AM

Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on January 31, 2009, 11:37:20 AM
Might be hard to get it away from him, too!

Naw, he knows his job, just a "come" and then a "give." Feather wasn't even damaged.

Itchy Triggerfinger · January 31, 2009, 12:51:48 PM

Quote from: Texas Lawdog on January 31, 2009, 08:00:06 AM
There only be one!

Praise the Lord, verdad?

Shameless Womanizer

Arcey · January 31, 2009, 01:42:51 PM

Used to get quill pens when Lakewood Elementary would take us on field trips ta Williamsburg.

I can't imagine Lakewood turnin' us loose with open ink bottles...........

Texas Lawdog · January 31, 2009, 02:00:21 PM

Beware of pigtails in ink wells!

Leo Tanner · February 02, 2009, 09:45:51 PM

Oh man.
When I was in Jr High, you could still buy fountain pens. They didn't have the suck the ink up thing, but a cartrige ya put in. I had ta have one an realized that if ya flung the pen, the ink would scatter. Snobby girl named Tanya liked ta taunt me an ma buddy. She wore spensive sweaters--white ones. Think ill of me if ya will, but I wrecked several an expensive sweater with a few flings of that pen. Guess ya could say I was a back shooter in them days

Texas Lawdog · February 03, 2009, 06:48:48 AM

Leo, We hang back shooters out here in Texas.

Leo Tanner · February 03, 2009, 11:34:25 AM

She had it comin Tex, an I never did no detention time cause the source of the ink remained a mystery.

Trinity · February 03, 2009, 05:53:40 PM

Quote from: Leo Tanner on February 02, 2009, 09:45:51 PM
Oh man.
When I was in Jr High, you could still buy fountain pens. ...

Who can't still buy fountain pens?

Leo Tanner · February 03, 2009, 06:01:15 PM

Quote from: Trinity on February 03, 2009, 05:53:40 PM
Who can't still buy fountain pens?

Haven't seen one in years. Still have the sweater desimatin one in a box somewhere. Can't remember the brand name, but they sure as hell don't sell em up here or the cartriges.