George387
Well-known member
the natural alternative too give a longish tapering down and thick top would be porcupine quills ,but the taper might not be so delicate .but they would be stronger than balsa ,but shorter than peacock .i'll look later as i've a bunch of over sized porcupine quill 8/9" long ,tucked away someware in a draw.
Steve,
This is the sort of thing you are looking at with porcupine quills, these are all just around the 7" in length mark and basically the tips have been filed round and measure 5mm at the top tapering down to needle points, the average weight for them is 4bb.
I do have longer but not had the requirement to go any longer.