A while back I bought my daughter a book titled "Things to do With Dad". About once a month or so she picks something from the book and it becomes father/daughter time. This month she picked...making a feather quill. Now the project was fun but in true horner fashion I took it a few notches further. We fashioned an inkwell from horn and moose antler...her first oil heating/pressing/turning experience (she loved it) and then decided we needed something to hold the quill when not in use. What follows is the end result and I could not have a happier daughter.
The quill pen is a turkey feather. The inkwell is turned horn with a pressed in horn bottom and a moose antler neck. The stopper is quite unique as we pondered for some time how to attach the cork. i think you will like the solution. The "desk shelf" as she calls it is cedar and put together with wood pins. The quill holder is turned North American whitetail.
It's in just this way the tradition carries on.
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