Couple fans

[VanHelden Game Calls]

Here are the first and second fans I have done.  Used the meatless method and it worked great.

[rutnstrut]

they look good

[hookedspur]

  Looks Good

[Dr^ke]

What's the meatless method?

[VanHelden Game Calls]

Method where you strip each feather clean and reconstruct the fan using a plastic sheet and hot glue.  Start to finish in 45min. and no meat to rot.

I am planning a tutorial on it soon.  There use to be one on the net but the guy received some heat for it and the pictures were removed, its where I learned how to do it and luckily I could remember how it went.   

[WNM]

Looks good besides the fake leaves and antler..

[VanHelden Game Calls]

Well the leaves ON the antler are fake but the antler is 100% real.

The leaves on the plaque are real.

I actually prefer the fake leaves because they are more durable, vibrant colors and just look better then the stabilized real leaves. 

[Mainer]

Great work, very nice. I've done the completed scraping of the quills, but I've left the upper portion of small strand of skin to keep them together, I then cure them, and then encapsulation them in epoxy, some even use bondo, once they are sealed, nothing to worry about.

[VanHelden Game Calls]

Lots of ways to skin the cat.   Some faster and cleaner then others

[tomstopper]

They look great and are unique......

[trkycaller]

nice! 

[DirtNap647]

 

[jblackburn]

Those look great!

[ncturkey]

Nice mounts. I use a meatless method but I do not have to remove any feathers. It takes a tad longer. I may try your method one day. But I have to leave the skin but remove all meat cause I do the fan and saddle feathers in my mounts.