Small feather inlay

I'm not real big on feather inlays, done maybe a half doz of them over the years but not enough to really get into the crazy inlays some guys can do. Anyway have a customer that wanted a simple yet matching inlay on a steelhead switch rod I'm building for him so just did this inlay and got the first coat of finish over it last night. Nothing too fancy but just used a red hackle feather to match the rest of the rod, then a couple grizzly smaller ones spayed out at the base, then a 3 leaf clover of Jungle cock over the base.

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/2358/feathersp.jpg

Nice. Let's see the rest of the rod. Is that one of the Batson grips? What kind of switch rod, Rainshadow?

Very nice. The red feather certainly stands out here, for as a builder you never really know how it's going to turn out until the epoxy is completed do we?

Looks really good to me and I would agree with David about the red feather certainly stands out

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Originally Posted by David Parker

Very nice. The red feather certainly stands out here, for as a builder you never really know how it's going to turn out until the epoxy is completed do we?

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Nice. Let's see the rest of the rod. Is that one of the Batson grips? What kind of switch rod, Rainshadow?

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yep Batson grips. Its a Rainshadow 10'8" 7wt 4pc. Should be all done by the weekend so I'll post some pics soon as its done.

Steve

Really like that inlay, Steve.

John

You're ready to take your hobby to the next level.:lol:;)