I fealt I must share this story with all of you. Yes, you may come to the conclusion that I am contributing to the whole feather thing but I think you will agree the end result was good.
I was talking to a coworker about a drill press and he stated he had an older one for sale. He wanted $25 for the drill press and I wanted to take a look. During our discussion he mentioned that since I was a fly tyer I would like to hear about his Granddaughter. She is about 11 years old and wants to get feathers in her hair but was unable to find any feathers at several salons and beauty supply shops (Grandpa driving her around mind you). I thought to myself, "I wonder if a trade would work".

I traded 14 saddle hackle feathers for a drill press. Yes, I have some guilt about the trade but how often in your life can you trade feathers for power tools?

OK, you may now start beating me up.

Bob