Feather Formers^™

Imagine texturing a bird carving in minutes instead of hours! Razertip's new Feather Formers™ let you define a feather and burn the barb texture in seconds. Not only are feather formers™ faster to burn with, but painting a "Feather-Formed" surface is easier because the texture is not too deep. You can easily paint accent marks at angles to the main texture, creating a very soft, natural look. Once your bird has been textured with Feather Formers™ you can come back with you regular pens to create stray barbs or splits as desired, or you can continue on with stoning techniques. The possibilities are endless.

The throat and head feathers on this hummingbird were burned in less than 4 minutes. Throat feathers are around 250 lines per inch, while the top of the head was burned at 130 lines per inch. There are 60 different Feather Formers available from 40 lines per inch to 250 lines per inch.

Feather Former™ tips are made from wrapped wire that burns multiple lines on contact. Feather and hair textures of almost any type can be achieved by using the bent portions (corners) of the various tip shapes (skew, spear, chisel and round). Sets of 4 tips are available in each different coarseness. Tip sets are a great way to get started with Feather Formers™ as they will allow you to achieve whatever texture you want. If using interchangeable tips we recommend that you have at least 2 of our #BPH pens on hand. This allows you to spend less time changing tips and also should prevent the need to change tips in a hot pen.

With features like:

Burn feather shapes faster and more uniform than you ever thought possible.
Easy to learn and to use.
Bird carving, wood, leather, gourds and turnings.
Also great for grass, hair and multiple lines.
Burn as fine as 250 lines per inch.

Available in round, spear, chisel and skew tip shapes and grades (coarseness)

Ridiculously Fine (RF)

Extreme miniature bird carvings - Ridiculously Fine, what else could we call them? They burn 250 lines per inch, much finer than anyone can burn with a single-point tip. Great for extreme miniatures. Use with standard or heavy duty cord. Available as a heavy duty pen or heavy duty tip for use in our BPH interchangeable tip pen.
Extra-Fine (XF)

Hummingbirds and miniature bird carvings - These tips can burn 120 lines per inch, still finer than anyone can burn with a single-point tip. Ideal for Hummingbirds and miniature bird carvings. Use with heavy duty cord. Available as a heavy duty pen or heavy duty tip for use in our BPH interchangeable tip pen.
Fine (F)

Sparrow-sized birds or smaller - These tips can burn 85 lines per inch. Fine tips are great for miniatures and very small birds such as Siskins, Sparrows and Hummingbirds etc. Use with heavy duty cord. Available as a heavy duty pen or heavy duty tip for use in our BPH interchangeable tip pen.
Medium (M)

Robin-sized birds - These tips can burn 70 lines per inch. This is close to the lines per inch that most carvers get with a single point tip. Medium tips can be used even on small birds, and are ideal for many birds from sparrow size up. Can even be used on ducks if you want a fine detail finish on your duck. Use with heavy duty cord. Available as a heavy duty pen or heavy duty tip for use in our BPH interchangeable tip pen.
Coarse (C)

Crow or duck-sized birds - These tips can burn 50 lines per inch. Coarse tips are very well suited for larger birds (crow size) as well as most ducks. Use with heavy duty cord. Available as a heavy duty pen or heavy duty tip for use in our BPH interchangeable tip pen.
Extra-Coarse (XC)

Very large birds or very coarse detail - These tips can burn 40 lines per inch. Extra-Coarse tips are best suited for very large birds and birds with very coarse plumage (herons, cranes, etc.) Because of the large tip size they take longer to heat and to recover than other tips. The use of a heavy duty cord is essential. Available as a heavy duty pen or heavy duty tip for use in our BPH interchangeable tip pen.

To clean Feather Former™ tips use our HB58 brass brush or a similar dense brass brush. Simply brush the tip clean - the tip can be hot or cold when being cleaned in this way.

Feather Former video clips.

Launch Video "Using Razertip Feather Former Tips" (No sound. Approximately 3 minutes 50 seconds.)

Download the Feather Former Booklet in PDF format.

Feather Former Booklet Full colour - 159KB

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Adobe Acrobat Reader is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Razertip’s Exclusive Unconditional Warranty:

Covers everything (and we mean everything). One year on fixed-tip pens and 90 days on interchangeable tips. Re-tipping of Feather Formers is always available - no charge during warranty period or $8.50 post-paid after warranty has expired.

Dura-GRIT Abrasive Cutters

Tough tungsten-carbide cutters for tough jobs. Very aggressive yet leave quite a smooth finish. We rate them between a Ruby Carver and a Typhoon bur. They're very controllable and they last and last. Grit will not tear loose and the edges stay sharp. All have 1/8" shanks.

Color Harmony

Keith Mueller Color Harmony & Dynamic Mixing Guide - The best tool for understanding colour & colour harmony, along with understanding how pigments work together to create colour. Complete with manual.

Carving Supplies Catalogue

Download our latest Carving Supplies Catalogue #19.

Feather Formers™

Ridiculously Fine (RF)

Extra-Fine (XF)

Fine (F)

Medium (M)

Coarse (C)

Extra-Coarse (XC)

Feather Formers^™