Feather imping method

A method of imping feather, the method comprising the steps of:

• cutting a receiving shaft of a receiving feather;
• cutting a donor shaft of a donor feather;
• inserting a first end of a feather imping pin having a roughened surface into the receiving shaft of the receiving feather;
• and
• attaching the donor shaft of the donor feather to a second end of the feather imping pin, wherein
• the feather imping pin is partially inserted into the receiving shaft of the receiving feather before the attaching,
• the feather imping pin includes a shaft that is cylindrical with two ends and a diameter sized to slide within the receiving shaft of the receiving feather and the donor shaft of the donor feather, and one or more spring loaded portions along the shaft that include a coil spring and is extendable along the feather imping pin to provide flexibility to the feather imping pin, and
• the feather imping pin fits into the receiving shaft of the receiving feather on one end and fits into the donor shaft of the donor feather on the other end so that the opposing shaft ends of the receiving feather and donor feather oppose one another and interconnect the receiving feather to the donor feather.