Ron, I believe you are correct about the hooks but none of the pictures show them. BTW, I borrowed the photos off of FB. Under the boxes is a set of Crawshaw’s dyes, The colors originated with Halford who wrote extensively about dyes and color. Crawshaw’s was eventually bought by Veniard who still s...

Old school storage:

Al Troth used glassine envelopes as did many other tyers in days before zip lock bags. https://books.google.com/books?id=pwrLa8zVThsC&pg=PA93&dq=glassine+envelope+fly+tying&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwidkLq3mIiBAxXpj4kEHSZdBF4...

Here is link to an excellent searchable database for feathers.

https://www.featherbase.info/en/species/#C

To get the grease out, the water needs to be hot, Then not let it cool too much so the grease will rinse away.

The video shows an interesting technique for making a wing with only one side of a feather.

There is also a Vimeo channel:

https://vimeo.com/channels/1829736/videos