A qualified shuttlecock requires 16 goose or duck feathers, while a single white goose or duck yields only 14 of the most suitable primary wing feathers. These feathers must go through 24 precise ...
Badminton's world governing body approves the use of synthetic shuttlecocks at some tournaments amid a shortage of feathers.
On a Friday morning in October, Nancy Floyd sits in a chair in her Charlottesville, Va., studio, examining the 100 or so goose feathers arranged in the glass jars on her work table. She explains that ...
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