I have found that stiff feathers really do tickle the most intense to be honest-a very solid choice for a tickle tool -it really does tickle bad! I have had a stiff feather slowly stroked along the sole of both feet and sides of the feet and oh man along btw each toe, oh my tickles bad, oh and that stiff feather slivering on one's sides, ribs, and tummy, and back of the neck, and back and back of knees, and legs, and ankles, oh man forget it you are done for lol. That tickles bad-that is a intense tool. However I have also discovered another tickling sensation but more a feel good sensation.
Peacock feathers and large fluffy soft feathers you can find in an adult store or Spencer's or about any place-even Hobby Lobby-talk about outside the box lol. Now those tickle really big time, but in my experience it has been more a feel great and feel really good sensation-not a intense oh gosh stop tickling me-tickles so bad-more a oh my that tickles but feels so good kind of sensation-oh and the slower the more intense. So the best kind I have found is the stiff feathers that you also can find in Hobby Lobby or Walmart, those stiff feathers tickle the most in my brief and limited tickle experiences.
Yeah it is true, those little flimsy pink and pastel colored feathers in bags and feather boas, while a very ticklish sight visually-not really designed to be a tickle tool in a tickle arsenal in my opinion. However I will say that it can playfully set the tickle mood and really add a element of excitement and playfulness to any tickle or erotic encounter. I got to say I got a couple feather boas, soooo love them and never would I get rid of them, I love them, loved them so much long before moving here to live w my hubby grandma's house-when we had a place -I would playfully drape and hang my pink and white feather boa and my purple feather boa on the iron headboard of our bed, talk about having a tickle kink, that has got to say it all. Sometimes it would fall down and lightly brush my arm or shoulder when I slept, since it was not hanging up high but bit low close to where I was sleeping and so sometimes I would lightly feel the pink and white feather boa lightly tickle either my shoulder or my arm-sides of my neck, needless to say that brought some sweet tickle dreams and left me with a smile.