trimming my feather duster?

[jsab]

I bought a nice dwarf yellow feather duster from lfs yesterday, only to see it doesn't come out of its tube very well. Can I trim the ends of the tube so it can come out fully instead of only coming out on the side? I haven't tried yet, just wanted to get some opinions. TIA

 

[my way]

I did it to one of mine that got a tear in the tube. I gently tapped on the tube's end after it went in to be sure I would'nt cut it's crown, then I trimmed the tube with a pair of scissors.

 

[jsab]

Great, I thought it might work, but I didn't want to ask for trouble. Thanks