Re: 6 Canvasback decoys
[Re: Flipper 56]
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12/06/21 10:42 PM
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Flipper 56, very nice job!
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Re: 6 Canvasback decoys
[Re: Flipper 56]
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12/06/21 10:45 PM
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I'd love to see the finished product when done.
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Re: 6 Canvasback decoys
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12/06/21 10:47 PM
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Flipper 56, very nice job! Flipper-You certainly have some talent, and that's from an old duck hunter and decoy collector.
Nicely done!
Moosetrot Thanks
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Re: 6 Canvasback decoys
[Re: Flipper 56]
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12/06/21 11:00 PM
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Wow, those are perfect! Are each of those carved "free hand?" May I ask, are those hollow? I've carved a half-dozen or so, but nothing as amazing as those!
David
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Re: 6 Canvasback decoys
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12/06/21 11:40 PM
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Flipper 56. Basswood I’d almost worthless here. Kiln dried basswood in thick chunks is way more than it used to be.
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Re: 6 Canvasback decoys
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12/06/21 11:53 PM
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Wow, those are perfect! Are each of those carved "free hand?" May I ask, are those hollow? I've carved a half-dozen or so, but nothing as amazing as those! The center piece of wood has the center cut out making a hollow body. My fist ducks were pretty scary looking but I have hundreds of hours of practice. Not much to the body shape on these. I was not planning on these floating, just going for the working decoy look. I do always try and put some detail in the bills to add some character and always use good quality glass eyes. I do think it would be fun to carve some cork bodied real working mallards and a black and shoot over them.
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Re: 6 Canvasback decoys
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12/07/21 02:26 AM
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Wow, those are perfect! Are each of those carved "free hand?" May I ask, are those hollow? I've carved a half-dozen or so, but nothing as amazing as those! The center piece of wood has the center cut out making a hollow body. My fist ducks were pretty scary looking but I have hundreds of hours of practice. Not much to the body shape on these. I was not planning on these floating, just going for the working decoy look. I do always try and put some detail in the bills to add some character and always use good quality glass eyes. I do think it would be fun to carve some cork bodied real working mallards and a black and shoot over them. The horizontal lamination made me think it might be hollow. A couple of the ones I did had similar lamination/center cut techniques. I was trying to do something similar to MN's John Tax and other carvers. I've wanted to do the same thing in terms of making some working cork decoys, too. I have a couple boxes of black cork I've been holding onto for 20+ years for just such a goal. If you were going to do a cork body decoy, based on your knowledge, would you laminate the base of the decoy body to a 1 inch piece of pine for added durability/support? Or, how would you do it?
David
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