What's on the bench -

[Joe Daly]

Brant .... I tried a little different head pattern from my 3 standard patterns. View attachment IMG_0496.jpg

 

[MLBob Furia]

[size 4]Ringbills.
Been meaning to get some added to what I already hunt over


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Started looking in a folder with old patterns, and came across this picture that I had thrown in there a while back. Drew up the pattern, and it has now morphed into three new patterns that are all on the bench as the New Year starts:


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Happy New Year!

 

[Tom Russo]

Gave my black duck rig a much needed spa treatment and paint.


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[zane Every]

Joe,
Beautiful curves on your Brant. It has a similar shape to the old Wildfowler decoys, brings a nice hint of nostalgia to the rig.

Zane

 

[benp]

Like the flow of the brant

Here is my recent project, a little more folk art like than I am used to but found a piece of drift word that spoke to me that it wanted to be a fish so I plan to make it that and wood burn a little detail to it and add fins is the next steps



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[thomas wilkins]

Hey Bob,

That Ring Neck with the wing out of the side pocket is really well done.


Tom

 

[Vince Pagliaroli]

Goshawk watercolor, 10"H x 7 1/2"W, fresh on the paint table, then going to Ohio.
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[RLLigman]

Just saw one worrying a grouse a couple days ago on a snowshoe hike with the dogs. Very agile birds!

 

[MLBob Furia]

[size 4]
Ringers started last week (2-drakes & a hen) have progressed to the Val-Oil table for sealing.

Keels & self-righting next.



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[John Unruh]

Very nice Vince, as usual some great looking birds to start the New Year off, also if anyone can help me on posting pics , would be much appreciated .

 

[ken yacavone]

nice Vinnie

 

[Tom Whitehurst]

They are looking great.

 

[Vince Pagliaroli]

Thanks fellas.

New projects to start off the new year, for some of us here on DB, and to ward off cabin fever.

Keep the flow going, tis the season.

 

[jode hillman]

With pretty much everything frozen, shop time is where it's at. Oysters are Something I love, but just tried my hand at carving. Every ''tis wood, including the knife and plate.

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[Carl]

Jode, that is really cool!!

Something like that would sell very quickly down here on the oyster-crazy Gulf Coast!

 

[Vince Pagliaroli]

Jode - Ya hit a home run with those oysters, knife & plate, made me hungry...

 

[jode hillman]

I'm an oyster fanatic. Whole shucking a fresh bushel inspiration hit! Thanks.

 

[jode hillman]

Jode - Ya hit a home run with those oysters, knife & plate, made me hungry...

Awesome, mission accomplished!

 

[Steve Sanford]

Joe et al~

Great work all around!

I've got a number of projects going - a batch of McCormicks and a batch of Beans puddlers - as well as the Scooter I am repairing.

Santa brought me this 1940s-50s Herter's Model Superior Bluebill - "Broadbill" to those of us from Great South Bay. My Dad had 7 like this - but have been converted to Whistlers a long time ago. I got it in original paint - but with lots of paint missing, especially on the balsa body. The original paint was sprayed on - nothing I felt compelled to preserve.

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My goal was to "restore" this decoy so it looks like an "in-use re-paint" - with just enough subsequent wear.

Although the practice is now out of vogue among most collectors, I still like a bit of luster of my "antiques" - so it got 2 coats of Minwax paste wax.

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I also replaced the eyes. Both were cracked - and one was missing a piece. I had on hand some old "gunner-style" eyes - nothing fancy, on wires.

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I have not yet reinstalled the original solid brass screw eye up into the head. I sort of like it that the bird sits flat on the shelf as is.

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Another project was this Half-size Flyer - a Drake Broadbill once again. It greets visitors as they enter our mud room.

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Something's not quite right.... I think I need to re-paint the eye with a warmer Cadmium Yellow and a smaller pupil.

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All the best,

SJS

 

[Tom Barb]

Finally got around to painting this blackduck. It was the last bird I carved at my first shop. Still working on my new workshop before I start cranking out some other projects.



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