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Today much to my disgruntlement today was spent replacing a portion of the deck. It all needs some repair work but this was the most...

There's a grain of rice down there somewhere....... A special thanks to mentors, D.M. and W.R.!!!

Holy Smokes. That’s crazy. I’ve done one 18k gold half dollar call band on a green dymondwood call that I did for another call maker, as...

This is a 1964 Half Dollar that I made for someone to use as a duck call band. 1964 was the last year they used a very high silver...

Jeff, could you just take metal zip ties and find a decent rock to zip them around and hold the them to it and then let it down into the...

Here’s one that I did from Russian Crazy Fiber Micarta with a 60th Anniversary DU Coin Band. I also fold Half Dollar Coins into duck...

Thanks!! I do. I have about 60 orders on my books for custom call builds, but my books are open and I’m still taking orders. I’ve got...

Excellent! I just finished this one up today. Limited Edition Purple Ebonite. Black Ebonite Caps. Copper Inlays and a Copper Double...

Always good to hear/see how others do simple things, too. I use wire coat hangers. I cut a 9" or so section, make a hook on one end...

Doug I know you mentioned using oil finishes before so what follows may or may not be useful. You may already have a system. Unlike...

Bob~ I grew up gunning over my Dad's Wildfowlers - mostly these cork-bodied Blacks: I recent years, I have been gathering up some...

Who still guns with Wildfowler decoys here are my Pt Pleasant Wildfowlers? I haven’t gunned them all are from the same owners rig he...

I miss him also, he always had good things to talk about. And there are many great members today, more so than any other forum I...

I use mostly tung oil on my wood working projects, sometimes danish oil for the sake of tradition on certain pieces. One thing is tung...

Thanks Doug! I'm a big fan of pure tung oil, but it does take a little patience. A few suggestions: 1 - pure tung oil is thick...