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nice Work all around, Tom I LOVE that marlin plaque!

Cork Harlequin, wedding gift for my cousin.

Sorry I'm a little late to the party here, but I've been without a working keyboard for a month, I'll also add to the August workbench thread shortly... Anyway, I graduated from URI with a wildlife bio degree in 2001. Worked seasonal positions (among other jobs to pay bills in down times)...

I'm jealouz chriz, very cool. (my keyboard iz broken...mozt noteably the key after the "A".

Great birdz all around Zteve, but I really like that mallard hen head! Oh, and my key for your initialz fried lazt night!

Sounds like fun, thats how Heather and I got married as well. Pig roast and kegs at the gun club after a small ceremony at Gillettes Castle. Honey mooned a little farther south and west, but had already spent a summer in AK. If it werent for our families being CT based we'd be back out west...

Here are a couple of wood ducks I just finished up

Bird carved by me around 2008, HD cork, pine head and tail, and an Ipe keel with brass hardware. From my rig, in great shape but shows some normal wear. Painted in oils. $65 shipped.

rather than a slew of actual "workbench" photos, I'll share one of everything I've finished in the past month or so. All in cork, cedar heads, and acrylic paints. Currently working on another rig of giant eider, a rig of wood ducks, and a teal. oh yeah...and a boat.

Common Merganser for donation to CT waterfowlers banquet in April. Usually I would embed a metal rod in the bill from the bottom, but I decided to carefully drill a pilot hole from the back, down the bill, and sink a 5" screw. I only poked out the side of the bill twice in trying to get it right ;)

Carved the king from the pattern I posted earlier. Still have to carve the sails.

Very nice! Hen whistlers give me troubles, I like the way you handle them per usual. I've got quite a few of them coming up too...

I drew up a couple of new head patterns last night

On the second to last day of deer season my dad called me from his stand, out of breath from excitement, saying he had just shot a big buck, and needed help. I was in a tree 25 miles away, and I knew I could drag in the dark, but its my dad, and I knew getting great pics was worth forfeiting my...

Cool stuff Ed! Its always fun to do something outside of your norm!

Mallard for my own rig...

What a great idea and very well executed! Nice work!

First Scoter I've done in quite a while, Christmas gift for my brother.

Thanks Dave. I do but I just sketch them on after I've cut out the side profile.

I've been making christmas ornaments from head cutout scraps this year. I think I'll make it a tradition, been a fun mini-project!