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The head is connected by a thin anchor line knotted on top or at the neck somewhere then it passes through the body. 1 or 2 wraps around the metal post on original (i used a roofing nail) keeps the head tight to the body. I used a forstner bit for the anchor recess, but Im sure there is a better...

Glad to see TOP MEN working on the project. Who? TOP----- MEN!

Here is a bluebill I picked up in Wisconsin, and my copy in the raw. I don't think it's a KD but a hunter copy. Vince nailed it they were called pocket decoys.

And it has the folding lower unit, good find.

Hi Nancy, The boat has orgins in the upper midwest. Looking at the boat from the inside ,it looks to be a lapstrake hull where the planking on the outside overlaps each other like siding on a house. The decks were originally covered in canvas and a thick compound would have been applied to fill...

nice find Dave

I set my decoys daily out of a boat and never wrap them. I just pile them up. My system hardly ever gets tangles. I use thick cotton clothesline dipped in olive green paint and stretched out over the fence do dry. This produces a fairly stiff line and being about 3/8 thick it just does not get...

it looks like a Lil Ducker out of wisconsin to me

thanks steve

Steve, what is the source for the webbing. I have an idea.

I passed on this boat after talking to the owner because it is so original it needs to be preserved as is. I was looking for a Kidney boat to use and abuse. This one , to use, I would feel bad if it got beat up.

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Ive enjoyed your progress and had some ideas on the feather edge. Since the boat will be glassed why not add a heavy filet on the inside, covered in glass tape, and then on the outside. This would keep that feather edge . You would have to lay the filet in before you get to far up the deck to...

Nice canoe Steve looks like purple heart wood on the deck inlays. I've been using George Kirby paints recently and they go on smooth as melted butter. He has many canoe appropriate traditional colors. My next canoe paint job will wear the Chestnut Canoe green. I've been paddling my Old Town...

I will second Matt's suggestions. A number of years ago I documented a skiff rebuild on this site for a similar boat. It was a shell lake mallard queen. Check that out it should give you a big picture scope of the project