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You can also let it sit out and rot until they loosen. I’m sure you know this but they are just dense hair sheaths on spikes.

The key is to cook for 10 minutes then dunk in icy water for ten minutes. Alternate until done. Huge pain in the but.

Is everyone sick of looking at my decoys? I have a little touch up to do but the Niagara River rig is basically complete.

I told the story before but my wife came home to find a whole pronghorn skull in the microwave spinning in circles. She just sighed and told me I’m cleaning it. (I was having trouble pulling the horn sheath off, and yes it worked).

I’ve hit my first snag. Despite using a quality primer, stains seep through after 3 coats. I will let this last coat dry hard in front of the fire tonight and try one more. If that doesn’t work I’ll strip to bare wood and use two coats of spare varnish. Which would be a shame because I...

Ready to paint. I grabbed a few decoys for inspiration. On the left, E Allen’s that I painted last summer, on the right a pair of the originals. Which one to model? Maybe a little of both.

I thought I would finally rehab this poor hen that met a spinning propeller on a windy day in Chincoteague Virginia. It was the second decoy I ever made.

Stole this from a Pat Gregory post on Facebook I would really like to figure out how to make these keels

When I started exposing the original paint I tried to do a proper restoration by removing the chipping and peeling paint. Unfortunately it didn’t work. I’ll be painting them to the original scheme.

A good chance to honor the original design. I have to decide how to paint them. I intend to hunt over them. The basic scheme (I have others that have the full paint in good shape that are simple in their appearance) or a more complex version that I have developed using Steve Sanford’s...

Shaped the bills and used a scrubber pad to knock off the loose paint. Really surprised how well the original paint layer stuck. Probably a lead or oils based paint given they were originally made in the 1950’s. Also wonder about this style of keel weight. It is free hanging lead. I have...

Thanks. I didn’t think to try that but I will next time. I have a variety of foredom bits and sanders that should make it easy though.