JULY - What's on your Workbench?

[Bill Ferrar]

Joe I agree with you that's why I am wondering why the photo show AL McCormick east Rockaway?

 

[Steve Sanford]

Yikes, Bill! No good deed goes unpunished!

Bear in mind I'm a Suffolk County boy....all of Nassau is pretty much "up west" from my perspective.

Here is the corrected version - and a painting of Al from a couple of years ago.

All the best,

SJS

 

[Steve Sanford]

Something a little different. I had started 2 Solitary Sandpipers a while back. I finished the first one with oils but had just primed the other. A friend suggested trying a monochrome approach. So, a couple of coats of a warm Grey Gesso and then some satin spar varnish.

Leg is brass and base is White Pine.

I like this approach because it is purwe form - always a good thing in shorebirds and waterfowl.

All the best,

SJS

 

[bob welsh]

Heres a boat pic of my old skiff with new paint

 

[bob welsh]

Some foam Specks on top of my freighter canoe. If it ever stops raining ill get back to her

 

[george w]

Steve, you made his hands WAY TOO CLEAN!!! hehheheh

 

[Tom Rowe]

Love the work everyone. Bob that flying Ringer looks awesome.

 

[Pat Gregory]

So that's how you get them by her. You simply put a coat of fresh paint on them and tell her it's used? And here, all these years, I thought it was a trip to Nordstroms...
Guys with too many boats are the most crafty, creative and resourceful people I know... pg

 

[jode hillman]

Lots of great stuff!

I have been playing around with different things I like, a few "not your momma's" slate calls.

An Eastern Spotted Turtle.





Blue Claw









Gobbler Fan tail

Diamondback terrapin





And a pair of barrows just off the bench.

 

[Tom Barb]

Great stuff Jode. Love the barrows hen.

 

[Capt. Larry M]

Jode great stuff, love the style that your painting is going in the Barrows are incredible!

 

[Steve Sanford]

Good morning, Jode~

All great stuff - that Spotted is SWEET!

I had to build another big workboat for the ever-growing fleet - for my first Grand Niece (her name is Melanie Lynne but that transom is only so wide.....)

All the best,

SJS

 

[Jeffrey Nelson]

Jode, some really cool calls. Jeff

 

[jode hillman]

Thanks Tom, thanks Larry. Steve, cool little boat. Spotteds are some of my favorites, we have a lot in our pine barrens and the shell shape give a nice natural resonance. Thanks Jeff, glad you like them.

 

[Bob Mitchell]

July workbench decoy for this month .Ring neck duck Decorative decoy flyer .
Bob M

 

[Tom Modin]

very nice work by everyone. Due to school and family I gave up carving for several months and kept myself from viewing this thread monthly. Fishing has been good on my summer break until Mr. Scott Green reminded me I owed him a decoy for a donation. Up to that point the last time I touched a brush or knife to carve or paint a decoy. I thought an antiqued shorebird would do well for his dinner. Will remove paint and continue to antique next week hopefully.

 

[Shawn Linn]

No more mounted ducks for me, I'll just send you a picture and let you carve one. less dusting required and will likely last longer. Very beautiful work.

 

[Paul Meisenheimer]

I love that you do these boats for the new family members Steve. Really neat!

 

[Steve Steffy]

I'm with Shawn on this one...Outstanding mount, I mean carving, there Bob!

 

[MLBob Furia]

Awesome stuff all! Decoys, calls, flatwork, flying mounts, boats, et al.
Jode, I heard a guy use a slate mounted in an actual turtle shell a while back - best turkey call I've ever heard.
Off to MA for the week. When I return, I'll finish up this frond Baikal:
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