Need help with these CORK DECOYS

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Jayson Wilt

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I recently picked these up in NJ I was selling one of BBSB's and the fellow was a little short so I took these as trade and curious to see if anyone can give me some insight on what they are if they are worth anything. They are gunning blocks and I plan on if nothing else gunning over them myself, I believe they are factory made birds, but Ive been wrong before and wanted to research them a bit prior to shooting over them...

Cork Pintails

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Cork Mallards

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Cork Black Ducks

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Cork Bluebill

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I really like those cork Pintails. Real nice classic look to them, I'd love to know who made them. The blacks are definitely LL Beans.
 
Thanks fellas I had someone tell me the pintails were Harris's but I was thinking Victors The sprigs are boned with a dowel rod.
 
Just my $.02 I really dont think those Blacks are LL bean. Bean always used a narrow wood head round the sides with out the pocket showing.... plus other small issues. I got some those decoys on the shelf from new and mine came from Cabela's before they bought herters out.... I think some of the old timers on here will remember them for sale in the catolog Mallards, Pins, Blacks, and BB that I know of.............. also they are very close to what the the coot decoy company use to make which at the time might of been the one and the same supplying cabelas.
 
I took them tonight to a carver that I know after looking them over he conclueded that the pinnies where Herters that someone along the way had switched the keels...
 
I have to agree with Henry, those blacks are from cabelas.
The blue bill looks like a L.L.bean that has been repainted.
 
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Just my $.02 I really dont think those Blacks are LL bean. Bean always used a narrow wood head round the sides with out the pocket showing.... plus other small issues. I got some those decoys on the shelf from new and mine came from Cabela's before they bought herters out.... I think some of the old timers on here will remember them for sale in the catolog Mallards, Pins, Blacks, and BB that I know of.............. also they are very close to what the the coot decoy company use to make which at the time might of been the one and the same supplying cabelas.
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I agree- the heads aren't right for bean's/soule's. They are Cabela's; I had a bunch of the cabela's blocks that I bought in the late 80's/early 90s. They were selling ridiculously cheap and they were mostly pintails- I bought hens and repainted them as blacks and mallards.
 
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