NOVEMBER - What's on your work bench?

[Dave Speer]

Still painting on redheads I carved late this summer, got a few done this week. A gunning drake, light and dark hen, bottle topper.

 

[Steve Sanford]

Dave~

Beautiful birds! A nice bookend for the month.

All the best,

SJS

 

[Chris Finch]

Steve my plan is to go up to Pete's later today, we have to scratch the paint of the eyes then the broadbill is done other than a pad weight. I will post up pics tonight i also have a ringer and mallard i will take pics of.

 

[Al Hansen]

I like that drake baldpate, Bill. Very nice.
Al

 

[Bill Embacher]

Thanks Al, and others!

 

[Pat Gregory]

Count on it Tom. I want a whack at them... Nice work... pg

 

[Pat Gregory]

Nice redheads Dave! I love the bottle topper... Great idea... Pat

 

[Chris Finch]

here is a link to Pete and my decoys.

ever since copy paste from Facebook stopped working posting pics is a PITA

 

[Steve Sanford]

Chris~

I get nothing when I go to your Photobucket.

On the other hand, I use Photobucket all the time - I just copy and paste into my dkbts posts.

Best of luck!

SJS

 

[Chris Finch]

i edited it and can see them inline in the post can you guys see them?

 

[Steve Sanford]

Chris~

Wow! They sure look fine! I love them all - but that last tucked-head Black really tugs at my heartstrings.

(You should have started the December Workbench with them!)

All the best to you and Pete,

SJS

 

[Chris Finch]

whoops forgot what day it was. the blacks and mallard and bottom broadbill was Pete's.

the pair of blacks are from a Shang Wheeler pattern

 

[P. Revicki]

Thanks Chris for posting pictures.

Steve I liked your pattern for the broadbill, just not too happy with the back of mine, but its a neat decoy. The mallard is going in the rig and the blacks are off Shang's pattern (just love the look of the Statford style decoy). I have a Shang broadbill and two more black's started. Then Chris and I are going to make a pintail.​

Pete​

 

[RLLigman]

Damn nice decoys! You both have every right to be proud of your work. You should repost in the December thread to give us all a benchmark to shoot for...!

 

[CAnderson]

Chris-

That is an absolutely fantastic job on those decoys! They are all beautiful. Haven't you only been carving for only a year or two?

Chad A

 

[Chris Finch]

I owe everything to Pete. Just to reiterate, only the top broadbill and ringer were mine. The rest are Pete's.

 

[CAnderson]

The clarification is good. However, I will still stand by my, those look fantastic! Your Broadbill and Ringer are fantastic. Great to have Pete as a guide and mentor to the process.