Older Herters foam, I think?

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As part of a lot of older decoys I bought recently there are a pair of what I think are older Herters canvasbacks. I?m not very familiar with their flat bottom foamers, but they just don?t feel like Herters to me. The foam itself feels much denser for one thing and the tail doesn?t look quite right.
At any rate, they?re neat and appear to have never been hunted, can anyone shed some light on them?
Pictures of the hen attached
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Carl said:
Are the Restle? Looks like a Restle coating.
Cool dekes.
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I do not think they are Restle as my Restle decoys are stamped Restle with the town and state in the stamp.
They alse have a piece of wood in the foam to attach a keel.

I have broadbill and a goose
 
I have a few of those decoys except they are broadbills. The body lines are exactly the same as all the other Herter model 72 decoys I have. The only difference is that they are missing the keel.
I would say Herters.
 
Body surely resembles older flat bottom herters as well as attachment from when they were still brass . Head profile looks a bit different than Herters Can heads i,ve got but mine or much more recent manufacture. Lots of do it yourself molds out there though that closely resemble Herters. Is head solid or hollow?
 
Hollow. It?s just the density and feel of the body that?s got me questioning. It?s slightly heavy and quite rough feeling but isn?t a home ?restle? coat
 
Good morning, Ken~


Looks like an early Herter's Model 72 Canvasback Hen - in factory paint. As mentioned, the earlier 72s (and 63s) had flat bottoms and brass screw eyes and washers to hold the heads. I believe they were first sold circa 1955. Not sure when they added the extruded keel and down-graded to brass-plated steel hardware. Early 70s?



Note this page begins with the Model 72 - Herter's over-size line of foam-bodied decoys. The 63s are the life-size line.





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My Dad had 6 Model 72 Cans from the mid-50s. Nice-looking decoys - but we never had Cans on Great South Bay to speak of.



Here they are with my paint. I kept one for nostalgia's sake - the other 5 now hunt the Golden State.



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Nice find!


SJS











 
Good morning, Carl~


When I was in high school I worked as a stock boy - 5 nights a week and all day Saturday. For those 28 hours I cleared $28 each week - and bought myself a dozen Model 72 Mallards. I still have most of them....


All the best,


SJS

 
Yup, Herters for sure from 1950's - 60's. I still have the catalogue I ordered the decoys, calls, weights from. Only 3 scaup decoys left.1648824954541-1226669877.jpg
 
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