Rutgers
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Lately I've been moving towards the more traditional ways of making decoys. After listening to the drone of power tools all day at work, I decided to go a more quite and peaceful route with my time at home. I could never figure how the old timers made the numbers and qualities of decoys without power carvers and carbide burs till I really got into learing about older tools. I met a guy from church this summer who has been teaching me a lot about old tools. In fact, he has a shop about 60x60 he built out of rough sawn lumber, timer frame construction using a lot of chisels, pegs etc. Top to bottom. A nice drawknife cant be beat. This thing is old but it fits me perfect. The knife is a warren from the Duckblind. You can easily swap out the blade and there are a bunch of different shapes. I prefer the strait for just about everything, though a hook shape is nice for relief work. The spokeshave is my new favorite tool, and is replacing the rasp more on every decoy. Properly tuned and sharpened, its a dream to use! This one is made by Dunlap. Last is a regular rasp. I like Nicholson. Soon I'd like to get a model 49 but that will have to wait till its more "fiscaly feasable" I wouldnt be without these 4 tools. Other than the bandsaw and drill press, its about all I use any more.
Almost forgot, not pictured is my vice, a "workstation" from the duckblind. Indispensible! Like another very strong pair of hands to hold you work.
Almost forgot, not pictured is my vice, a "workstation" from the duckblind. Indispensible! Like another very strong pair of hands to hold you work.
