Will this do, Steve?

[MLBob Furia]

You lucked out..... Got home from church and finished up the heads. Did a visual check on how they looked on the cutouts, and then it started to rain. Might as well go carve when that happens.

Decided to drop the wing on both. Usually a pain, but this pattern makes it easy to get creative - as a matter of fact, the drop-wing isn't even drawn into it, but there's enough stock on the cutout to get it in freehand.



Yours is on the left, Steve:




No shortcuts here - heads & tails pegged.


As requested, drop the wing:

 

[MLBob Furia]

At six p.m. my girls told me the rain had stopped. I quit to walk down to the pool with them. Enough for today.




That's yours on the right now - I did it first so I could correct any mistakes on mine ;-) (Didn't make any - yet)

 

[Ron Schuna]

Carve-Master!!!!!!!!!!,

You're killing me. You make this look like a walk in the park. You also make a guy thin that maybe it can be done especially when it's raining.


Very NICE!!!

Ron

 

[Steve Sutton]

something accomplished by only one other person and basically he told me to "shut up"....which I guess, technically doesn't count...


I'm going to keep hoping for rain....lots of it.....

Gorgeous.....ooops I fogot...I'm speechless......

Steve

 

[Zach Houvener]

WOW, mr. sutton said it best...SPEECHLESS, I one day hope to "own a furia" too!

Thanks for sharing

Zach

 

[Joe O]

Don't we all,don't we all.Sutton and speachless?????What's wrong with that statement?

 

[Josh Ward]

Keep wishin Steve!! We need it. (rain that is)


Bob's decoys look 100% more impressive in person. My wife about has a fit when I steal this off the mantle to hunt it!!!

 

[Shermie]

here I sit in awe ,man i gotta tell ya id shoot your decoys no problem and id only figure it out they were decoys when i tried to skin them out ,wow is an understatement,
Shermie
nova scotia

 

[Steve Sutton]

are you a displaced Texian?

Sweet bird.....

Steve

 

[Josh Ward]

are you a displaced Texian?

Sweet bird.....

Steve

Naw, if I was from Texas, I never would have left. That state is where I plan to retire, or move before then....

I saw that plinth block in Lowes and thought it would make a neat decoy stand. I have several like that.

 

[Steve Sutton]

I thought "if not from Texas then its one of those "thingies" that goes inthe corner of a door frame......now I know that you not from Texas and also what the real nmae of those "thingies" is.....

Thanks,

Steve

 

[Josh Ward]

Yup!!

I have a few with different designs. Shoot, they're only a buck or two and make neat decoy stands, I think.

 

[CraigS]

Bob,
Awesome decoys

I was wondering when you dowel a head, do you run a hole through the body then glue the head on and run the drill back through the body in to the head to get the correct angle?

Craig

 

[jwking]

I'm sure that info can be found under the "how to " section in the pattern book Bob's going to put out,........... right Bob ...........Bob? awww c'mon pleeeease ! its very difficult to try and copy your work from just these teasing pics !!

Love your work Sir ,


so when does class start ? =)

 

[MLBob Furia]

Bob,
Awesome decoys

I was wondering when you dowel a head, do you run a hole through the body then glue the head on and run the drill back through the body in to the head to get the correct angle?

Craig

Glue the head on (use pressure from a quick clamp while the glue sets whenever feasible) , THEN run the hole up through the body and into the head. Helps to have a real steady hand and excellent aim.

 

[MLBob Furia]

I one day hope to "own a furia" too!

Zach

There are five of the seven Furia children still living at home. I will sell them at $10 each if you return them after college.

 

[Lee Harker]

I one day hope to "own a furia" too!

Zach

There are five of the seven Furia children still living at home. I will sell them at $10 each if you return them after college.

Heh heh heh....I've seen the boys eat and shoot...college would be the cheap part of owning one.

 

[Zach Houvener]

I one day hope to "own a furia" too!

Zach

There are five of the seven Furia children still living at home. I will sell them at $10 each if you return them after college.

hahaha, maybe not THAT kind of "furia". Please continue to show the progress of the wigeons!!

Zach