Wine corks for decoy

[Jake]

So my wife and I are red wine drinkers. I have hundreds of corks. Have any of you heard of using these corks to carve decoys? I was thinking of gluing a bunch together than rasping out a decoy. What do you guys think? Should work eh? Thanks for any input, jake

 

[Brad Bortner]

I've been threatening to do that for years. Mainly make trivets out of them.

 

[tod osier]

So my wife and I are red wine drinkers. I have hundreds of corks. Have any of you heard of using these corks to carve decoys? I was thinking of gluing a bunch together than rasping out a decoy. What do you guys think? Should work eh? Thanks for any input, jake

I don't see why not, it wouldn't be easy or convenient. I wonder if you could use spray foam to hold them together. Stack them in a box as a form and use the foam to fill in the gaps. Could make a spectacular mess.

 

[Kevin Puls]

You have to try it now.

What about grinding them and then pressing them with an epoxy?

 

[MLBob Furia]

So my wife and I are red wine drinkers. I have hundreds of corks. Have any of you heard of using these corks to carve decoys? I was thinking of gluing a bunch together than rasping out a decoy. What do you guys think? Should work eh? Thanks for any input, jake

I have only heard of white wine corks being used to carve decoys.
I think they were popularized by some of the "East River School" carvers from the Bowery (along with metal reed call guts made from screw caps).
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[Pat Bearden]

I think thats gonna be way more work than what it would be worth. I know some people making fishing corks out of them. Somewhat on the subject here are some wine bottle stoppers that i made. Carved heads ontop of stainless

 

[Capt Rich Geminski]

Could make a large rig of miniatures. Broadbills, cans, hummingbirds, Oh

 

[Dave Blink]

Bob,

How DID you get my high school senior picture?

 

[Mark W]

find a cheap food processor on the net. throw in the corks. Grind a way. Mix with epoxy and form a brick. Carve away. I think it would be real cool…..

Mark W

 

[Huntindave McCann]

Mix with epoxy and form a brick.

Might be a bit heavy depending on the cork to epoxy ratio. The term "brick" could be quite appropriate.

 

[Vince Pagliaroli]

I've thought about it, but no two wine corks are the same quality. For mini's they should work, and most certainly fishing floats. I do use wooden wine case lids, as bottom boards on some of my cork decoys, and also to do flat art paintings. "Waste Not Want Not".

 

[MLBob Furia]

Dave,

I thought that's what all of us look like by the end of the season.

On the other hand, this thread has given me an idea:
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[Rick L]

okay

that is funny

 

[Vince Pagliaroli]

That IS funny, especially cuz for years I was the guy selling Wine&Spirits. I drank a little also... ya know for medicinal purposes.

 

[Chuck J]

Bob, that resembles my shopping cart...

Jake, If you are going to make decoys from the corks, make certain to get the corks (and wine) from the right source...

 

[ScottCK]

Or this bottle.

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[Chuck J]

Scott,

That looks like good quality decoy making material there...I'm not sure about making decoys out of corks, but I could surely dab some paint while sipping on that.

Chuck

 

[Vince Pagliaroli]

Chuck - DECOY is good wine for the price. Just don't make the mistake of racking the Merlot to long, or you will have" Brown Wine". I learned that the hard way. Also the earlier bottles have a better image of the Jansen Pintail Decoy, on a green label. I still have the bottles. I like the DECOY Zinfandel.

 

[Dave Speer]

Chuck - DECOY is good wine for the price. Just don't make the mistake of racking the Merlot to long, or you will have" Brown Wine". I learned that the hard way. Also the earlier bottles have a better image of the Jansen Pintail Decoy, on a green label. I still have the bottles. I like the DECOY Zinfandel.

I like DECOY alright, but I'm cheap. At the rate we were drinking wine (2 bottles every night) I'm lucky, my grocery store has a great wine section. In it they show the wine ratings. My rule is any wine for $10 with a rating 89 or above. I save a lot of money and drink a lot of great wine that way but occasionally the wife finds the good $20 stuff.

 

[Chuck J]

Chuck - DECOY is good wine for the price. Just don't make the mistake of racking the Merlot to long, or you will have" Brown Wine". I learned that the hard way. Also the earlier bottles have a better image of the Jansen Pintail Decoy, on a green label. I still have the bottles. I like the DECOY Zinfandel.

I like DECOY alright, but I'm cheap. At the rate we were drinking wine (2 bottles every night) I'm lucky, my grocery store has a great wine section. In it they show the wine ratings. My rule is any wine for $10 with a rating 89 or above. I save a lot of money and drink a lot of great wine that way but occasionally the wife finds the good $20 stuff.

Decoy has one that is a "cross" between Merlot and Cabernet. I like that one a lot.

Dave, I'm not made of money either, for "everyday" drinking, I go with a box...5 liters for less than $20. You just want one small glass, no problem, seals itself, bag collapses in to keep out the air and oxidation. Feeling saucy, it's like a kegger for us old (and/or Paleo) folks.