these are going out to jeffreys ledge tomorrow for a test swim.

the two on the left are part of a baseball bat.
the one on the right is the mistery wood?


3/32" thru wire.. 1,030# sampo swivel with a few weights stuffed in the nose.
we'll see how they swim?

anyone have an idea on this wood?
tough as nails but pretty grain :love:
i ran it under the sink to see the grain better.

Mahogony?

thats what i thought. i got some other mohogany that ain't nearly as nice as this stuff. must be a different species of mahogany?
i gotta learn wood types and applications now that i've mooved up from pine

I think your on to something with that 2 pc. squid .. is that your own design Mike .. I vote teak on mystery wood

The wood looks like Teak to me too . Is it hard as a rock and barely floats ?

yep my own design :) after looking over capesams and mac's real good.

teak? schaweet!!!!!
i got about 200 blanks worth of it :bgi:

you mean from this one?

http://24.63.160.194/dsc01144.jpg

you should be shot. :hihi:

looks real good Freak :kewl: nice recess.....spring action joint?
picw here ya bending it out, gives it that look :huh:

I like :bgi:

VB

:kewl: squids!

Jigman

Nice Mike.:kewl: Good to see your eating healthy too. :laughs:

Hey mike - looks great - let us know how it catches. Should be deadly. Many schools breaking this weekend! :tm: :tm:

you mean from this one?

http://24.63.160.194/dsc01144.jpg

you should be shot. :hihi:


dammitt :wall: honestly i was looking at you and mac' norriss style squid and said to myself, man how kool would that be w/ a swivel head?
i even said i'll make the head alot fatter so it's not too close to anyone elses.
i musta seen your jointed somewhear? and it got locked deep in the brain 'cause it's pretty friggin close, and i thought i was on to something :whackin:
back to the drawing board :(

ohh and they swim pissa.

looks real good Freak :kewl: nice recess.....spring action joint?
picw here ya bending it out, gives it that look :huh:


thats a 1,030# swivel in there. the whole head spins :uhoh:

Photo taken on 12/22/2004, just before I wrapped the plug which I made for my Friend Eric LaFleur as a Christmas present. I have four more bodies that need painting.

oops, here it is.

Head and body fit into a sort of ball and socket joint.

take heart freak..ya done good :kewl: havn't seen anything that hasn't already been done at some point an time way back when....even B.f's popper with the metal lip was made 20 plus years ago. saw one the other week.


Flap..nice squid :uhuh:

dammitt :wall: honestly i was looking at you and mac' norriss style squid and said to myself, man how kool would that be w/ a swivel head?
i even said i'll make the head alot fatter so it's not too close to anyone elses.
i musta seen your jointed somewhear? and it got locked deep in the brain 'cause it's pretty friggin close, and i thought i was on to something :whackin:
back to the drawing board :(

ohh and they swim pissa.

Exept i used scupli - didn't last to long but caught a lot of fish - both stripah and one monter blue.

Beautiful plug... Looks like it might be brazilian cherry. Dense, hard as nails... Ruins saw blades.... Love this thread. Great pictures...

come to find out it's mahogany. just cut the wrong way from the board stock.
looks pissa with clearcoat. i made another one gave it to mac that was a little bigger. the grain is beautiful seems to go all the way round the plug.
if you make them too small there weak and you can snap them like a twig.
i made some neeldels from it too cut the other way and there pretty kool but not as pretty.

this one was like a foot long

Wicked nice Mike! Looks like a Striper Sugar Daddy. Now enough of that and get to makin next years boidz! :)

....cut the wrong way from the board stock....

You want to be careful. They could all snap on ya eventually if they're cut the wrong way...

Good job though!!