Surf Hunter
08-08-2006, 09:25 AM
Decided to try something different and make some tuna trollers. i used IPE turned on the lathe. Man, they don't call that stuff iron wood for nothing, sharpened the tools before, during and after each head. I was impressed y the way it looks though.
Sealed both heads then decided to keep one natural as I liked the way the grain looked and paint the other.
the natural head, i just sprayed with art fixative as the wood seemed pretty oily let it dry then E-tex'd, the E-tex played nice and it really brought tout the wood grain.
The painted plug i primed painted then E-texed.
Shannon performed her magic by tying the feathers and epoxying the wraps. We did one classic black/purple and the other in mexican flag.
They are both about 6" total length an weight almost 3oz.
hope ya like em!
Sealed both heads then decided to keep one natural as I liked the way the grain looked and paint the other.
the natural head, i just sprayed with art fixative as the wood seemed pretty oily let it dry then E-tex'd, the E-tex played nice and it really brought tout the wood grain.
The painted plug i primed painted then E-texed.
Shannon performed her magic by tying the feathers and epoxying the wraps. We did one classic black/purple and the other in mexican flag.
They are both about 6" total length an weight almost 3oz.
hope ya like em!