I traded a tiger maple needle with Martin W @ the recent Bourne Lure collectors show for a couple beater Cutlass 1 oz and 1.75oz. Cool swimmer that was made up until the early 70s. here is my take with a handmade cupped lip on the 1.75 oz version... it came out a little on the heavy side about 2 oz

Made it in WRC

Does anyone have any extra Cutlass lips?

Difficult plug. Did you off center turn it?

Traced the 2 planes onto a block of WRC. Drilled the thru hole using my lathe from each side


I cut it on my BS in the vertical plane... then taped it up and then cut it on the hortizontal plane... then sureform , handplane, and block sanding. I cut the diving plane on the table saw before

Plug has one slug of lead just aft of the belly hook


making the cupped lip was the hardest part... I need a better method for making cupped lips and the attachment tabs... Paul M must have ways to do this in thin SS with his typical precision...The lip must match the curve of the plug belly... not easy to do well

how about freshwater spinner blades, colorado etc....to make lips, already have the concave shape....nice job !

Nice work. Thats a hard design with all the hand work. I want to do offset turning over the winter. saw it done a few years ago @ Plugfest by PNG. i think you need two spur centers, 1 drive and one live center. I see Penn State carries these. i feel the zest for lure making is waning so another design avenue is lurking. I like your example of a differentmodel. I hope you fish it and catch a biggie.