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11-18-2003, 10:41 PM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
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Got into some Bl%$fish, tell me what you think
Well,
I most certainly will work on a few Bass this winter but we have just finished a carving of everyones most annoying hookup.
Private commision, didn't have a choice.
Believe me a Bass is next. Maybe even a study of the our summer brood. This one is Mahogany. Hands are pretty tired after that effort but it is a great all around carving wood.
It's a big one that is for sure. Roughly scaled it would be around a 20-25 lber. Customer wanted a very animate, active looking fish.
Did we get it right ?
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11-18-2003, 10:50 PM
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viva the plug-o-lution
Join Date: May 2002
Location: notsob
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wicked f-ing awsome!!!  |
live to fish. fish to live. rod tips high.
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11-18-2003, 10:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: RHODE ISLAND
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Tight Lines!
-Vic
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11-18-2003, 11:12 PM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
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Thanks guys.
I realize that the fins are oversized to a certain degree but I do that because it adds width to the carving. This is going to hang in a private home and looks pretty nice when viewed from the nose or tail. The fish has been carved with a swimming action and the photo doesn't do it much justice.
Work is sometimes a lot of fun. Most times not.....  |
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11-19-2003, 12:05 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
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i CAN,Y GET IT |
ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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11-19-2003, 12:23 AM
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got gas?
Join Date: Mar 2002
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you sir are a craftsman
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11-19-2003, 01:15 AM
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M.S.B.A.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
Posts: 2,795
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very nice
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"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
 
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11-19-2003, 01:16 AM
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Old Timer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Full Time RVing- Out on the Road
Posts: 403
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You are gifted!
Your creation looks good enough to eat and would probably taste better than the real thing.
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Capt. Chet
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11-19-2003, 06:23 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
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Awesome carving, no teeth? |
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11-19-2003, 07:55 AM
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nice |
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11-19-2003, 10:11 AM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
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I would of looked better if carved by a Red Sox fan
Great work. |
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11-19-2003, 10:14 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: cranston
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Nice job!!
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11-19-2003, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: People's Republic
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Very impressive. You did a great job.
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11-19-2003, 10:40 AM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
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Actually Fishpart it was a collaborative effort. A Sox and a Yank !
Thanks for the kudos , though.
Jack Flandreau is the main carver here at the shop (mine) and he and I both completed this together. I shaped most of the fins (which are added) and he worked the body, etc.
All in all we are happy with the result and so is the customer. Off it goes this week  but it will only inspire us to knock out a Striper over the next few weeks.
Thanks for all the feedback. Thought you mught enjoy it. I'll try and take a few better photos today.
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11-19-2003, 10:41 AM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
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I can't open it........... |
“It’s not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections,” Antonin Scalia
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11-19-2003, 11:12 AM
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Dave's Guide Service
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Cape Cod
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nice work glove Man.
You need a shave |
Pro Tool Club....
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11-19-2003, 11:28 AM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
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That ain't me, that's Jack.....
I ditched the glove. The Feds took it from me.
I cannot believe they are doing this to me
I don't feel sorry for that S.O.B. one bit. |
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11-19-2003, 11:32 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: cranston
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Fishpart you need Winzip to open it you can download it for free.
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11-19-2003, 11:38 AM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
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Ya sorry folks. I somehow messed up my Photoshop and can't figure out how to shrink it and then send it this way.
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11-19-2003, 02:22 PM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
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Here is another view
This help anyone ?
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11-19-2003, 03:08 PM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
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That thing is cool. Real cool. I couldn't carve a tooth pick out of a pencil.
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seals + plovers = 
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11-19-2003, 03:44 PM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
Posts: 3,275
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BEAUTIFUL!!!
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“It’s not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections,” Antonin Scalia
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11-19-2003, 06:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: outside philly
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real cool
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Good luck,Izzy
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11-19-2003, 06:50 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
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Nice work ====@#$^%&^&*bluefish  |
ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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11-19-2003, 07:24 PM
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USA
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Charlestown R.I.
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nice work!
Mike, that would look great on your living room wall  |
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11-19-2003, 07:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Hard aground
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Impressive!
yuse guys is talented
Chris |
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11-19-2003, 09:07 PM
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Team Sea Monkey
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Quincy Ma.
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GREAT WORK !!!!!!!
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" You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it a Sea Monkey."
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11-19-2003, 09:15 PM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
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I knew that it would evoke that response from you Clammer !
Sorry. Give us to the New Year (ish)
This fish could take your hand off if it wanted to. It's that big.
Got to weigh it and see what the Mahog-a-blue tips the scale at.
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11-21-2003, 01:10 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Since when you got Stop signs and power lines ova there?????
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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11-21-2003, 01:18 PM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
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1995-96. They disconnected us from the local power plant and brought a cable over.
We have stop signs but we don't pay attention to them
Kind of like the Plover signs...... |
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