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03-16-2006, 02:55 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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WOW-
check out these fish carvings done by labrador1's dad... i guess attention to detail runs in the family 
sweet jheesus 
http://trophyfishcarvings.com/?fish=1 |
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03-16-2006, 03:10 PM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
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OH MY GOD
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i bent my wookie
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03-16-2006, 03:20 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Uhh, ummmm, errr, that stuff is fantastic...
And I can't even finish 1 little plug  |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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03-16-2006, 03:34 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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attention to detail runs in the family
look out king salifish mounts!!!!!!!!!
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03-16-2006, 03:39 PM
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certain artists in their chosen mediums are 'the man' this guy is the man.
wow  |
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03-16-2006, 03:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern NH
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Also
He was a classical muscian...symphony quality I believe. Was also an artist with more than fish.
Mr. Smith
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Good health and family
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03-16-2006, 04:01 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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How did he carve those scales?
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03-16-2006, 04:05 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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Unfrigginbelievable!
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03-16-2006, 04:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Plymouth, Ma
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Are these for sale?
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03-16-2006, 04:50 PM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rowley
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WOW is right. that is just amazing. I wonder how much one of those babies goes for.
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03-16-2006, 04:50 PM
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Where'd he go?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rhody
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Excellent work, great detail!  |
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03-16-2006, 05:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: 100 yards from the surf
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That's some nice stuff.
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 Beer is the reason we get up each afternoon.
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03-16-2006, 05:16 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Now that is a level of art that we rarely get to see. Awesome!
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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03-16-2006, 05:26 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Between a rock and a hard place
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Holy crap!!! That should be headed for the oven !!
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day ...
show him where to fish and ... you'll be sorry
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03-16-2006, 05:27 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Where the bait is....
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Those are unbelieveable. 
Good genetics! |
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03-16-2006, 05:45 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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stunningly accurate
as real looking as it can get.
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03-16-2006, 05:46 PM
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God works through those hands..................  |
Why even try......... 
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03-16-2006, 05:46 PM
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Location: Chatham, NJ
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It's amazing how good those are!  Unbelievable talent. |
Arne
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03-16-2006, 06:27 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
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F #$%^&*() AWESOME
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ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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03-16-2006, 06:41 PM
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Location: Maine
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03-16-2006, 06:43 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
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mucho talent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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03-16-2006, 07:02 PM
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looks like he is about as good as it gets
absolutely fantastic
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03-16-2006, 07:21 PM
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Master-baiter
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: NY and MA
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It's really beautiful stuff but I need to know.... how many zeros????
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We all live for 7 seconds of screaming drag...
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03-16-2006, 07:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern NH
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my guess for price range $4500 to $7500
if not more... especially with a customer/professional review of:
" Not only does Smith`s work stand comfortably with the best examples from the past but there is growing opinion that it may just be the best of all time."
I`m very impressed.
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Good health and family
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03-16-2006, 07:36 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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WOW is an understatement 
they look like actual fish
unbeleivable!!! |
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03-16-2006, 07:40 PM
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Master-baiter
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: NY and MA
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I could just see my kids putting it in the pool to see if it floats....
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We all live for 7 seconds of screaming drag...
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03-16-2006, 10:21 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Eben just sent me a PM saying that he'd posted this - Good thing since I figured the "Wow" post was going to be Eben with an early spring 50# on one of his new eels!
Dad started carving those about 15 years ago - and has never looked back. Basically he gets calls from guys who have caught a "trophy" and want him to create a representation of it. They are all life sized - matching both length and girth. The tarpon was somewhere in the 7' category if I remember right - although most of his carvings are Atlantic Salmon and trout. Indanite is right about the music - he has played the bassoon in the Dallas symphony, Kansas City and still plays in the Chautauqua Symphony.
Everything is carved by hand with files, dremels or in some cases a woodburner - and the painting is all done with paintbrushes and oil paints - not airbrushes. Even the eyes - which he assures me are easy to paint - are hand painted. They generally take him about 6 weeks from start to finish. He has never advertised, but a while ago I helped to convince him that a website was in order - not as an advertising tool, but something to allow interested parties to look at photos online rather than sending photos in the mail. Computers are not his bag - he is much more comfortable with a paintbrush in his hand.
I've never posted anything about what he does since I didn't want it to look like an advertisement - besides - his carvings make my plugs look really bad!
He's never done a striper - and every year I hope to catch one that I would consider worthy. I came closer this year, but still not hit that magic personal milestone. But hey its almost may - and maybe he'll give me a discount!!!
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03-16-2006, 10:37 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Originally Posted by Labrador1
Eben just sent me a PM saying that he'd posted this - Good thing since I figured the "Wow" post was going to be Eben with an early spring 50# on one of his new eels!
Dad started carving those about 15 years ago - and has never looked back. Basically he gets calls from guys who have caught a "trophy" and want him to create a representation of it. They are all life sized - matching both length and girth. The tarpon was somewhere in the 7' category if I remember right - although most of his carvings are Atlantic Salmon and trout. Indanite is right about the music - he has played the bassoon in the Dallas symphony, Kansas City and still plays in the Chautauqua Symphony.
Everything is carved by hand with files, dremels or in some cases a woodburner - and the painting is all done with paintbrushes and oil paints - not airbrushes. Even the eyes - which he assures me are easy to paint - are hand painted. They generally take him about 6 weeks from start to finish. He has never advertised, but a while ago I helped to convince him that a website was in order - not as an advertising tool, but something to allow interested parties to look at photos online rather than sending photos in the mail. Computers are not his bag - he is much more comfortable with a paintbrush in his hand.
I've never posted anything about what he does since I didn't want it to look like an advertisement - besides - his carvings make my plugs look really bad!
He's never done a striper - and every year I hope to catch one that I would consider worthy. I came closer this year, but still not hit that magic personal milestone. But hey its almost may - and maybe he'll give me a discount!!!
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I'll bet we have all seen impressive works of art that moves us a bit and inspires us but that work your dad does is truly head of the pack, simply amazing, it's own league. Big Thumbs up from the folks at S-B |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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03-16-2006, 10:52 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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Very nice work, those look the best I have ever seen
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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03-16-2006, 11:04 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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Your Dad's work is phenominal Lab 1. How he ever parts with them is beyond me. May you catch your personal best this year and have two memories of a lifetime.  |
" Choose Life "
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