All About Pocket Knives

Stagman, thank you for your kind remarks. By the way, I too love to sit out back and relax with my pipe. We have a nice little shop in town that mixes up some very nice blends but I still enjoy lighting up with Carter Hall....... showing what a tight wad I am. Lol. John

I added a couple more to my "flock".
Redhead Mallard Hand carved from pine, painted like the old working decoys from around WWI, blue collar decoys.

OC the carving is exquisite, the painting as well. You have a way with wood. Absolutely great work.

If you ever get out east, in Havre de Grace, Maryland, is the Duck Decoy Museum.
Fascinating place. Your work would be worthy!

https://decoymuseum.com/

Carving is a talent...painting is a talent. You got em both OC!!!!!!!!

Very nice OC!
Those wood ducks are beauties.

Great work.

“Bottom Shelf Carving and Painting”

OC you inspired me, so here’s a first.

Looks good especially being so small and your first one!

Not bad Tony.

Ditto on the "especially being so small"...NICE job!!!

The ones I make are mini decoys, that one is a "tiny decoy". That mallard turned out great!!

Bluebills!

Very nice!

Impressed every time I see your work O C. Love it.

Very nice work. painting is a skill that I do not have.

Here is another kind of decoy that I have made. This one has a 3/4" board for the base and another 3/4" board for a vertical riser and a separate piece for the head (so the section would be an upside down T shape). Then hoops of wire are attached to the sides of the base board and over the riser and into holes on the other side of the base board. Then canvas is stretched over this and tacked to the wood. Spraying water on the stretched canvas will make it shrink tightly to the frame work. It is then painted in the conventional way, which further shrinks the canvas. The advantages of this method is that it used much less and smaller pieces of wood, as well as being lighter to carry out to the field in big quantities. I mounted this one on a base and made it into a lamp. It makes kind of an interesting looking goose decoy. This style was used in the early 1900s in parts of the country that did not have large trees to make full size solid body decoys.

That's cool. And with that technique and your talent...I think you're ready to make an airplane

I had to make another canvasback decoy from wire and canvas to replace the one I gave away. He has just taken up residence with the rest of the flock.

Niiiiiiiice!

I've seen your work up close and still impressed with every new one that comes along.

I have had this Crosman 1377 air pistol for quite a few years, and never liked the stock plastic grips and forend that came with it. So I recently whipped up a set of walnut ones. Sure looks a lot better and feels better too.

The standard cheesy plastic ones. Finished walnut replacements The inletting for the forend is probably the trickiest part. It has to fit tightly and is pinned to the pump lever.

"Whipped up"...dang nice!!!

OC that is awesome!!!! That changed the entire look of the 1377. I have one and must admit that the plastic is not its strong point. Boy did that turn out beautiful. You always impress me with your work.

OC...decoys are gorgeous !!!
Gun grips are over the top bud !!!
Stag

Very nice, OLDE CUTLER!
I found one of those Crosman air pistols at the dump many years ago. Took it back to the maintenance shop and put in a new O ring and pumped her up. The sights weren’t much but fun to mess with. We’d all go to jail today for stunts like that on school property.
Treefarmer