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Location: Xenia, Ohio | I believe there 13 coats e-tex on this bait and whole lot of time took 3 months to complete.
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Location: MN | Wow!
Excellent work! |
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Location: Apollo, PA | AND I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN IT ALL...... WOW II |
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Location: Finland | cool looking bait for sure but 3 months to complete that ? im guessing you did not work on it every day tough hehe and i tough i was bloody slow. |
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Location: Victoria,MN | Holy Moly, thats frickin sick. Great work! |
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Location: Xenia, Ohio | Thanks for the comments, I appreciate them, I put a lot time into the metal work also, if you notice there are no screw in any of the metal work, I welded stainless steel .045 wire to the back edge of the front lip drilled hole on center and epoxied into place , also did the same for the fins on the sides and top and bottom bite plates , there is also 24k gold dust painted into the black hooks and the hook ends are also highlighted with color to match and also epoxied. The lure is 2 inches in diameter and 12 inches long. |
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Location: Xenia, Ohio | painted hooks with gold dust
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Location: Finland | dude, that is just ridiculous... I LOVE IT! |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Don't fish that thing it belongs to be framed and hung in a Art Gallery |
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| What did you use for that hexagonal scale pattern? It is VERY cool. |
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| Hope that baby runs as well as it sparkles! |
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Location: Xenia, Ohio | Thanks for the comments I really appreciate them, here is little history on the bait.
I named this bait Gold Rush the lure is 12 inches long and 2 inches in diameter hand shaped and weighted the main body is 24k gold leaf the plates on the top and bottom are made from stainless steel the idea of the bite plates are if a toothy critter lays his nasty teeth on it , It will not puncher the lure body the side fins are also hand sculptured and made from stainless steel the backside of the fins are painted just like the outside I painted the backside before I attached them, the front dive lip is also done the same way hand shaped tuned and made from stainless steel, if you notice in the picture you do not see any screws in the bite plates, side fins or front dive lip, I tack welded stainless steel welding wire to the bottom sides and drilled the main body and epoxied them into place this was to give the bait a clean sleek look, once the 24k gold leaf was finished each piece laid by hand man that took a while I clear coated the bait, then I started my black strips that go down the sides and then I painted the top a black and underside orange with 24k gold dust mixed into the orange and black paint, then I gave the bait another coat of clear, then I started the facial features gills eyes and mouth and then highlighting and shading, I then gave the bait another coat of clear, then I came back on the gills again with second round to try and give it that 3d look with more highlighting and shading then I gave the bait another coat of clear, then I painted all my metal parts and installed them to body, then I gave the bait another coat of clear, then I started painting my pattern on top and bottom this took 3 different kinds of paint on top of each other, I started with black then a step the pattern to give it the 3D look and then I sprayed gold , then I sprayed torques on top of that I also did the same for the bottom but orange was the first the color then gold then torques, then I painted all the hook eyes to match and clear coated the hook eyes also and then I painted all the hooks to match with highlight and 24k gold dust and clear coated them also , I then finished the baited with 3 more coats of clear , I think there was a total of 13 coats of clear all together and there is not one air bubble anywhere in the coats, I started on this bait towards the end of October of 2011 and finished it the first week of January 2012, enjoy. You really need to see the bait in person to appreciate the craftsmanship. the bait did rise a few dollars for the 2012 world championship handcrafted Muskie contest held in Milwaukee this year, when the bait went up for auction I finally bought it back for $250.00.
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Location: Drachten (The Netherlands) | Esthetically not my 'cup of tea', but you have excellent skills... well done!!!
Greetz,
Dick |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | That's a work of art! Truly a beautiful job. You are right to be proud. |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | Gold leaf is a lost art. My mother did gold leaf work on weather vanes back in the 60's. I still remember watching her brush those thin sheets on. Awesome work but If owned one I dont think I could bring myself to fish it. Beautiful collectors piece. Should be worth a small fortune. Very nice. Mike |
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Location: canada | work of art
Etch |
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