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| Just though I'd share what I've been working on lately. I started making bottle openers just for fun last year as a way to quickly produce a blank and practice painting (without all the research/weighting/internal wiring..etc..). Anyway, they were more popular than my lures lol. I guess it makes a perfect customized gift for any outdoorsman, compared to the small market of people who buy expensive hand made lures.
So this year I made another handfull of bottle openers. Some I sold, some I have set aside as gifts. Thought I would share.
Also! With some help from other lure makers, I've started making my own eyes. It has been a fun process. The bottle openers all have (except the blue ones), custom eyes that I made. It adds another element of customization that I can offer. Any color any thing i want! Even a logo or whatever. It is a fun challange. I can run though how I did it if anyone is interested.
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Location: Moses Lake, WA | Beautiful work on those can openers, but they can't compete with the quality lures you produce. |
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| Awesome openers! I would love to hear how you do those eyes! |
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| Thanks Gringo and MuskieBait! I'll make a post soon and outline the steps about how I made the eyes. I learned with some online help, might as well pass it on. |
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| Beautiful work as usual Eastman! I made key chains out of some of my baits for gifts last year and they went over well. I really like the bottle opener lip on yours. |
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| Very nice! I think those would be a huge hit at musky shows when they re-start. |
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| Thanks guys! Yea I was surprised how successful they have been. Just a much much larger market of people you are targeting as a gift idea instead of a large lure. |
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| Those look amazing!!!!!!!!! Nice work. |
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