Some Big "O" replicas that I made recently. Hand carved out of paulownia.

Beautiful job sir!

 

   Douglas

Great work!

Very nice work! I've been wanting to experiment with different wood types on my baits. Most of what I work with is red cedar.  Is the grain on Paulonia hard to sand smooth? I've heard that it's durable but quite porous. Again, awesome job on these!

All Eyes, it's a great wood to work with. It carves well and sands smooth. It's slightly harder than balsa but much tougher. No need to over-build like you do with balsa. Water absorbency is low just make sure that you seal it good (as with any wood). Try it and I believe that you'll like it. Oh, and BTW, thanks for the compliment! 

Beautiful as usual Coley !  

Blades,  Sorry to say that these were not done by Coley. Coley passed away  3 1/2 years ago.

Edited February 2, 2018 by Lincoya

Excellent craftsmanship Gene. .................Ben

 

On 2/1/2018 at 8:53 AM, Lincoya said:

All Eyes, it's a great wood to work with. It carves well and sands smooth. It's slightly harder than balsa but much tougher. No need to over-build like you do with balsa. Water absorbency is low just make sure that you seal it good (as with any wood). Try it and I believe that you'll like it. Oh, and BTW, thanks for the compliment! 

Thanks for the info. I'm curious to get some and try it out. 

Yep. My apologies I was reading about Coley just before then. Had him on the brain.

 

Hell yes. 

 

Looks great!