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No dope on that skin YET, but the scheme is for jet black hull and cutwaters with pearlwhite decks.  I have plumbago for mixing into the dope for the hull, and the few experiments I've done with it, looks awesome.   The pearl looks a little offwhite but does show the mica flake. It may not … Continue reading 2020 too starts well, for now

Something to think about as we roll into the New Year.   Not wanting to be full of negative, but I read this, and having witnessed the outside of the Fall of Soviet Russia (the Generals met in a forest somewhere and traded the uniforms for suits and rank for political appointments, be certain of … Continue reading Last post of 2020 Won.

(Little sumpin different today: drabs of thinking as I go about me ways) It’s early morning, a morning I don’t ‘need’ to be up since our workload is non-existent right now, but I am up in the wee dark hours anyway. Thinking how fast this year has come and gone. An annual get-together of friends … Continue reading Year end Wrap-up (all over the place post)

Not enough, not fast enough IMO. Stinky Reid no longer a member of the Puppet show. https://youtu.be/rY0WxgSXdEE Of course the lefties are all in tears over a loss of their own, Not that they actually care: it just means the spoils are divided a little less amongst the living, and for that they silently cheer. … Continue reading Another one bites the dust

Comments section has been alive with the conversation of me building a new bass.   Something mentioned brought back a memory or two about my touring days and some of the regional sound I used to do. I was doing some festival on the Newport Levee (sorry many many moons back, and they all kind … Continue reading thinkin outside the box

Have a few posts in process, building links and what not, but nothing ready for prime time just yet. Fran has a hella post up Y'all need to get on, one I stand behind 1000%. As for my build, I have no idea why I havent used this fabric before. Stretches easy, shrinks easy, forms … Continue reading Still in build mode

Like everything else about my skin boats, there is a blend of old and new. That thread is 65#test braided fishing line, doubled for sewing. Tough stuff. There is a piece of antler in the pic; thats what I use to really crank on the tension of that thread. Using bare fingers, I'd be cut … Continue reading Selkies Corset