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butternut-tyer
Post 23 Aug 2019, 07:32 • #1 
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I guess after "been there done that" , it just seemed fitting to try my hand at carving out Bass Wood Poppers. Yes, these are a little rough looking, but they are my first attempt at carving, and I'm sure they will catch something :lol

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Tomah
Post 23 Aug 2019, 08:05 • #2 
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Looks good to me! When I was a kid I carved surface plugs out of cedar with my jackknife. They didn't look that good.
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EinPA
Post 23 Aug 2019, 08:10 • #3 
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Tomah wrote:
Looks good to me! When I was a kid I carved surface plugs out of cedar with my jackknife. They didn't look that good.


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karstopo
Post 23 Aug 2019, 11:30 • #4 
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Very Nice. Are they named because they are meant for bass or because they are made from the wood of a Basswood. a.k.a. Linden tree?
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butternut-tyer
Post 24 Aug 2019, 21:24 • #5 
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Yes, they get their name from the wood. Bass Wood is very light and very easy to carve.
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springer1
Post 25 Aug 2019, 03:59 • #6 
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Interesting, they should be very durable. Have you found an advantage to using basswood ? How do you inset the hook in it ?
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karstopo
Post 25 Aug 2019, 07:19 • #7 
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I’ve got several Basswood trees around my home, I might have to see if they’ll lend a little of their wood.
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Trev
Post 25 Aug 2019, 11:53 • #8 
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the wood is easy to get at hobby shops, for just a couple plugs or poppers the conversion of tree to dry carving wood might be costly. We call the trees "linn" here, and all the larger ones were cut out long ago.
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the hersh
Post 25 Aug 2019, 15:45 • #9 
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A few guys on other forums turn them on a small lathe and then stipple with brass rods of various diameter ,big ones for bass and small for sunfish .They must spend hours just on the paint job .They are too pretty to fish in my thinking.Yours have a nice shoulder on them.Remind me of the old heddon wood bass bugs.
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