sneaked into the workshop today, made some limp excuse up to get out of shopping ,the better half picks up on it immediatly ,just gave a knowing smile and left me to it.
so some head way sorted a couple of shanks out cut and driller the tops of them so the toppr would sit in them and the transitio would work well.
Carved and drilled the second mallard out .hoping to mont one with a nckel silver collar the other will sit on a camel bone collar .Ae the nickelsilver collars to hide small errors in the transition jiont. Got to admit i much preffer a water buffalo collar not to fond of camel bone its hard to drill cut and polish
Started burning then ,the hen mallard will just be varnished with a tinted beak .the drake will be painted in its breeding colour.
I always burn the wood so the flow goes the way the feathers would lay like painting the natural flow always looks better
here's the state of play
