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fish skin as decor
Posted by: Kevin Bergeron (---.no.no.cox.net)
Date: April 10, 2011 11:43PM

Has anyone ever tried using scaled fish skin as a decoration under finish as I have seen snake skin used.

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Re: fish skin as decor
Posted by: billy broderick (---.sub-174-252-168.myvzw.com)
Date: April 11, 2011 04:40AM

Kevin I hate when I have a idea I think I invented and find out its been done before! So I will say No what an amazing idea! Now the truth yes itsbeen done.

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Re: fish skin as decor
Posted by: Michael Danek (50.33.201.---)
Date: April 11, 2011 07:36AM

If you want an easy way to do that, it is possible, with limitations, to get a good look from photos of fish pasted onto white stick-on decal media. Since computers don't print silver well, and silver or hologram media doesn't do a good job on fish, you need a good quality photo up close of a fish that doesn't have a lot of silver in its colors, like perch, smallmouth, brook trout, brown trout, probably a lot of the salt water bottom fish.

It is hard to get that quality photo, but with practice it can be done. Sizing it is somewhat important to get the pattern life size.

I'll post a pic of a brook trout and perch pattern that I did.

[www.rodbuilding.org]

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Re: fish skin as decor
Posted by: Chad Huderle (---.static.twtelecom.net)
Date: April 11, 2011 10:00AM

Kevin, here's another example of what you can do to achieve the look you're after. This was done on white backed decal paper. If I were to do it again I would use clear backed decal paper with an underwrap of pearl white thread.

[www.rodbuilding.org]

Thanks,
Chad Huderle

Huderle Custom Rods
Prior Lake, MN

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Re: fish skin as decor
Posted by: Chuck Mills (---.grenergy.com)
Date: April 11, 2011 12:51PM

Thanks guys - it gives me ideas. New printer was delivered today!

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That's sort of the whole point." - Thomas McGuane

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Re: fish skin as decor
Posted by: Ray Mazza (---.syrcny.east.verizon.net)
Date: April 11, 2011 07:11PM

Chad,
I like them all but the Crappie decal is super! Thanks for sharing the pics and the info. Looking forward to trying one myself.


Ray Mazza
Utica, NY



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/11/2011 07:11PM by Ray Mazza.

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Re: fish skin as decor
Posted by: Kevin Bergeron (---.no.no.cox.net)
Date: April 11, 2011 07:44PM

What about real fish skin, is it possible

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Re: fish skin as decor
Posted by: Jeremy Wagner (---.dhcp.embarqhsd.net)
Date: April 11, 2011 08:47PM

Yes it is possible. Do you have a source for skin?

jeremy

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Re: fish skin as decor
Posted by: Mark Fisher (---.lns5.way.bigpond.net.au)
Date: April 11, 2011 09:09PM

Check out Members Galleries for Owen DARE. He did up a rod using fish skin in the handles which came out stunning and very different. He sourced the fish leather from an Aussie site.

Regards
Mark
Outback Rods

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Re: fish skin as decor
Posted by: Kevin Bergeron (---.no.no.cox.net)
Date: April 11, 2011 09:52PM

I was hoping to use the skin from the redfish I catch. I get plenty so I would have many to play around with. I would be happy to go through the trial and error process if I knew it could be done.

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Re: fish skin as decor
Posted by: Cheng Moua (198.228.227.---)
Date: April 11, 2011 10:53PM

do it up and let us know how it goes. this thread's got the wheels in my head cranking(not like they had any time to stop while on this forum)

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