-40° What to do

[MK M GOBL]

Well with the weather here in WI just downright freezing cold what you going to do. Spent the day in the shop working on some displays. Have a couple of beard displays, a full fan/wing/beard/spurs/euro going out and did up some spur chains.

So family had some old barn board from the farm to use for this one!
and then these HOOKS, always such a difference once I have them cut, cleaned and polished.

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[Gobspur]

Nice work!  Same here. Got fan drying and just finished cleaning these.  2 more in freezer to do before spring!

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[MK M GOBL]

Nice work!  Same here. Got fan drying and just finished cleaning these.  2 more in freezer to do before spring!

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Do you always pull your spurs caps? Do they lose color variation?


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[MK M GOBL]

Here's one of my chains!

Keeping natural color is a big thing for me, seen a guy who used to paint his black...

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[Gobspur]

Nice work!  Same here. Got fan drying and just finished cleaning these.  2 more in freezer to do before spring!

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Do you always pull your spurs caps? Do they lose color variation?


MK M GOBL

Yeah, most of the time I do.  And they do lose some color but I kind of like it.  I prefer the cleaner looker.  Heard some folks lightly paint inside cap, but never tried it.  These ones are about the lightest ones that Ive done.

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[davisd9]

Move, what I would do


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[MK M GOBL]

Yeah, most of the time I do.  And they do lose some color but I kind of like it.  I prefer the cleaner looker.  Heard some folks lightly paint inside cap, but never tried it.  These ones are about the lightest ones that Ive done.
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Those are sharp looking!

This guys looked awful and every spur was just "black" and then he covered outer cap with clear nail polish. I did my first 2 ever sets of spurs this way... don't like the way they look but was new to doing this and this is what he was teaching a "newbie" at the time.


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[Gobspur]

Thanks.  Yeah I saw some pictures of painted ones like that.  Looked horrible lol.  I just clean em, peroxide to whiten, and leave natural.  Need you to school me on doing wings?, I havent tackled those yet. Done capes, but never messed with wings.  I really like your wings with tail fan.

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[Tail Feathers]

Nice work.
Now get on some real estate sites and find you a place to live where a human can go outside in February!

[MK M GOBL]

Thanks.  Yeah I saw some pictures of painted ones like that.  Looked horrible lol.  I just clean em, peroxide to whiten, and leave natural.  Need you to school me on doing wings?, I havent tackled those yet. Done capes, but never messed with wings.  I really like your wings with tail fan.

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No problem, can't say anyone taught me this but had been trial and error till I got them right. Did a lot of this learning on my own and started up my own "Displays" after getting a lot of requests from others do theirs.

I'll send you a PM

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[Harty]

When you were at -40 we were at -60 wind chill. Colder then Antarctica they said. I just snuggled up to the fire reading one of Tom Kelly's books.

Nice spur work MK M GOBL and Gobspur. How many sets of Spurs would I need for a chain M GOBL.

[MK M GOBL]

When you were at -40 we were at -60 wind chill. Colder then Antarctica they said. I just snuggled up to the fire reading one of Tom Kelly's books.

Nice spur work MK M GOBL and Gobspur. How many sets of Spurs would I need for a chain M GOBL.

Hey Harty,

I do them at any stage, for me a "full" one is 10 sets, just the way I do then. On some of my displays they only have a single set from that bird.

Or these are some options (First 3 are my personal displays)

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[Chuck1443]

sharp! I like this, good job


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[MK M GOBL]

When you were at -40 we were at -60 wind chill. Colder then Antarctica they said.

That was real temp, not with wind chill. But I know what you're saying.


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[tman74]

Looks great guys. I know what I'm doing this eve lol.