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Learn to carve a traditional mallard drake decoy from start to finish with this easy-to-follow guide. It includes patterns and paint swatches and covers everything from wood choice and knife cuts to painting and weighting. Perfect for the beginning carver. The duck decoy has a long tradition as a classic carving project. Now, you can get started on your own decoy with this instructional guide by award-winning decoy carver Tom Matus. You will be amazed at your carving success as you follow the author, step-by-step, through an entire project, complete with carving pattern and painting colour swatches. Beginning with the head and working through the entire bird, you will be guided with expert advice every step of the way. Also included is an in-depth lesson on painting your mallard in the traditional floating decoy style.

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Tom Matus is a world champion wildfowl carver and an instructor and judge for the Ward World Champion Wildfowl Carving Competition. He is a frequent contributor to Wood Carving Illustrated and the author of Duck Decoys: Classic Carving Projects Made Easy and Antique-Style Duck Decoys. He lives in Boise, Idaho. For more of Tom's work, visit his website at www.tmdecoy.com

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