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Jigs, Spinnerbaits and Sinkers => Painting and Finishing Lures => Topic started by: TheDreamer on 08/09/14 21:05 UTC

Title: Real eyes
Post by: TheDreamer on 08/09/14 21:05 UTC
Got some new manufacturer samples in! Let me know what you think.(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/10/9e6ebyja.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/10/emu8uty9.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/10/e6a8a9yq.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/10/ubujary2.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/10/e4unapym.jpg)

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Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: Fatman on 08/09/14 21:17 UTC
Look good!!!!!  Are those from Lifefly-outdoors??? on ebay?? 
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: TheDreamer on 08/09/14 21:35 UTC
No sir, these are from a South African gentleman that is based here in the states.

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Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: WALLEYE WACKER on 08/10/14 00:57 UTC
Awesome eye's they look like you could see the gills flare at any second
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: tom1441 on 08/10/14 07:44 UTC
Nice eyes
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: ctom on 08/10/14 08:08 UTC
Sweet Drew.

The market today has some eyes that are very, very realistic. Coupled with your artistic talents to make a bait look like it could flop at any moment and Mike's gill flare comment really holds true. Great looking baits bud!
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: Fatman on 08/10/14 10:15 UTC
That paint job on a blade bait with those eyes would be awesome!!!!
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: smalljaw on 08/10/14 10:21 UTC
I like them, those finishes are so good that it would take a good eye to work that it wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb. I actually like them, but the most realistic eyes I ever used were the ones from BOSS, I think they are vision 3D or something like that.
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: tom1441 on 08/10/14 10:33 UTC
What body is that? How you will share the supplier of those eyes
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: Muskygary on 08/10/14 11:34 UTC
For me the question on eyes is the price. I don't believe it makes much difference to the fish.
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: ctom on 08/10/14 13:08 UTC
For me the question on eyes is the price. I don't believe it makes much difference to the fish.

I'm in this school too, but I do put eyes on those that I take pictures of for the internet. Personal baits are without eyes for the most part. Frogs would be the exception.

The larger eyes I use on frogs come from Do-It's catalog. I have a pile of various sizes and colors from Bogg's Baits and those are all I use other then the Do-It products.

On the hard baits eyes are important and are as much a part of the bait as the paint.
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: TheDreamer on 08/10/14 14:13 UTC
The eyes retail and average of $0.17/eye. Not a good price for plastics, unless you can crank up the sale price. They would be sweet on some of the larger hand poured multi-color swimbaits.

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Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: Fatman on 08/12/14 16:12 UTC
These are the eyes from Lifefly-outdoors http://stores.ebay.com/Lifefly-Outdoors (http://stores.ebay.com/Lifefly-Outdoors)

We had a group buy on Jigcraft and I got 7500 for $25 (.03 per eye), plus more for the Krystal flash but the store on the e isn't bad for the quantity - others have sent him color combo's they want and he's come up with them.

(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/Fatmans1/Paint%20color%20and%20mixs/100_6735.jpg)
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/Fatmans1/Paint%20color%20and%20mixs/100_6732.jpg)
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: TheDreamer on 08/14/14 23:54 UTC
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/15/re2adyve.jpg)

Here is the finished product.

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Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: Jerry V on 08/15/14 05:25 UTC
Very nice Drew.  I had a ten minute stare down with that crank...  it won.  :(
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: Fatman on 08/15/14 10:31 UTC
Awesome paint job!!!!!!!  That's another one I'd like on a blade bait - I can dip and brush tap jigs but I've tried painting like that and just don't have it. 
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: tom1441 on 08/20/14 20:18 UTC
Where can we get the eyes?
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: el rat on 09/23/14 09:17 UTC
The eyes retail and average of $0.17/eye. Not a good price for plastics, unless you can crank up the sale price. They would be sweet on some of the larger hand poured multi-color swimbaits.

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does the price /eye drop at like 500 or 1000 eyes?
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: TheDreamer on 09/23/14 14:23 UTC
Not until 10,000.

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Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: tom1441 on 09/23/14 15:38 UTC
Where can we get the eyes
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: Jerry V on 09/23/14 19:00 UTC
Where can we get the eyes

I think we can get them from Drew...  He just hasn't told us what the mark up is gonna be yet.

That's OK, I don't need any eyes anyway.  :P
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: MO QWACK on 09/23/14 21:27 UTC
I think we can get them from Drew...  He just hasn't told us what the mark up is gonna be yet.

That's OK, I don't need any eyes anyway.  :P
Justin does  :P :P :P
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: Do-It Corp. on 09/23/14 21:30 UTC
Zero boundaries
Title: Re: Real eyes
Post by: TheDreamer on 09/23/14 22:52 UTC
http://flymenfishingcompany.org/flytying/fish-skull/attaching-the-3d-fish-eyes/

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