VINTAGE"1940'S DRAKE CANVASBACK" FRANK SCHMIDT,1879-1960,,

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VINTAGE RARE "1940"S working (DRAKE  CANVASBACK) "BY ONE OF THE GREAT  CARVERS (FRANK SCHMIDT) 1879-1960""DETROIT MICHIGAN,,HUNTED ON SAGINAW BAY ,,HE WAS A GREAT CARVER .HE IS IN THE (SAGINAW BAY WATERFOUL HUNTING AND DECOY CARVERS BOOK) BY WILLIAM STOUT,, ,,STARTED HUNTING AT A EARLY AGE,,WORKED AS A LATHER MOST OF THE TIME BUT WAS ALSO KNOWN AS A BOAT BUILDER,FISHERMAN, MARKET HUNTER,TRAPER,, AND CARVED THOUSANDS OF DUCK DECOYS,THAT HE SOLD AND HUNTED OVER,,HE SOMETIMES CARVED DECOYS WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER,BEN SCHMIDT,,DECOY is (ALL ORGINAL), line tie SORT OF MAGNUMS,SIT REAL HIGH IN WATER!! (REAL NICE DECOY,,16 1/4"LONG 7 1/2"WIDE KEEL TO TOP OF HEAD 8" RIG MARK WJS,,