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Title: cork???
Post by: 3Feathers on October 03, 2012, 09:19:00 AM
Anybody know where I could get some?They don,t use them in wine bottles any more?????
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Post by: Terry Green on October 03, 2012, 09:21:00 AM
Stop buying cheap wine.    :biglaugh:
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Post by: Ben Woodring on October 03, 2012, 09:26:00 AM
fly tying on-line stores carry several sizes for making poppers...some are wine cork shaped others are taperd
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Post by: Frenchymanny on October 03, 2012, 09:27:00 AM
Tim my friend I always have a few in my back pack.
Ask me next time we meet

F-Manny
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Post by: Fletcher on October 03, 2012, 09:28:00 AM
Most any hardware store will have an assortment of cork stoppers.
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Post by: Terry Green on October 03, 2012, 09:44:00 AM
Seriously....there was a guy in camp a while back that had some of those large bottle craft beers that had the wire and cork stopper.
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Post by: Ben Woodring on October 03, 2012, 09:46:00 AM
I have to ask....for what purpose are the desired corks?
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Post by: Terry Green on October 03, 2012, 09:47:00 AM
Burn the end and smudge on face.
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Post by: Ben Woodring on October 03, 2012, 09:57:00 AM
well..after a good laugh, I'm gonna try that, gotta be better than camo grease I borrowed from the army 15 years ago...reminds of the story of some fellow that would role around in ashes from a camp fire to de-stink and camo up
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Post by: DayTripper on October 03, 2012, 10:27:00 AM
Craft stores carry them.
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Post by: SheltonCreeker on October 03, 2012, 11:00:00 AM
I laughed out loud, Terry!
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Post by: 3Feathers on October 03, 2012, 11:24:00 AM
You got me on that one Terry....................
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Post by: Ben Woodring on October 03, 2012, 11:32:00 AM
heck I thought he was serious
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Post by: Bowsey Wails on October 03, 2012, 12:18:00 PM
Most definitely serious; burnt cork is the old school method for face camo.
Tim
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Post by: RM81 on October 03, 2012, 12:47:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Terry Green:
Stop buying cheap wine.     :biglaugh:  
:biglaugh:
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Post by: Kip on October 03, 2012, 03:45:00 PM
I bought some Bourbon with a cork and wooden stopper(Wild Turkey I think).I screwed a small screw in 35MM film canister lid and into wood and  you can burn the cork and store it the can very neat.I also drank the bourbon.Kip
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Post by: Benoli on October 03, 2012, 04:16:00 PM
3Feathers, PM me your addy and I can send you some. Albert
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Post by: olddogrib on October 03, 2012, 04:35:00 PM
Stores that sell wine/beer/cider making supplies should have them too. Then if you really are cheap like me, you buy just the cork only and go make your own hard cider.
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Post by: Keefer on October 03, 2012, 05:22:00 PM
Cork Camo is 4 real...It's more traditional then the "marykay" pack...
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Post by: adkmountainken on October 03, 2012, 06:24:00 PM
Tim i have a few DOZEN..... they are also found in higher end bourbon....
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Post by: Sam McMichael on October 03, 2012, 08:24:00 PM
I would think most any fishing tackle store would have cork bobbers.
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Post by: Stump73 on October 03, 2012, 08:40:00 PM
I get as much as I want. All I have to do is find something I want or need and then ask my wife if I get her favorite bottle of wine for her can I buy what I want! Most of the time that works, but takes along time in between bottles because one wil last a week.
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Post by: ron w on October 03, 2012, 08:58:00 PM
Ken drinking something higher end.....   :wavey:    :wavey:
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Post by: WESTBROOK on October 03, 2012, 09:15:00 PM
I bought a bunch of corks for 1" dip tubes from 3R a while back for .25 each, I see they have gone up. They are listed on the sale page

Eric
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Post by: pamike on October 03, 2012, 09:28:00 PM
maryland cork company.  small stuff all the way to 2'x3' sheet that i use for carving decoys.
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Post by: Ray Hammond on October 04, 2012, 05:20:00 AM
Fellows

Don't do it!

Burnt cork is a carcinogen more correctly called carbon black and I encourage you NOT to use it

i know some would argue that you are only doing it in small doses and its insignificant etc why do something unnecessary that may have a negative health effect over time -when there's other stuff you can use?

If you insist make sure to use it outside and don't breathe the smoke that comes from the burn
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Post by: Tall Paul on October 04, 2012, 10:48:00 AM
I bought mine in the Hardware department at Lowes.  They have multiple sizes.

I didn't realize that about being a carcinogen.
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Post by: SKITCH on October 04, 2012, 01:54:00 PM
Just find a decent restaurant in your area that has a pretty active bar.  Go by before the weekend and ask one of the bartenders if they have any laying around and if not, ask them to save you a few over the weekend. Most of them end up in the trash anyway and every now and then you will find a bartender that is saving them ... just ask for a few.  If they don't clean very well...they may have a few laying around on the floor behind the bar.
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Post by: bowhunterportugal on October 04, 2012, 11:59:00 PM
Don't you get the burn smell?

I'm a cork oak producer! Major business in Portugal... Only a bit far from you otherwise I could get you as many as you want!
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Post by: The Vanilla Gorilla on October 05, 2012, 11:00:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Ray Hammond:
Fellows

Don't do it!

Burnt cork is a carcinogen more correctly called carbon black and I encourage you NOT to use it

Isn't everything a carcinogen?   The burnt parts of bbq, the coatings on out cookware, the sweetners in our Little Debbies?  

I'm sure the glues, sprays and dusts that are inhaled and absorbed in the normal bow making process are worse than a bit of warm cork to the cheeks.
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Post by: drewsbow on October 05, 2012, 08:23:00 PM
Patron has a nice big cork that I use