Big Fish

The other day I worked on a Blue Marlin!  This is a first for me. Sometimes  I get some unusual requests to repair.

One of my favorite books is The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway.  In that novella he battles a blue marlin off of the coast of Cuba. It is an epic battle, and I won’t tell you who wins. You have to read it for yourself 🙂 Marlins are very tough, and will take you a great deal of energy, and time to pull in.

The person who caught this probably had a fight on his hands. The fish is mounted on a block of wood, and is probably going to hang in someones den.

Don’t mind the guy behind the Marlin. Caleb loves it when I make him do this. 🙂

The Marlin had a lot of color damage to the side previously, and the only thing they wanted repaired were  the broken fins.

Below are the damaged areas:

The bottom middle was missing 2 fins

Below is the repair. Had to glue, then fill the cracks and touch up the damage. Good thing I had my blue and green powders.  Also it was good that the pieces were saved!

Here is another repair.

Back Fin is broken

Before

After

Below is a pic of the final result

This one is shipping out to Texas to a customer. Hopefully it isn’t mishandled and broken again in transport!

Zeke Willard