This is one of our latest Custom Fish Carving that Snidely has created here in our studio. We offer this life size Blue Wahoo, hand carved from a solid piece of Florida Rescued Cypress Wood. We use and imbed metal tape into the epoxy coating for the stipes to give it the same "FLASH" that you see when you are pulling one of these babies up out of the depths of the ocean. Better than taxidermy because we do not cover any of this natural grain with paint. Nature provided the natural wood grain for this wahoo. Using a two part expoxy resin we put five coats on the finished product to magnify the grain and give it depth and make the fish appear wet. We added some blue pigment to the resin to give the fish his natural color. Snidely took painstaking time to make this fish look exactly like the real thing. This fish sculpture is 55"L X 201"H X 6" deep. The photo really doesn't do this fish justice. We can make one for you any size that you like. Custom orders are welcome. Realistic fish like this make the perfect tropical decor inside your home and out. Don't let this one get away!!! Free shipping for this item if your purchase it on or before January15, 2010.
The wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is a dark blue scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Some say that the name "Wahoo" derives from the exclamation of some fishermen, "Wahoo!" who have hooked into the extremely fast running fish. In Hawaii, the fish is known as Ono, after the Native word for "delicious". Hispanic areas of the Caribbean and Central America call it Peto.
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