Jack

Thanks for all of the replies. I am going with Tackle Kraft. I saw some of his work on IG. I'll post pics when it is returned.

I'm looking for a recommendation for a reliable top quality painter to paint a Hinkle shad blank. Thanks in advance. Jack

lol. I am going to order another one when he gets around to making another drop. Maybe then I'll shout at you to buy this one!!! Have a good one!

When I ordered my Hinkle Shad blank all the haters came out of the woodwork to tell me that it would be a year before I saw my bait, if I ever saw my bait. There was so much negative hype about no communication, and delay after delay that I almost didn't make the order. Well, all I can say is that I am glad that I didn't listen to all of the negative and placed my order. Andrew reached out to me to tell me that my bait would ship on a specific date . Near that date he reached out to let me know that he was a little behind and that it would be about a month late. (that is minimal compared to some of the custom bait guys that I have ordered from). As Promised, my bait was shipped with tracking around the date promised and it has been received. I guess what I am getting at is; extend a little grace. No one has ever done everything that they said that they would do, when they said that they would do it exactly how they said that they would do it except Jesus Christ. Andrew did what he said that he would do with minimal delay and I would gladly order from him again. Jack

Mods, please remove this message. I did not intend for this to turn into a bash Andrew Hinkle post. I just wanted to know if this was his normal way of notifying customers and having them pay. Thanks

After sending several emails to Andrew Hinkle about ordering a shad glide, I received a reply asking to pay for the blank bait via Pay Pal FF. He said that these would ship in March or April. I'm just curious if anyone else received this type of email and if this is normal procedure with him or if someone possibly hacked my email and sent it. . Thanks SU.

Don't know about the Nego. I do know that when referring to God, 1. the G is an upper case G. 2. Blaspheming the name of God is a sin. 3. Fear God!

It's all about the hype. Deps did this same thing back in the day. Release a few then you can't get them for a while, then release some more and then, you can't get them for a while, make a limited release and then you can't get them for a long time. It is a marketing scheme. If you think that you can't get the bait or that the manufacturer is not going to be able to keep up with demand it does 2 things. One it keeps the interest up in the bait. The bait may not even be that great of a bait, but if it is marketed this way it seems like everyone HAS TO HAVE ONE!. Two, it drives the prices up ,up, up. Let's be real, the bait probably shouldn't cost more than about $30.00 . But, make a "limited supply", watch what the demand is for resale, raise the retail price and release another "limited supply" and just keep playing the game until the retail price gets way up there and then you flood the market with the bait and they make their BIG PAY DAY and all of a sudden you can get one any time you want one. Marketing scheme! AND LOOK.............IT WORKS. We will all be holding our breath waiting for the next "drop".

Don't dip it in acetone! Use a q-tip and dip it into the acetone and use it to wipe the finish off. I have done several Deps 175's this way. If you are patient and don't put too much acetone on at one time and don't spend too much time rubbing one place on the bait it will come off and not fog.