Tobacco Tins were used by many carvers to make the fins on the fish decoys. Some carvers still follow the old way of using tobacco tins. Other items like soup cans or really anything the would be large enough to make a fin was used. This is one of the reasons it is call folk art.

Of course this is just a small sampling of

Tobacco Tins used.

Old Signs were cut up and used

Photos taken from the collection of Larry Christy

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