Antonicont Handmade Lures

24/02/2022

New video out now! How to clean your airbrush!

Today’s video will be very straightforward: how to clean your airbrush. It goes without saying that a clean and fully functional airbrush is essential for a ...

03/02/2022

New video out now! Lure carving madness for y'all!

Hello everyone! It’s been a while since my last video. Last few months have been quite rough, but I’ve finally been able to put together a video about one of...

05/01/2022

❌ EDIT: SOLD OUT!❌ What better way to start the year than a sale! Here are four bad boys looking for a tackle box somewhere in the world! As passionate fishermen, we all know you can get a mass produced lure for half the price or less, but the point with my lures is knowing what you get: the result of a fully handmade process. Each lure is unique, like each of us. The bait is 140 mm long (5.5 inches) and weights approximately 20 grams (0.7 oz). It features stainless steel through wire and magnetic weight transfer system. The swimming depth is between 70 to 120 cm. The lure is made of wood. Price refers to one (1) item. I ship worldwide. Please feel free to send me a message for any further information!

04/01/2022

I think I’ve been away from this place for too long. I want to apologize to all the people who were waiting for an update that never came, then to myself for wasting the talent that was given to me. A quite disruptive event happened to me a few months ago, after which my mental health went downhill, so did my creativity. I tried to cope with that event mainly by keeping myself busy with repetitive, unimaginative tasks. Some days it worked, some days it didn’t. So here I am once again, trying to make sense of my life with these handmade lures. These are amongst the very few things that give me a sense of fulfillment and joy. Please feel free to join me as I reapproach the noble art of lure making, and see where this road will lead. Take care, Antoni.

13/08/2021

A beautiful lure deserves a beautiful stand... and I'm putting the whole thing up for auction on eBay! All you have to do is to click on the link below and make your bid, you have one week (auction ends August 21, 2021 14:00 CEST). Here is your chance to put your hands on my most unique lure to date!
👉🏻https://www.ebay.it/itm/265264749649

12/08/2021

A beautiful lure deserves a beautiful stand! New YouTube video out now! Oh and I'm putting both the lure and the stand for sale on eBay, you can make you bid by clicking the link below:
https://www.ebay.it/itm/265264749649

Link to eBay auction [lure+display stand]:https://www.ebay.it/itm/265264749649In today’s video, I will make a wooden stand for fishing lures, but not just an...

26/07/2021

🇬🇧 They may look like two separate lures, but in reality it is only one! One side is gold, the other one is mother of pearl. If you want to know how I got there, go check my latest YouTube video by clicking the link below. The whole process is shown step by step!

https://youtu.be/X5TMXEGxwhU

🇮🇹 Potrebbero sembrare due esche distinte, ma in realtà è una sola! Un lato è d'oro, l'altro di madreperla. Se vuoi sapere come ho fatto, dà un'occhiata al mio ultimo video su YouTube, cliccando sul link qui sopra. L'intero processo è illustrato passo per passo!

24/07/2021

Here's a quick glance at the gilding process of one of my lures. You can watch the full video by clicking the link below:
https://youtu.be/X5TMXEGxwhU

21/07/2021

New YouTube video out now! The secrets of gold leaf and mother of pearl revealed! Enjoy the video!

In today’s video, I will embark on the unprecedented quest of building my most precious handmade lure to date, by combining two of the most valuable material...

09/07/2021

🇺🇲 Off to America they go! These lures come out of a period of profound changes, so I salute them with particular affection. Be grateful to the things that keep you going when everything seems lost 🙏🏻

🇮🇹 Se ne vanno in America! (loro, mica io). Questi artificiali hanno preso corpo durante un periodo di profondo cambiamento, per cui ne vado particolarmente fiero. Siate grati per le cose che vi tengono a galla quando tutto sembra perduto 🙏🏻



👉🏻Antonicont Handmade Lures

02/07/2021

🇬🇧 As I entered the Lab today, l noticed this beautiful ray of light hitting these lures just right where the fins are. It was too good not to take a picture and share it with you. Once again, I'm pleased with how they come out. As I often do, I added a element of uniqueness in each lure, in this case the pattern on the sides is slightly different in each of them: let's say that one is a mullet, and one is a striped bass. Who is who, you decide! Oh, and the clear coat turned out great, didn't it? In case you missed it, please remember that I put together a new YouTube video on how to coat a lure with epoxy, link below!

https://youtu.be/Y1fqahrZtKI

🇮🇹 Oggi, entrando in laboratorio, ho notato un bellissimo raggio di luce che colpiva questi due artificiali proprio in prossimità della pinna. La scena era troppo bella per non fotografarla e condividerla con voi. Sono molto soddisfatto del risultato finale. Come faccio spesso, ho cercato di aggiungere un elemento distintivo in ciascun artificiale, in questo caso la livrea dei fianchi differisce leggermente da un'esca all'altra. Diciamo che uno è un muggine, e l'altro uno striped bass. Tra l'altro la resinatura finale è venuta benissimo! Nel caso ve lo siate perso ieri, sappiate che ho caricato un nuovo video sul mio canale YouTube, riguardante proprio la resinatura finale. Il link è quello sopra!

01/07/2021

Struggling with epoxy resin when coating a lure? Don't worry, in my new YouTube video I address most of the problems you may encounter when coating a lure. Click the link below to watch it!

In today’s video, I’ll show you how to get the best out of epoxy resin when coating a handmade fishing lure. Epoxy resin can be a tricky material to work wit...