These are some
calls that I have made in the past.
This is a picture of some of the one piece strikers that I
turn. The most common are Purpleheart, Zebrawood and the
Dymondwood.
My
GS-1 combination of Curly maple pot, crystal calling surface and
Purpleheart soundboard. One of the best sounding calls I've ever
heard.
This is a Bubinga pot with purpleheart soundboard and
glass calling surface. On the surface I engraved a gobbler head.
One of my first
laminated pots, this one consisted of Shedua with maple and purpleheart.
Copper calling surface and all turkey.
Zebrawood Glass over Purpleheart call. This is a medium-high pitch
call with some great rasp when using the Zebrawood striker.
Claro Walnut
slate call matched with a Canarywood striker. A great sounding
wood choice for the slate surface.
Purpleheart has become on of the most popular woods for
me. It makes a very good call using any surface.
The
first laminated call I every made. Shedua with Paduak and maple.
It was a 3 1/4" surface and screamed turkey.
This Ebony call was one of a
set of three calls turned for a customer. I hand engraved three
gobblers making their way across the glass.
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Birdseye Maple
Copper call with a Shedua striker. Turned out very well and the Birdseye
makes a great sounding call.
Although most of my hunting calls are completely
conditioned, I only did a portion of this glass. I then etched three tracks across
the surface.
This Curly Maple glass call featured a
walnut/maple inlay around the pot. The tracks on the back were
inlayed in walnut and the striker was also Curly Maple/walnut.
This call was turned from a piece of Curly Koa that I hand
selected while in Hawaii. This could be the prettiest call I have ever turned..
The side view of the burl call shows how each call
turned is unique. The calls turned from burl also sound very good.
This Burl Maple call was a single-sided glass over
slate. On the back of the call I placed inlace into the turkey tracks.
This call was turned from a
Ebony. The 3" copper surface and the striker design that I use on
it, makes this the raspiest call I have made.
This call is Zebrawood glass
over glass with a Zebrawood striker. This combination has just the
right amount of rasp for those old gobblers.
This Curly Maple was cut and
sawed in southern Indiana. With a glass surface and Purpleheart
soundboard, it is hard to beat.
This is one of my aluminum calls using the green aluminum and
Osage Orange. The aluminum has a clear note and plenty of volume.
This is an aluminum call that I turned out of
Cocobolo and used the black aluminum. It has the same sound as the other aluminum
calls that I turn.
Copper is quickly become one of
my favorite surfaces. When matched with the correct striker, I
believe it makes the most realistic raspy calls of an ol' boss hen.
This call was turned as a gift. It is one of the few
calls that I have made that is not functional. This call had a feather etched on the
soundboard by hand
This shows the back of the call. The Redwood
Burl that I used for this pot is very beautiful. Although this call was not
conditioned, the wood makes a great sound.
These three spalted maple calls show the
variety of spalt that is available when purchasing a call. No two
spalted maple calls will look the same.
These are two slate calls that I turned from cherry.
Both calls have inlay around the outside of the pot. The inlay is a great accent and
works well with most woods.
This is a single-sided black aluminum call turned
from Bocote. I really like the sound of the aluminum when matched with a Bloodwood
striker.
This pot was turned from a piece of Koa that I brought back
from Hawaii with me. This wood is very limited and makes a great sounding call.
This set of locator calls was turned from Bocote.
A beautiful wood with great tonal qualities.
This is a slightly different style of locators
with a little more detail. This set was turned from Bubinga.
This is a crow call that I just
finished up. On this call, I used a brass band and a zebrawood
blank.
