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This is a picture of some of the one piece strikers that I turn.  The most common are Purpleheart, Zebrawood, Canarywood and the Walnut. The double-sided glass and slate call features a smaller slate surface on the back.  This side is excellent for soft clucks, purrs and those early tree yelps. Normally I match a flared-tip Zebrawood striker to the Zebrawood calls.   This wood works well on both glass and slate calling surfaces.
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This walnut double-sided glass and glass call features the tracks around the back, my signature and the date that the call was turned.  This pot also has no holes around the surface. This walnut call was turned from a piece of select walnut that I found at the wood store.  The mineral streaks in the pot really made this call unique. This is the back of the same walnut call turned from the select walnut.   This slate call was matched with a Canarywood striker.  My favorite wood for a slate surface.

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Purpleheart has become on of the most popular woods for me.  It makes a very good call using any surface. This particular call was a slate call turned from a piece of figured Shedua.  This wood has excellent contrast and is beautiful. Purpleheart is another one of my favorite woods to work with.   This is the back view of a glass and slate call.

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This pot and striker was turned from Bloodwood. Bloodwood is very hard and really resonates the sound well.  It also makes a great striker for aluminum.. 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 glass call was turned from Canarywood.  Although Canarywood is my favorite striker on a slate, it also runs very well on glass.
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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.
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This call was turned from a piece of Red Palm.  This wood makes an excellent call.  This call was one of the best aluminum's I have made. The side view of the pot shows the beauty of the two woods together.   I have found several combinations that look just as nice together. This wood was used for a slate call and has excellent figure.  In the sunlight, the call appears to change color. The wood is Huilboerboon.
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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. This Lacewood aluminum call turned out great.  This call has more rasp than most of my calls.
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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. This Double-sided glass/slate call was turned from a piece of Lignum Vitae and matched with a purpleheart striker.  This call looked and sounded great.

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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.
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This set of locator calls was turned from Bocote.   A beautful 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 set of Zebrawood locator calls..  The left is a crow call and the right is an owl call.

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