Show me your box calls with boxes made out of black mineral stained poplar. I think it'd be neat to have a box call made out of black stained poplar and a black colored lid like an ebony or blackwood. Call it, Black Death.
Here's a matched set of Cost-style calls I got from Marlin about 5 years ago.
Don't know if it still holds true...........but, at that time, he said these were the only calls he ever had to inscribe with a white pen.
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A misfit.........also from Marlin.......
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And a paddle caller from Steve Mann......
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Wow, awesome bunch of boxes ^^^, that matched set is spectacular!!!
Like the look of those calls.
Very nice boxes!
Congrats on some fine calls ... I have Marlin number 1 fiddle box walnut over poplar ... I also have a Cost Style 30 checkered walnut over yellow poplar of Marlins alone with few more 30 checkered of Marlins
This is a Melvin Newman with a Black Poplar lid and base over a Chittamwood body. 1 of 1. made in 2006.
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Quote from: Notsoyoungturk on March 05, 2023, 07:31:37 PM
This is a Melvin Newman with a Black Poplar lid and body over a Chittamwood body. 1 of 1. made in 2006.
Unusual for the lid
Some fine looking calls right there fellas.
Quote from: Sim1982 on March 06, 2023, 06:18:50 PM
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That's an awesome looking call.
Quote from: Zobo on March 06, 2023, 10:01:42 PM
Quote from: Notsoyoungturk on March 05, 2023, 07:31:37 PM
This is a Melvin Newman with a Black Poplar lid and body over a Chittamwood body. 1 of 1. made in 2006.
Unusual for the lid
I've heard mineral poplar is much more dense than regular poplar.
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