Box call builders ??
Ever done this combo on a paddle call or a short box ?? Cherry paddle/walnut box ??
The widow of a since passed old buddy of mine........the only sort of turkey hunting mentor I had to get started........was having an estate sale today. Basically walk through the house and outbuildings and if you wanted something, they'd name a price. Well.......my old buddy was a PREMIER builder of Bedford-style flintlocks and other types of muzzleloaders. I spent a lot of hours talking to him in his shop as I watched him work. His old shop was mostly cleaned out. But I found one chunk of 8/4 walnut with KILLER boxcall grain pattern........enough for 2 calls. I also found a couple pieces of 3/4. One was walnut. One was cherry. I'm going to choose a builder to make me a Cost-style match set from the wood I got. I know walnut over walnut will work. But I don't know as I've ever seen cherry over walnut.