You don't see a lot of offerings in gray or black slate as the main pot call surface anymore. Admittedly I have only one pot call in gray/black slate. I do see it on the back side on double sided calls. I imagine it's better for more controlled soft calling and the other surfaces are higher pitched for reaching out there. Is that the reason?
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I don't make many anymore because every time I order it, it comes in not perfectly round and drives me bonkers aesthetically. Plus some is softer, some is harder, and some looks like a truck ran over it.
Quote from: twyatt on March 12, 2021, 08:26:42 PM
I don't make many anymore because every time I order it, it comes in not perfectly round and drives me bonkers aesthetically. Plus some is softer, some is harder, and some looks like a truck ran over it.
Thanks Travis. It's one of the few pot surfaces I don't have. Thing is, that's what most pot surfaces were made of many years ago.
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For me when it comes to hunting and killing turkeys I want to be using a black slate call. To my ear it has the best sound with great soft talk.
One of my Eddie Wynne grey slates is almost always the first call out of my vest.
I really like my Lonnie Sneed Hot Hen gobblers like it to
Agreed on the older harder slate vs some you see and run today.
I do like my wynne persimmon (black) and an older Halloran laminated slate (harder gray) I have. 2 completely different content soft talking hens. But you can get more agressive on the Halloran without creating a bunch of dust/residue on the slate.
IMO i dont think a lot of guys are in to that soft mellow sound anymore ,, lots slate sound files out their run like sound like a glass call
exactly what Bill said, Mike
Quote from: M,Yingling on March 13, 2021, 05:23:27 PM
IMO i dont think a lot of guys are in to that soft mellow sound anymore ,, lots slate sound files out their run like sound like a glass call
I agree with what your saying Mike but the way I look at it if I wanted to hunt a glass call then I would use one. I prefer the mellower black slate tones and kill plenty of birds that way. Just what I like may not work for everyone.
I love my black slate cedar pot - I find it the purrs and clucks sound "birdier" than my other slate surfaces, but I like the harder slates for locating or rasp. For calling to a Tom from the roost first thing in the morning to bringing him to my lap after flydown though, it's black with a B&W Ebony striker.
yep couldn't agree more you want a call sound like glass buy a glass dont have deal with moisture issue with slate ,, lol i pretty much stick with softer woods for gray slate i like that mellower tone
was messing with this one few years back in the yard lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJSHyMwFV54
3.5 in. regular slate over glass in walnut pot, my favorite, surprisingly high pitch if you crank on it.
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Quote from: Loyalist84 on March 13, 2021, 06:55:57 PM
I love my black slate cedar pot - I find it the purrs and clucks sound "birdier" than my other slate surfaces, but I like the harder slates for locating or rasp. For calling to a Tom from the roost first thing in the morning to bringing him to my lap after flydown though, it's black with a B&W Ebony striker.
I have two cedar slate pots that I still hunt. Built them some time back but they will see use every year. Also built a black locust double slate last year for myself. Love hunting this call as it sounds so nice. All three have black slate in them. To each his own as we have all said before "everyone has a different hen or two running around in their head".
There has been a shift in the gray slates over the last 5 years. I found that when I install a glass soundboard to my pots it increased the higher pitch sounds more than in the past. I started removing the glass on some of the pots I make depending on the type woods used and i get that old mellow sound you are accustomed to. I for one have been enjoying the smaller 3 1/4" slates more and more.
Quote from: callmakerman on March 13, 2021, 08:16:19 AM
For me when it comes to hunting and killing turkeys I want to be using a black slate call. To my ear it has the best sound with great soft talk.
Positively could not agree more!!
I carry glass, aluminum and slate, for early morning soft calling IMO, you just can't beat a good slate call.
I think the double-siders have reduced the necessity of grey slate being the main calling surface.