I never really get anything for myself for CHRISTmas until after it is over as I am always making sure my nephews and my girlfriend are taken care of fist. This year I bought myself 2 calls as a combination CHRISTmas and birthday present (My birthday was the eleventh) First one and one that was planned on for a long time is a Chibouk (A.K.A. Smoker) in tulipwood from Anthony at AGE Turkey Trumpets.
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The second is a Outlaw Hen from Lonnie Sneed. Thanks to Greg Massey for suggesting this one to me on several occasions, it plays quite nice with very little effort.
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I figured my actually making half a century old deserved some nice calls.
Oh I almost forgot about this lanyard from sbbow
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Nice calls , congrats and glad i could help...
Congrats...I use the I never really get myself anything excuse a few times a month.. :icon_thumright:
very nice! I really like that pipe caller, never saw one like that.
Quote from: 3bailey3 on January 17, 2020, 07:09:01 PM
very nice! I really like that pipe caller, never saw one like that.
Thanks. Here is a link to his site and the page for those calls. http://www.agetrumpets.com/chibouk.html
Quote from: Greg Massey on January 17, 2020, 07:00:02 PM
Nice calls , congrats and glad i could help...
Thanks and I am too. :D
Quote from: 1iagobblergetter on January 17, 2020, 07:05:16 PM
Congrats...I use the I never really get myself anything excuse a few times a month.. :icon_thumright:
lol You have to or nobody will.
Quote from: Sir-diealot on January 17, 2020, 07:36:40 PM
Quote from: Greg Massey on January 17, 2020, 07:00:02 PM
Nice calls , congrats and glad i could help...
Thanks and I am too. :D
Quote from: 1iagobblergetter on January 17, 2020, 07:05:16 PM
Congrats...I use the I never really get myself anything excuse a few times a month.. :icon_thumright:
lol You have to or nobody will.
You got that right..Lol..I call it rewarding myself for how many hours I work also. :icon_thumright: That pipe caller is neat..If you have troubles mastering it don't get any ideas so it doesn't go to waste... :TooFunny:
Quote from: 1iagobblergetter on January 17, 2020, 07:52:07 PM
Quote from: Sir-diealot on January 17, 2020, 07:36:40 PM
Quote from: Greg Massey on January 17, 2020, 07:00:02 PM
Nice calls , congrats and glad i could help...
Thanks and I am too. :D
Quote from: 1iagobblergetter on January 17, 2020, 07:05:16 PM
Congrats...I use the I never really get myself anything excuse a few times a month.. :icon_thumright:
lol You have to or nobody will.
You got that right..Lol..I call it rewarding myself for how many hours I work also. :icon_thumright: That pipe caller is neat..If you have troubles mastering it don't get any ideas so it doesn't go to waste... :TooFunny:
I showed it to a friend and his first question was "Can you smoke weed in it?" I told him if he ever tried he would end up more gimpy than I am!
Congrats on a really nice haul and happy belated bday. :biggringift: Love my outlaw hen. Try a tulipwood striker on it.
Quote from: Jester87 on January 17, 2020, 07:58:51 PM
Congrats on a really nice haul and happy belated bday. :biggringift: Love my outlaw hen. Try a tulipwood striker on it.
Thank you very much. I will have to do that, I have not been able to do much with either, they came in the mail yesterday and the day before I had a major asthma attack and my lungs are just beginning to feel better tonight so I have not been able to play the pipe at all and I have been running Mennonites around all week so I have not been able to do much with the Hot Hen either, but I do have two different tulipwood strikers and will be sure to try them out as soon as I can.
Nice gifts! Those AGE calls are something else, I have some of his trumpets but not a chibouk
It's always funny that everyone tells me that they never know what to give me for a gift, but I never seem to have a problem getting something for myself.
I'll be hitting the half century mark this year in May (May the Fourth be with you :toothy9:) and I'm fairly certain that they/I will be getting me a Browning Hell's Canyon Speed (300 WSM) topped with a Leupold VX5HD in 3.5-15x44 for my birthday.
I really hope I am surprised
First of all happy birthday. Nice looking calls. I can vouch for the outlaw hen, it's a good call. Enjoy them and hope both serve you well this spring.
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Quote from: Sixes on January 17, 2020, 08:52:16 PM
Nice gifts! Those AGE calls are something else, I have some of his trumpets but not a chibouk
It's always funny that everyone tells me that they never know what to give me for a gift, but I never seem to have a problem getting something for myself.
I'll be hitting the half century mark this year in May (May the Fourth be with you :toothy9:) and I'm fairly certain that they/I will be getting me a Browning Hell's Canyon Speed (300 WSM) topped with a Leupold VX5HD in 3.5-15x44 for my birthday.
I really hope I am surprised
Make sure you don't tell yourself what you are getting and that will help with the surprise. Also wrap it in secrecy.
I had a May the Fourth Be With You shirt but gave it away after I lost a lot of weight. I need to get another one.
Quote from: Happy on January 17, 2020, 08:55:06 PM
First of all happy birthday. Nice looking calls. I can vouch for the outlaw hen, it's a good call. Enjoy them and hope both serve you well this spring.
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Thank you very much. I found it pretty easy to get sound from the Chibouk, not the best sound as my asthma was giving me problems but much easier than I thought it would be.
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Quote from: Sixes on January 17, 2020, 08:52:16 PM
Make sure you don't tell yourself what you are getting and that will help with the surprise. Also wrap it in secrecy.
I had a May the Fourth Be With You shirt but gave it away after I lost a lot of weight. I need to get another one.
May 4th is actually my birthday
Quote from: Sixes on January 17, 2020, 09:36:34 PM
Quote from: Sir-diealot on January 17, 2020, 09:05:21 PM
Quote from: Sixes on January 17, 2020, 08:52:16 PM
Make sure you don't tell yourself what you are getting and that will help with the surprise. Also wrap it in secrecy.
I had a May the Fourth Be With You shirt but gave it away after I lost a lot of weight. I need to get another one.
May 4th is actually my birthday
I figured as much but I am a Star Wars nerd.
Congratulations on some good calls
Be-lated happy birthday ! May you have many more! Nice calls especially that chibouk! I know you love tulipwood.
Happy belated Birthday Steve and congrats on two nice calls, I have the outlaw Hen and shes a good call and that other call is really neat have never seen one like that, looks like a pipe. So iI have a few cane Yelpers and a Wingbone so all these mouth calls play the same I take it?
Could you smoke tobacco out of that thing?
If you will notice on the Outlaw Hen were the turkey tracks are on the rim and one of them is different going off the rim, that's the sweet spot on the call .... that's were Mr Sneed is telling you to play the call on the surface of the glass.... hope this helps ...
Quote from: Harty on January 18, 2020, 05:33:13 AM
Be-lated happy birthday ! May you have many more! Nice calls especially that chibouk! I know you love tulipwood.
Thank you. Yea I certainly do, just something about it I really like. My GF bought me a tulipwood call and I am waiting for that one to come in as well.
Quote from: Beards and Hooks on January 18, 2020, 07:28:54 AM
Happy belated Birthday Steve and congrats on two nice calls, I have the outlaw Hen and shes a good call and that other call is really neat have never seen one like that, looks like a pipe. So iI have a few cane Yelpers and a Wingbone so all these mouth calls play the same I take it?
Thank you and thank you :D The Outlaw Hen sure does play easy.
I hate to say how they all play because I am far from proficient with any of them, but from what I can tell they are very similar in their function. Here is a link to Anthony's site that shows various "Smokers" and there are two video's of him playing them. http://www.agetrumpets.com/chibouk.html
Quote from: ArkyRidgeRunna on January 18, 2020, 09:01:36 AM
Could you smoke tobacco out of that thing?
I will let you buy your own and answer the question for yourself. :D
Quote from: Greg Massey on January 18, 2020, 09:48:22 AM
If you will notice on the Outlaw Hen were the turkey tracks are on the rim and one of them is different going off the rim, that's the sweet spot on the call .... that's were Mr Sneed is telling you to play the call on the surface of the glass.... hope this helps ...
Actually yes it does, I thought maybe that was where you are supposed to place your thumb as you hold it to hit the sweet spot on the other side. Thanks.