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Started by Yoder409, July 14, 2024, 09:42:14 PM

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Yoder409

I got a text this evening from a gentleman who I had talked to about building me a trumpet.  He's ready.

A few years back, I was gifted a piece of walnut out of the shop of a dear old friend of mine.  He's been gone for 20 years.  He was a MASTER longrifle builder.

I decided to have this very sentimental board (about the size of a shotgun stock blank) from a master's shop go into the hands of master turkey call builders.  So far I have a pair of Cost-style old hen boxes and a trumpet that have been made from this wood. 

Tomorrow..... the last piece goes in the mail !!!

PA elitist since 1979

The good Lord ain't made a gobbler I can't kill.  I just gotta be there at the right time.....  on the day he wants to die.

MossyOak92

I am excited to see what you receive back in the mail!

davisd9

Awesome! Lot of the fun is seeing the blank and then what comes from it. Glad to see the piece being put to good use!
"A turkey hen speaks when she needs to speak, and says what she needs to say, when she needs to say it. So every word a turkey speaks is for a reason." - Rev Zach Farmer

Greg Massey

However it turns out, it will be a cherished call with a great history and meaning...

Paulmyr

The flow in the grain of the blank has hen box written all over it!
Paul Myrdahl,  Goat trainee

"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.". John Wayne, The Shootist.

Yoder409

Quote from: Paulmyr on July 15, 2024, 10:20:22 AMThe flow in the grain of the blank has hen box written all over it!

The blank in the pic is not big enough for any standard box call design, unless it was a "pocket box" of sorts.

This blank and one of identical dimensions were returned to my by the box call maker with my pair of calls.  He said that they "weren't big enough to make boxes, but you can get a trumpet out of them".
PA elitist since 1979

The good Lord ain't made a gobbler I can't kill.  I just gotta be there at the right time.....  on the day he wants to die.

paboxcall

I know this project won't disappoint!  :icon_thumright:
A quality paddle caller will most run itself.  It just needs someone to carry it around the woods. Yoder409
Over time...they come to learn how little air a good yelper actually requires. ChesterCopperpot

Yoder409

Quote from: paboxcall on July 15, 2024, 12:48:27 PMI know this project won't disappoint!  :icon_thumright:

Yeah.....   ;)

YOU know where it's headed.    8)
PA elitist since 1979

The good Lord ain't made a gobbler I can't kill.  I just gotta be there at the right time.....  on the day he wants to die.

Paulmyr

Quote from: Yoder409 on July 15, 2024, 11:09:29 AM
Quote from: Paulmyr on July 15, 2024, 10:20:22 AMThe flow in the grain of the blank has hen box written all over it!

The blank in the pic is not big enough for any standard box call design, unless it was a "pocket box" of sorts.

This blank and one of identical dimensions were returned to my by the box call maker with my pair of calls.  He said that they "weren't big enough to make boxes, but you can get a trumpet out of them".

Now that I look at it closer it doesn't seem to be wide enough for a hen box, plus the fact you posted in the trumpet/wingbone forum should have turned the lights on for me but I'm a little slow sometimes.
Paul Myrdahl,  Goat trainee

"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.". John Wayne, The Shootist.

Yoder409

Quote from: Paulmyr on July 15, 2024, 06:59:06 PM
Quote from: Yoder409 on July 15, 2024, 11:09:29 AM
Quote from: Paulmyr on July 15, 2024, 10:20:22 AMThe flow in the grain of the blank has hen box written all over it!

The blank in the pic is not big enough for any standard box call design, unless it was a "pocket box" of sorts.

This blank and one of identical dimensions were returned to my by the box call maker with my pair of calls.  He said that they "weren't big enough to make boxes, but you can get a trumpet out of them".

Now that I look at it closer it doesn't seem to be wide enough for a hen box, plus the fact you posted in the trumpet/wingbone forum should have turned the lights on for me but I'm a little slow sometimes.

As long as it's just "sometimes", you're doin' better than me.    ;D
PA elitist since 1979

The good Lord ain't made a gobbler I can't kill.  I just gotta be there at the right time.....  on the day he wants to die.