I always wanted to do this.........

[pappy]

For a long time I have been scouring places for some infamous wood to make a couple calls from. I finally found some....I got some from the USS North Carolina Battleship! It is old growth teak wood, from the ship's original deck! How cool is that? So I have made so far this Lil' yelper. The pieces are not big enough to make a box call, but I do have some large enough for tube, and scratch boxes.

The body and bell are made from the teak, the mouthpiece is hen  bone and the bell cap is Indian Ebony....

[Houndstooth Game Calls]

Very cool!

[The Cohutta Strutter]

 

[Rapscallion Vermilion]

That's awesome.  Very cool.

[owlhoot]

Sweet caller, wood from an old battleship
From an old navy guy , I hope that trumpet just plays turkey, not reveille!

[silverspur]

I like that one a lot!

[merocustomcalls]

Very cool Pappy!

[eddie234]

It would be cool to find someone who served on that ship who could use it.


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[pappy]

I have enough blanks of this to make a four piece set of calls. There is gonna be a Killer Tube ... this Yelper ... a scratch box ... and a jet slate. I have wanted to make a great memorial set for a while. Already excited about how it is coming along. Going to sit inside a red oak box with claro burl veneering and a brass tag on the top designating where the teak came from. Should be a looker set for sure especially for anyone who may have served on her, or had someone who did.

[mikejd]

How much wood do you need to make a call like that. My Grandfather is a "Plank owner" (first crew on ship) of the USS Yorktown CV-10. and my dad has one of the original teak planks. Great way to honor the plank.

[troutfisher13111]

Very cool indeed!

[mgm1955]

Super looking call!!!

[M Sharpe]

That ship was commissioned in 1941 and decommissioned in 1947.

[mgm1955]

Beautiful!!! Another great call Pappy.