first of fifteen!

[socalturkeyman]

Here are the first two of 15 I'll be making. I need to make some strikers for them. I'll be selling these as soon as I make those strikers. thanks for looking.

[cleanslate]

Nice, what kinds of woods are they?

[socalturkeyman]

The guy at the lumber yard told me that it was cedar but I dont think it is. But he also said that it was used for fence post. So Im not to sure,BUt they sound great. I've had a few ppl stalk up to me thinking I was a real hen using them.

The Strikers that sound the best are made out of oak.

[Bonjour]

That looks more like douglas fir to me, or pine. Nice looking calls though. 

[culpeper]

Ryan, I was thinking the same thing...if it was doug fir the grain would/should be straighter so this looks like pine of some sort.  I am making a couple boxes out of some great super straight grain old growth doug fir--they usually turn out very nice.

[MarkJM]

What type of sound does a pine scratcher make? sharp, dull, loud, quiet?

[socalturkeyman]

thats what the guy called it Douglas fir cedar. BUt i never heard of a douglas fir cedar before. Ive heard of cedar and douglas fir, But never a douglas fir cedar. lol well any ways Its got a big range in sound actually. It can be really soft or super loud if you want it to be. And the ones ive made are raspy with a good roll over. Purrs are out of this world with this type of call and wood.

[cleanslate]

I was thinking some sort of evergreen. The first bowl that I ever turned was was out of a piece of a hemlock barn beam and the grain looked very similar.

[smurf]

It could be douglas fir but I'd bet against cedar.  The guy at the lumber yard has no clue if he thinks fir and cedar are the same. 

[bowhunter84]

looks good