Would appreciate some input

[bbcustomboxcalls]

Hey guys, I've been making turkey calls for the past 16 years since I retired.
I have made dozens styles and wood combos in that time.  I'm going to cut back on some of the different styles and would appreciate your input on which style you like best.  Here are a few of my favorites over the years which would you choose of these?
Your opinion will help me decide which to continue making.
Thanks in advance for your opinion.
Bill
#1 Walnut/Poplar

#2 Bloodwood/Limba

#3 Zebrawood/Limba

#4 Purpleheart/Cherry

#5 Purpleheart/Cherry

#6 Purpleheart/Mahogany
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#7 Purpleheart/Mahogany
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#8 Purpleheart/Poplar

#9 Purpleheart/Cherry

#10 Juniper/Purpleheart/Mahogany

#11 Purpleheart/Poplar/Mahogany

#12 Purpleheart/Limba

[Greg Massey]

Bill your craftsmanship is excellent and i don't see how anyone could tell you which ones to cut back on, i think that's entirely up to you. All of those calls are beautiful and have a place. IMO never stop doing what you love doing in building calls. Lots of history in those calls and designs. So cutting back and choosing is all up to you.I just like them all myself.

[EZ]

Bill your craftsmanship is excellent and i don't see how anyone could tell you which ones to cut back on, i think that's entirely up to you. All of those calls are beautiful and have a place. IMO never stop doing what you love doing in building calls. Lots of history in those calls and designs. So cutting back and choosing is all up to you.I just like them all myself.

X2.....very well said.
Your calls are all beautiful and unique. I'd pick the ones that sound the best.

[bbcustomboxcalls]

Thank you for the kind words Greg and EZ.  I will be slowing down my call making next year so I want to figure out which calls to make.

Thanks,  Bill

[Zobo]

I really like 10 and 11

[bbcustomboxcalls]

Thanks Zobo

[crow]

If one of your designs consistently has a better sound than the others that is what I would go with.

If your getting good sound out of all of your designs, then as far as my preference in looks I like #1, then #6, then #4

All of your work is top notch, beautiful craftsmanship

[GobbleNut]

Bill, your request is like asking each of us which contestant in the Miss America pageant we prefer.  All of your calls are beautiful and I have always thought your craftsmanship was unparalleled.  If I was asked to pick one call out of that line-up, I would probably choose #3 on appearance.  That would be a difficult decision, however.  Having said that, I am more of a "sound" man than a "looks" man, so what really would matter to me is choosing a call that, in my mind, sounds the best in terms of calling turkeys.  I would be proud to display any one of those calls in my collection, though.

[bbcustomboxcalls]

Thanks crow and Gobblenut.  All this info is helpful in determining which calls to make.

Bill

[ChesterCopperpot]

What separates your work from anyone else is an absolute mastery of inlay and checkering, two very difficult things to get right. Unless you just flat don't want to make a style anymore I'd keep making whatever you want. They're all stunning and all killers.


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[bbcustomboxcalls]

Thanks ChesterCopperpot.
I am going to slow down and make things simpler this coming year. Right now I have more than twenty different styles
and combos of box calls on my website, I would like to cut that back to 5 to 10 max.
In the responses so far I do see somewhat of a pattern.  The surprising thing to me is the two I like best haven't been chosen.

Bill

[The Lung]

Like others have said, they are all good looking calls. My favorites are #6 and #8.

[bbcustomboxcalls]

Like others have said, they are all good looking calls. My favorites are #6 and #8.

Thanks for the input.
Bill

[bbcustomboxcalls]

Thanks guys for your input.  So far I do see some surprising choices, at least not what I thought would be the favorites.
If anyone else cares to comment I will take your opinion into consideration also.

Bill

[ChesterCopperpot]

So for me I love the rounded lids, and particularly 1, 6, 8, 10, and 11 with 6 and 8 being my favorites.


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