" Pappy made me a titanium double/sided over glass in Black & White Ebony before the season this year. I've played w/ pot calls for over 30 years and have developed a fair ear for what sounds "Turkey" and this call is a real treat. Like a lot of metal surface calls, the sound can really be manipulated to the fullest extent w/ a wide variety of strikers made w/different woods which all require a little different technique. I'm all over calls which exhibit a sound, pitch, etc., which the birds have never heard and titanium will do just that. I never hunt without a slate, copper, and this year, titanium surface call. IMO both copper and titanium, and to an extent aluminium, calling surfaces are a little more demanding to master than glass, slate or ceramic, but are well worth the effort. I can't say enough good about Jack Lewis (Pappy) as a person and the craftsmanship and quality of his calls and it might be worth the effort to deconstruct a factory titanium call and resurrect it as a "Pappy Special" or press him to bite the bullet and obtain more titanium for one of his titanium double calls.
Thanks again Jack, I hope and pray that things are going well with you and your family,
Craig "
the titanium can hit the high notes like aluminum but it has a very raspy end to the lower notes. it is a very hard material so conditioning is best done with a diamond dusted wheel from dremel tools or a diamond wetstone block then follow up with your scotch brite. These calls are tuff in high humidity, but where air levels are normal like 80% of the US they are killers. I have had them sent out and that same weekend got reported kills, one was less then 24 hours old in Kentucky and bagged a big tom....
