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Title: Closest Wood to Poplar
Post by: spiggy2 on December 16, 2021, 01:56:06 PM
Thinking about getting on some lists for a couple glass calls and wanted to see what woods are similar to Poplar? Have a Roberts Poplar glass/glass that won't ever leave my bag, so I want to see what other woods to consider.


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Title: Re: Closest Wood to Poplar
Post by: shatcher on December 17, 2021, 02:00:20 PM
Take a look at the janka hardness scale and see what is close to poplar.
Title: Re: Closest Wood to Poplar
Post by: shatcher on December 17, 2021, 04:41:57 PM
Just checked.  American chestnut and poplar are identical in hardness.  Should be some call makers out there with some re-claimed chestnut.
Title: Re: Closest Wood to Poplar
Post by: outdoors on December 17, 2021, 06:39:01 PM
Chestnut makes a great copper call N 3"
Title: Re: Closest Wood to Poplar
Post by: ChesterCopperpot on December 20, 2021, 09:10:11 AM
Quote from: shatcher on December 17, 2021, 04:41:57 PM
Just checked.  American chestnut and poplar are identical in hardness.  Should be some call makers out there with some re-claimed chestnut.
I've always thought Wendell Rye (Lights Out) made a great 3" copper call. I say that to also say he's had some great chestnut that was reclaimed from a building in Valle Crucis, NC that was built in the mid 1800s. Gorgeous wood.


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Title: Re: Closest Wood to Poplar
Post by: mmclain on December 20, 2021, 11:16:14 PM
Magnolia it's in the same family of trees.   Not a really good idea to rely on jenka scale there are other factors than hardness.