I have had a few guys build me trumpets made of Osage or Bodack that came from old fence posts I found on my family farm. I thought I would share pictures of them all.
I have some pieces that I dug up from under the ground and they have a nice green tint to them but I don't think the were wet enough to get the full mud cured look.
Hope you enjoy. I am still waiting on a couple of others. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240203/371faf1c838e2af0f8ad7571f7ce8e46.jpg)
I can't wait to kill a gobbler there with one of the calls(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240203/80406be1a2d93473381d377df0b86157.jpg)
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Here is a piece that was turned that might end up nice (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240203/488755c55ad39f16a380aa219697f838.jpg)
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Very nice!
Great looking calls and super piece of history.
I ruined a brand new 10 inch radial arm saw blade cutting up all the pieces. There were nails in the wood that were impossible to pull out. I bet only 25% of the wood was usable because of the holes and rot that had taken over.
I was hoping to find a piece that Marlin could use as a lid for a long box but the grain was never right.
John Sinclair is making me a pot call but he had to laminate 2 pieces together due to the size of the wood.
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Quote from: Alabama556 on February 03, 2024, 06:57:05 PM
Here is a piece that was turned that might end up nice (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240203/488755c55ad39f16a380aa219697f838.jpg)
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That is going to be a pretty one, nice memory-maker.
Cool looking wood. Should make some great calls. The nails suck for sure. Good luck with the rest
I like Osage for a caller .... The ones you have are really nice ....
Cool as heck, using your own wood !!! And those horns are beautifully done !!!!
Nice set
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Hopefully I can draw blood with it in a few weeks
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Super nice!!! Got to love that Osage!!!
Congrats on some memorable osage fence pot callers! Osage always makes an excellent caller!
Not sure if this is a dumb question but how can tell if the post is osage, I have a lot of old post on my place and my camp?
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Not sure if this is a dumb question but how can tell if the post is osage, I have a lot of old post on my place and my camp?
Make a cut with a saw deep enough to get fresh shavings. Osage sawdust is bright orange. Mulberry chips are also orange, but mulberry is seldom used for fence posts as it's nowhere near as durable as Osage.
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If you dig up the post and it is heavy as hell that's a good start. Be careful cutting the wood. It is so hard it almost got ripped out of my hand because I had a dull blade on my radial arm saw. Sawdust will be beautiful orange/yellow.
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Here the latest one I have gotten. Tim Bullock made this for me using a piece that had some dark spots in the wood from being near the ground.
Still waiting on a few more.
Easy playing trumpet
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Some beautiful calls and a true history to pass on. Absolutely love this idea !!
Nice - digging it.
A fine one from a old post that Greg Gwaltney built for me.
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