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Turkey Calls => Trumpets / Wingbones Forum => Topic started by: pappy on July 10, 2014, 06:41:12 PM

Title: I always wanted to do this.........
Post by: pappy on July 10, 2014, 06:41:12 PM
For a long time I have been scouring places for some infamous wood to make a couple calls from. I finally found some....I got some from the USS North Carolina Battleship! It is old growth teak wood, from the ship's original deck! How cool is that? So I have made so far this Lil' yelper. The pieces are not big enough to make a box call, but I do have some large enough for tube, and scratch boxes.
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/ace250semo/Project508_zps2ccdc935.png) (http://s39.photobucket.com/user/ace250semo/media/Project508_zps2ccdc935.png.html)(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/ace250semo/Project506_zps23e01d1b.png) (http://s39.photobucket.com/user/ace250semo/media/Project506_zps23e01d1b.png.html)
The body and bell are made from the teak, the mouthpiece is hen  bone and the bell cap is Indian Ebony....
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Post by: Houndstooth Game Calls on July 10, 2014, 07:33:16 PM
Very cool! :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an
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Post by: The Cohutta Strutter on July 10, 2014, 08:23:35 PM
 :icon_thumright:
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Post by: Rapscallion Vermilion on July 10, 2014, 09:28:02 PM
That's awesome.  Very cool.
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Post by: owlhoot on July 10, 2014, 10:09:33 PM
Sweet caller, wood from an old battleship :icon_thumright:
From an old navy guy , I hope that trumpet just plays turkey, not reveille!
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Post by: silverspur on July 12, 2014, 08:58:46 AM
I like that one a lot! :icon_thumright:
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Post by: merocustomcalls on July 12, 2014, 09:04:29 AM
Very cool Pappy!
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Post by: eddie234 on July 12, 2014, 09:43:24 AM
It would be cool to find someone who served on that ship who could use it.


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Title: Re: I always wanted to do this.........
Post by: pappy on July 12, 2014, 10:27:30 AM
I have enough blanks of this to make a four piece set of calls. There is gonna be a Killer Tube ... this Yelper ... a scratch box ... and a jet slate. I have wanted to make a great memorial set for a while. Already excited about how it is coming along. Going to sit inside a red oak box with claro burl veneering and a brass tag on the top designating where the teak came from. Should be a looker set for sure especially for anyone who may have served on her, or had someone who did.
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Post by: mikejd on July 12, 2014, 10:29:26 AM
How much wood do you need to make a call like that. My Grandfather is a "Plank owner" (first crew on ship) of the USS Yorktown CV-10. and my dad has one of the original teak planks. Great way to honor the plank.
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Post by: troutfisher13111 on July 12, 2014, 03:08:40 PM
Very cool indeed!
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Post by: mgm1955 on August 23, 2014, 04:51:45 PM
Super looking call!!!
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Post by: M Sharpe on August 23, 2014, 09:29:04 PM
That ship was commissioned in 1941 and decommissioned in 1947.
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Post by: mgm1955 on August 24, 2014, 11:51:52 AM
Beautiful!!! Another great call Pappy.
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