Tobacco tin scratchbox.......

[Tarheel]

Lots of work in those for sure. It's a passion and not a job cause that job doesn't pay well. Gotta love it.


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After I retired from my public school teaching job in 2018, I spent a year trying to figure out what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Finally, my wife threw me out of the house to go clean up my small workshop in the garage...or to do anything other than sit in the house with nothing to do. To clean out my workshop, I had to move wood I had stacked in the workshop up to my woodloft. In the woodloft, I found a box of scratchboxes I had made in 2006 and forgotten about. When I built those scratchboxes in 2006, I had left extra wood on the front of the scratchboxes to allow for checkering. After finding the scratchboxes, I couldn't find my checkering tools; so I had to figure out what else I could do with them, then I found my carving tools....and the rest is history....LOL!!! For me the scratchbox is a passion, but it also is a job.  Turkey call making definitely doesn't pay well, and dealing with the public can sometimes be a challenge. But I also am passionate and committed to making a turkey call that will maintain value for the purchaser. I sincerely believe my carved scratchboxes will do that.....   

[Spurtaker]

Lots of work in those for sure. It's a passion and not a job cause that job doesn't pay well. Gotta love it.


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After I retired from my public school teaching job in 2018, I spent a year trying to figure out what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Finally, my wife threw me out of the house to go clean up my small workshop in the garage...or to do anything other than sit in the house with nothing to do. To clean out my workshop, I had to move wood I had stacked in the workshop up to my woodloft. In the woodloft, I found a box of scratchboxes I had made in 2006 and forgotten about. When I built those scratchboxes in 2006, I had left extra wood on the front of the scratchboxes to allow for checkering. After finding the scratchboxes, I couldn't find my checkering tools; so I had to figure out what else I could do with them, then I found my carving tools....and the rest is history....LOL!!! For me the scratchbox is a passion, but it also is a job.  Turkey call making definitely doesn't pay well, and dealing with the public can sometimes be a challenge. But I also am passionate and committed to making a turkey call that will maintain value for the purchaser. I sincerely believe my carved scratchboxes will do that.....   

I'll wait patiently for mine. Well maybe impatiently. lol, I do want one when you get chance. Maybe you should just stay out of the house more so you'll have more time to get to mine.


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[KYTurkey07]

You are talented. That is some serious art work!

[Bigfoot60]

Marvin, Very sharp looking and I'm sure great running scratcher!

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Marvin, Very sharp looking and I'm sure great running scratcher!

[Tree sleeper]

Nice work. I love a good scratch box.

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[Will]

I have a Gobbler scratch box from Mr. Marvin and it's a player. His was the first scratcher I have ever played. Great sounding gobbler yelps.   

[Tarheel]

Tobacco tin scratchboxes by definition are small. They have to be small to fit properly in a Prince Albert tobacco tin. My maternal grandfather carried his scratchbox in a Prince Albert tobacco tin to protect it. He was a market hunter and a turkey killer. The scratchbox had to fit exactly....it could not rattle. Everything had to be just right....

I gave the tobacco tin scratchbox below to my youngest son for Christmas.  The gobbler is "listening for the hens".  I built this scratchbox in 2006. I originally planned to carve the front, but I soon found out aromatic red cedar was not the best wood to try to carve.  So I sanded off the carving, and started drawing.....and this is the end result. 

[Spurtaker]

That looks really nice. I'm sure he'll appreciate it for many years.


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[Tarheel]

Here is another tobacco tin scratchbox that I just shipped to a friend.....

[turkey stew]

Sharp looking scratcher. Really enjoy the artwork!