Kee Kee whistle

[CountryHart]

Ok, thats what i was wondering about. Looks like i need to invest in a lathe. After a bird gets in close i usually use a mouth call, but you can't beat a pot to locate.I've got some black locust that would make some pretty callers

[hct236]

I have never used black locust for a call so I can't say if it will sound good or not but it should be fine, but if you have the heart-wood, I know that black locust makes a great striker for slate. Lately I have been experimenting with acrylic to make a striker that works even when the call is wet. Acrylic is so light it didn't sound too good when all I used was an acrylic rod with a walnut top. Then I made an all hickory striker and just put an acrylic tip on it and it sounded great! Put some water on a slate call and it still played.

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[George_R]

Let this former squid make a point. It's called a Boatswain's Pipe ... Not a whistle. Carry-on.

[hct236]

Let this former squid make a point. It's called a Boatswain's Pipe ... Not a whistle. Carry-on.

haha...read the first line of my first post and I called it a pipe....lol

[George_R]

Haha. Sure enough. Now that the nomenclature is back on track, brilliant discovery. Now can somebody come up w/ a good use for the marlin spike I've had laying idle in my toolbox for 20 yrs?

[CountryHart]

Haha. Sure enough. Now that the nomenclature is back on track, brilliant discovery. Now can somebody come up w/ a good use for the marlin spike I've had laying idle in my toolbox for 20 yrs?

Come in handy if you need to roll an eye in a wire. Worked on the river several years and used one all the time.

[CountryHart]

Thats pretty cool. I make all my own pot calls..slate, glass and copper. Here is a set I made my brother from mexican bocote with his company logo under the glass and a purple heart striker .....Now he wants 10 more to give away to a few of his customers that are in to turkey hunting...better warm up the lathe.

What kinda price you ask for a caller, preferrably slate?

[hct236]

I dont sell them. I make them for folks because I enjoy making them and it's pretty cool when somebody sends me a pic of a gobbler they called up with it. I only ask for what the materials cost. All that depends on if it's a standard wood like walnut or hickory that I can get pieces of cheap if I don't have it laying around already or some exotic wood like bocote or cocobolo that cost more. Usually to purchase the slate, glass, sandpaper, glue and oil to finish it with, usually comes to around $15 for one from regular wood. I put a hand rubbed oil finish on them. I don't use poly or varnish because it seems silly to put a high gloss finish on a turkey call...Talk about an easy way for a turkey to bust you!!! When it comes to strikers, if I have the wood or acrylic handy, I just give them away no charge. This time of year family and friends keep me plenty busy..lol I just finished some and donated them to my nephews Boy scout troop to sell at a flea market/fundraiser and still working on the ones for my brother. And about 5 guys at work are wanting acrylic strikers because even when a slate call gets wet, acrylic will still work on it and what the big companies charge for an acrylic striker is just crazy! And the main reason I don't sell them.....I only make them when I get spare time but more truthfully.....when I'm in the mood..lol And people don't usually like to wait for me to "get around to it".