Pot calls and striker

[DaveHawk]

I just finished turning this striker out of Iron Wood that's been laying around the shop for 15 years. This wood is so hard it handling of glass pot calls is sweat music. I was amazed the difference between the rosewood , hickory, purple heart, maple and a piece of monkey wood I used to to make striker. Varying the diameter of the striker and the tops.
Plus the hardness took some work and sharp gouges. Sanded with 100- 220 and then 320.



2 Pot calls made from Brazilian RoseWood. Which is against the law to import any longer. I'm glad I have a nice stach of this.
Glass call I left the edge with a nice ban saw pattern. This wood will darken over time and will polish out just because of the all the oils in the wood. The Slate call I oiled with 2 hand rubbed coats of 100% Tung oil.
These have a nice sound to them. Not to load but great pitches.

 

[skimerhorn]

Looks real good

 

[Mica Man]

Great looking work! Season is just around the corner for us here in Idaho, can't hardly wait!

 

[1_pointer]

Well done! Those look great!

 

[DaveHawk]

Just finished turning 3 Brazilian rosewood strikers. These things are the ticket ! Used 100 % tung oil to heat hand rub into the strikers on the lathe. I do like the 2 tone ones.

 

[DaveHawk]

Here is a striker made from Cristobal , a board I've had in the shop for 20 years. Finally found good use for it. Beautiful dark , very hard and dense. Shown on lathe spinning after I hard rubbed tung oil. This produces the best sound maker I've ever heard.

 

[LopeHunter]

Nice. I have a couple of dozen wooden turkey calls with most of them functional as well as nice to look at when on the shelf in my man room. Works of art, really, that sound great. Is neat you are able to take a chunk of wood and make these calls.

 

[DaveHawk]

Thanks Lope. Yep , I like something pleasing to look at as well.

I was looking to make a wet weather striker. This Antique Ivory Rosewood striker should do the trick.

 

[DaveHawk]

Few more new striker's

 

[DaveHawk]

Check out my web site, maple burl pot calls with slate, copper, glass, aluminum over crystal, slate & copper, I chose and turn the wood for the strikers to produce the prrfect pitch althouhh each wood creats a different pitch so having a few different strik et s will give you diversity in the field.

www.morningsunturkeycalls.com

 

[noharleyyet]

Good looking site Dave. Nice work.

 

[DaveHawk]

Thank you

 

[1_pointer]

Yes, very well done site!

 

[DaveHawk]

Thanks 1 , Bobby the web designer is an old friend and his talent for building sites are really good. Being an artist himself we collaborated on the design , mostly all him but he was not apposed to letting me have a say, I let him run with it.