Back before Christmas, bdawg (Greg Brown) did a give away for a handcrafted slate over glass turkey call. Walnut bowl with rosewood striker.
I was the lucky winner and I do mean LUCKY!
This is a really nice slate call. I think it sounds better than my H. S. Strutt triple glass call I've used for years. The pot is nice simple walnut with clean lines and multiple sound holes in the bottom. The rosewood striker is a new (to me) style with a belled tip and it appears to have some sort of insert in the center that may be a carbon rod??? Anyway, it sure sounds nice to me.
Thanks Greg for doing the give-away!
I hope to put the call to good use this spring. Heck, before then even. Archery turkey is still in till January 15th. I used it tonight but turkeys are getting scarce where I hunt. I haven't seen or heard one all season.
Greg makes great calls! After reading the give away thread, I PM'ed Greg and asked about a purchasing a call. He sent me some pictures and I ended up buying two from him, for a VERY reasonable price. The workmanship is outstanding and they really sound great! I was originally going to order just one, as a gift for my daughter, but they looked so nice and price was so good that I ended up with one for myself too!
hey dave,glad you like the call.i didnt put a rod in the striker,just left the bottom a little flat.if you want you can make it a little more mushroom shaped.that helps with purring.thanks for the compliments guys.good luck,if you have any problems or any questions about the calls shoot me a pm.bdawg
I traded a Wingbone Yelper for one of bdawg's pots on another site. He does fine work! :thumbsup:
HI Greg.
Thanks for the info on the rod. I bet it's a tiny little black spot from the original saw cut or a belt sander if you used one to true up the tip (might have burned it a tad) or else it's black from the slate. I didn't dig around on it to check so I wasn't sure. I'll scuff it on some sandpaper if I need to but right now it seems to work great.
Thanks again!
tree killer,good to hear from ya again.love the wingbone call i traded ya.see ya around the site,you still making arrows?im getting a recurve soon.cabelas is giving me the run around.later.bdawg