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Offline callmakerman

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Henry Davis scratcher
« on: October 28, 2015, 07:57:23 PM »
I've been reading the Davis book The American Wild Turkey. I had read the chapter on calls and callers and in it Davis had the dimensions for his box and slate call aka scratch box. I had to build one. They are easy enough to build but the tuning is a little tricky and cutting the roofing slate on my band saw really sucked.  In the end this call has a great turkey sound to it though learning to play it the way he did took some practice. The Mrs. just loved it. *aah* *lol* Thanx for the look.
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Offline Mmcdonald

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Re: Henry Davis scratcher
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2015, 08:04:02 PM »
Pretty call Bill! Good luck with it.
« Last Edit: October 28, 2015, 08:04:36 PM by Mmcdonald »
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Re: Henry Davis scratcher
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2015, 09:46:09 PM »
Looks great Bill.  That should become the Andy Davis scratcher.
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Re: Henry Davis scratcher
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2015, 06:26:28 AM »
Nice one Bill!
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Re: Henry Davis scratcher
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2015, 06:53:56 AM »
Nice looking scratch box!
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Re: Henry Davis scratcher
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2015, 07:19:19 AM »
That is a sweet looking scratcher !! Great job Bill !!
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Re: Henry Davis scratcher
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2015, 07:43:20 AM »
Thanx for the kind words guys. It always amazes me how long some of these calls have been around and reading how he used it while hunting. It was a fun project and they really do sound good but like I said it is hard to run them the way Davis did at least for me. Andy I have more glued up and cut more slate last night. *up*
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Re: Henry Davis scratcher
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2015, 09:16:40 AM »
Scratch Boxes Rule!
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Re: Henry Davis scratcher
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2015, 05:56:01 AM »
Great looking scratcher Bill
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Re: Henry Davis scratcher
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2015, 07:34:48 PM »
Awesome scratcher!
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Re: Henry Davis scratcher
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2015, 09:08:59 PM »
History revived!   RkLu
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Re: Henry Davis scratcher
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2015, 04:07:15 PM »
 *up*
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