Osage Roost
Turkey Call Paradise => From the Callmaker's Bench => Topic started by: MKW on May 28, 2010, 10:36:20 AM
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A friend of mine in SC gave me some Osage when I was there hunting this year. Even though Osage is not my favorite wood aesthetically, I took it and agreed to try to turn a trumpet out of it. I think it turned out really nice and it's only fitting that I give it to him. I'll probably turn myself one from it when I get around to it. Osage is really nice to turn and seems to have great tonal quality. I'm sure most of y'all know this, but it was my first experience with it. In hind sight, I wish I had waited to get in some more buffalo horn for the mouthpiece, but the guy that's getting it will hunt with it and don't really care what it's made out of, as long as it sounds good.
Mike
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Mike,
Sharp looking trumpet. I like the simple straight lines.
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Good looking call.. RkLu
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Good looking trumpet Mike.
Todd
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Very nice call Mike !!!!!!
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Nice !!!!
Scotty
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Mike,
Great looking call......You mentioned, you thought, it came out pretty nice & I agree...
Is this the deeper sounding call?
I really like the design....No thrills, just a great looking HUNTING call! RkLu
I'll be in touch soon..... ;)
Zips
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Mike,
Sharp looking trumpet. I like the simple straight lines.
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That will fit right in the Horn section nicely .... Great job!
Brent,
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Very Nice Mike!
Mike
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Great job Mike!
Al
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Very sweet call, Mike! *up*
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Nice work!
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That a fine looking call and like Rickey said the classic lines help make it. Nice and clean. Bill
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sweet call Mike....
Craig
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No doubt you have my stamp of approval !!! That's some nice Osage and a beautiful/clean looking trumpet!
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That is very nice. I like the clean lines! ;D
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I like it Mike....looks sharp!
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Great sounding and looking call
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I want to say thanks to everybody for the comments and compliments on the trumpet. I started out with the intent of making a trumpet that I could kill turkeys with(and I have), just for the satisfaction of doing it with something I made. I found out that I really like making them. It's frustrating at times, but rewarding at the end. Most that I will make are made from Delrin, which makes them weatherproof. As of now, I'm not making any for sale, but I will sometime in the future. I've still got a good many promised that I have to finish first. And to those that I have promised a trumpet to, they're coming and they are far better now(in sound and finish) than they were. I've been constantly messing with the internals and have got it exactly where I want it now. They are very easy to draw and roll over easily. I struggled with volume at first, but now they will play very quietly and get good volume, when needed.
Sorry for the long-winded response.
Thanks, again!
Mike
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Mike,
Sharp looking trumpet. I like the simple straight lines.
RkLu RkLu
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looks great.