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Title: Box chalk preference?
Post by: PA Boxcall on January 07, 2011, 10:21:48 AM: As Zumer knows, I've been messing around with scratch boxes lately, and just happened to notice that the piece of white chalk I received with Mr. Shively's Super Yelper has a much different coefficient of friction than the brown chalk I have from Primos.

I think the scratchers sound better with the white chalk than the brown chalk.

Just wondering if you have a chalk manufacturer preference, seems to me while chalk specifically made for friction calls may be oil-free, they may not all be the same.
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: Bulldogmikey on January 07, 2011, 10:23:58 AM: I like the oil free yellow chalk. It seems to be good on all calls!
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Post by: shad309 on January 07, 2011, 10:31:42 AM: I hate the brown chalk from primos & hs strut- sounds like crap & doesnt last. I haven't found any I really like.
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: Porter on January 07, 2011, 10:37:12 AM: Railroad chalk and the red primos has worked good too.

Shad if you think HS is bad, try the quaker boy... horrible.. .it's green I believe....
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: PA Boxcall on January 07, 2011, 10:43:39 AM: Can you recommend a vendor to purchase railroad chalk?
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: Porter on January 07, 2011, 10:47:55 AM: I get it with my calls :( I have a huge supply I could send you some. More than I'll ever need. PM me if you are interested!
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: shad309 on January 07, 2011, 10:53:14 AM: At one time I used to have a big chunk of blue chalk that I got at a hardware store. Haven't been able to find it anymore. That stuff was awesome!
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: West Augusta on January 07, 2011, 10:58:54 AM: I bought a box of yellow school chalk that should last a lifetime. I keep half a stick in a medicine bottle in my vest.
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Post by: Shadetree Callers on January 07, 2011, 11:02:13 AM: Forestry suppliers inc. You will get a lifetime supply in any color you choose for $12.25 oil-free *up*
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: PA Boxcall on January 07, 2011, 11:19:49 AM: Quote from: Porter on January 07, 2011, 10:47:55 AM
I get it with my calls :( I have a huge supply I could send you some. More than I'll ever need. PM me if you are interested!

The orange-colored calls fly into your mailbox everyday, I could see you needing a room on your house just to hold all the chalk.

Very kind offer. PM sent.

John
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: Porter on January 07, 2011, 11:31:40 AM: Quote from: paboxcall on January 07, 2011, 11:19:49 AM
Quote from: Porter on January 07, 2011, 10:47:55 AM
I get it with my calls :( I have a huge supply I could send you some. More than I'll ever need. PM me if you are interested!

The orange-colored calls fly into your mailbox everyday, I could see you needing a room on your house just to hold all the chalk.

Very kind offer. PM sent.

John

I think my mailbox has been acting up lately... or else it was getting tired, but somehow my chalk collection is almost as big as my call collection *lol*
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: Dcoleinpa on January 07, 2011, 11:46:31 AM: yellow stuff
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Post by: misfire on January 07, 2011, 12:19:33 PM: Rainchalk
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: letinmfly on January 07, 2011, 02:31:14 PM: I got chalk from a member on OG and it's working out great. It's the Orange half moon style but I don't know the manufacturer. Looks like the carpenter's chalk.

I don't like the railroad chalk or any of the "big name" manufacturers.
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: Jake St. John on January 07, 2011, 03:28:38 PM: Quote from: shad309 on January 07, 2011, 10:53:14 AM
At one time I used to have a big chunk of blue chalk that I got at a hardware store. Haven't been able to find it anymore. That stuff was awesome!
That is what Mr. Wineman and I swear by. It can be obtained from a few old Ace Hardware stores, or you can by it in bulk (72) to a case. This is the lowest price I have found.

http://www.hardwareandtools.com/Dixon-Ticonderoga-77705-Blue-Carpenters-Chalk-4537239.html
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: shad309 on January 07, 2011, 03:29:38 PM: That's the stuff!!!! I will be placing an order VERY soon *bannana* *bannana* *bannana*
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: Morgan on January 07, 2011, 03:39:01 PM: John....I used to get that in the brown...and I liked it...but you can't get brown no more.....
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: Jake St. John on January 07, 2011, 03:44:15 PM: Quote from: Morgan on January 07, 2011, 03:39:01 PM
John....I used to get that in the brown...and I liked it...but you can't get brown no more.....
I always heard the brown had a dye that glazed. I had a piece of brown one time and I think it had oil in it. It did not work like the blue carpenters chalk. May have been in my head but I went back to the blue.
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Post by: Morgan on January 07, 2011, 03:45:45 PM: Ain't nutting wrong with the blue.....the red I had trouble with though....
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Post by: charlieparrish on January 07, 2011, 05:07:40 PM: I use Dixon Railroad Chalk...comes in lots of colors
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: PA Boxcall on January 07, 2011, 10:46:13 PM: Looked at my turkey tupperware storage box, and found the rest of the brown chalk I mentioned at the beginning -- its Knight & Hale, not Primos. I had a couple pieces in an old Primos mouth call case and thought it was from them.

Thanks for the feedback guys, confirms all chalk isn't created equal.
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: trb136 on January 08, 2011, 10:08:30 AM: Quote from: Shadetree Callers on January 07, 2011, 11:02:13 AM
Forestry suppliers inc. You will get a lifetime supply in any color you choose for $12.25 oil-free *up*
I have all you want if you need some, Also check midwest Turkey supply the red chalk is good!
Title: Re: Box chalk preference?
Post by: PA Boxcall on January 08, 2011, 12:38:17 PM: Quote from: Tim Bullock on January 08, 2011, 10:08:30 AM
Quote from: Shadetree Callers on January 07, 2011, 11:02:13 AM
Forestry suppliers inc. You will get a lifetime supply in any color you choose for $12.25 oil-free *up*
I have all you want if you need some, Also check midwest Turkey supply the red chalk is good!

Thanks Tim. Can't wait to get this brown crap I have rubbed all over off that walnut / butternut long box you built for me last year and get some of the good stuff on it. I had no idea it could make the much of a difference.

Best wishes Tim.