What would you do?

[Todd Rahm]

 Yeah, what Joe said............send them to me too. I'm no threat for copying your work. 

[THO Game Calls]

This is all a ploy - and you guys are falling right into the trap hahahhaaha


I'm trying to get you to cooy my calls, so you can sell them to me for 10 bucks a pop, then I am going to sell them to OKTrapp for 15 and he is going to sell them to whoever for 25 -

If you guys get hot and work hard - I ought to be able to retire in a few years -

Now - quit reading this and get backl to work!!!!!!!!!!!


AL
THO Game Calls
www.thogamecalls.com

[FinsnFur]

My lathe wont be here for two weeks 

[THO Game Calls]

You're such an instigator 

AL

[FinsnFur]

 :roflmao: :roflmao:
Ya know what really ticks me off?
All you sons a ____tch's  see right through me and I cant even make a GOOD instagation, couldn't if I tried. 

[MattS]

Jim, did you just get censored. 

--------this was a joke towards that other board--------

[FinsnFur]

I think I did  :shck:

[Bopeye]

Do I make a good instigator? 

[keekee]

Yes you do!


Brent

[straycat]

                               

[Pilgrim]

As to the original question - I wholeheartedly agree with the following:

Let people copy your calls.   Just make sure you go the extra mile on those you make.  Sand the inside of the barrel and finish it.  Sand the mouth piece end that fits in the barrel even if no one can see it.   Fill in the grain, wipe off the glue, polish the brass - then, sign the call.  When someone picks up one of your calls and compares it to a cheap knock off, they will see that one was made by a craftsman and the other by a crook.

I might also add that endeavoring to stay original, yourself, is also a good thing.   Don't sweat the copiers - Just try not to be one.  I think that, at first, most callmakers make calls that are a product of what they have already seen - either purposefully or just subconsciously.   But in time, most seem to find a style of their own.    IMO it doesn't take a revolutionary change in design for a callmaker to push that originality envelope.  Of course there's nothing wrong with revolutionary changes in design (as long as "function" is still paramount).   However (IMO), all it takes are #1 - craftsmanship and #2 - small, but unique ideas  -  to gradually seperate a callmaker from most of the others.

Back to craftsmanship though - For collection purposes, I'd rather buy a call that looks like many others in design, but is unparalleled in craftsmanship rather than vice-versa.   It seems that some makers try to excell in design originality, but the craftsmanship is lacking.   Not that I'm a great craftsman, but I've been pretty shocked about this with a few calls I've bought.

Copiers can copy design, but they can't copy craftsmanship.

[HaMeR]

Copiers can copy design, but they can't copy craftsmanship.

Whats left to say.

[vvarmitr]

I'm w/ HaMeR. Very well said!