Pretty Howler - blackwood aboyna burl and brass.

[ninthinning]

This has to be one of the prettiest howlers.  The horn is aboyna burl and the tone board African blackwood.  Surpisingly loud while maintaining a sweet howl.  Play quiet long lone howl or yip, yowl and bark up a storm.  $55






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[CypressSlough]

9th, that is one great looking howler. If I wasn't tapped out buying supplies, she would be mine. Brian.

[Purgatory_Predator_Calls]

Eric,

Nice looking call.  The band sure is shiny!

Joey

[ninthinning]

Thank you guys.  I live near an oil field supply store that carries heavy brass oil well polish rod liner.  Made enough duck and predator callsover the years to use 17 feet of brass liner 1/3" at a time.  The African blackwood toneboard is super hard.  I have used this blackwood  in duck calls and it works great.  It is as loud as acrylic but has a more natural sound.  A few years ago I ended up with a bunch of 3 1/2" blackwood cutoffs.   Besides acrylic I like bloodwood, snakewood and African blackwood for toneboards.
9th

[Brad H]

Brass polish rod liner? That's different. All we've ever gotten around here is the steel. And that's smaller looking too. I think the smallest available here is 1.25 if I remember right. Great idea though, a chunk of that would last a long time.

Beautiful howler, Eric. I need to get one of yours one of these days.

Brad

[BasinBoy]

i like the band. its nice and shiney

[vvarmitr]

That is sooo sweet Eric. If I hadn't blown my wad on reloading supplies I'd be checking out that slight bevel on the tone board.

[ninthinning]

Brad H.,
   The oil well polish rod liner I use is 1.25"  Try the stainless steel if you can't get brass.  Stainless shines up amazing but it is very hard and difficult to work.  I like brass because it can be shaped with regular wood lathe tools.

BasinBoy,
   Its shiney but its been shinier.  First I get a high polish then put a satin finish on it.  Been trying to do engraving but its a high skill craft and it could be ages before I use engraved brass bands on my calls.

vvarmiter,
   That long thin reed really does make a sweet pure coyote howl.  The tone board is a little quiet, when teamed with a tapered horn its loud.

Thank you,
9th

[bearmanric]

very classy Eric. really nice shape. all are my favorate wood's. Rick

[ninthinning]

Thanks Rick,
Bought 23 different colors of cast acrylic rod from Delvies.  Here are two toneboard sets I made last night.  I cut a super loud tone board into the tip of the blesbok horn.   That turkey you shot sure looked fine.  Missed all the troubles.  Some how I didn't see any of that until yesterday. 
9th

[desert dog]

dang nice Eric.

Loren

[awh]

Very nice Eric. I really like the tone boards. 

[FinsnFur]

Hmmmmm I missed this...but those tone boards are Kewl!