I got tired of cutting a lanyard grove in the horns so after talking with a friend that tests out a lot of my calls, we came up with this.
I like how everyone is being honest and not holding back on critisisms now. So let me here it.
Do you like this or would you like to have a grove. Or anything else you might see. That old ruler is 12 inches.
The winding and lanyard are all one piece. Wound up and back out.
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This one is for sale here but I wanted to get everyone's opinions. Remember, be honest.
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I personaly think the winding looks great! But will it hold up and stay in place?
I would prefer a few more curves on the distress call but I do like it.
It has a beautiful "new" to it Matt.
Just one concern...with the horn being tapered, and no groove...is the winding going to slip upwards during hot and cold contractions?
I did file a bunch of grooves in the horn before winding. But the way it is wound and sealed, it shouldn't come off. I drilled a small hole at the beginning (near the board) and wound it up the horn. So thearetically, it should work. But this is the first one that I finished all the way and it is currently sitting in the freezer right now. It will come out and get spun around my head a bunch and go in front of the heater. I will do that several times before I feel to comfortable.
Dang, that's product testing. :sneer: Could we get a video of this process? :innocentwhistle: No...I;m kidding :biggrin:
Let us know how she goes.
That's interesting. If it will hold tight to the horn as expected it might be neat as an either/or option. Looks like it might make a good place to grab the horn as well.
The general preference is a shorter horn I've noticed, but I don't think I would have cut those clouds off the top of that one either.
Brad
The winding looks good to me. Its not new though. I have a buffalo horn howler made by Dave Dunbar(critterbuster game calls) with a leather wrap like that.
The open reed looks good too, it has a nice clean look to it.
Aaron
I have never understood why we put lanyards on howlers? Does anyone really wear one around their neck?
I think what might be interesting is to have some kind of attachment at the front so you could sling it over your shoulder like a powder horn.
Anyway, it is still a neat idea. Pretty horn too.
Al
THO Game Calls
www.thogamecalls.com
Member - Custom Call Makers & Collectors Guild & Call Makers & Collectors Association of America
Aaron, I have never seen this done before on howlers. I have seen it on powder horns. Thanks for pointing that out.
Al, One of the first howlers I've done had a lanyard going from end to end. I really liked it for the same reason you were talking about. I may start doing that again. I was a lot more comfortable to where.
Thanks