carved distress call.

John_NY · July 15, 2011, 06:58:36 PM

My sister stopped in my shop yesterday with a piece of basswood and wondered if we could colaberate and make a call from it. I drilled it out and turned a mouth piece for it. She took it home and started carving. She brought it back today and I finished it off by sealing the wood and getting it ready to be voiced. This is the end result. Comments are welcome.

John

FinsnFur · July 15, 2011, 09:09:37 PM

Thats pretty cool right there.

I hate to say it, but her carving looks better then the work you did on it. I think she did all the hard work.

John_NY · July 15, 2011, 09:29:10 PM

No doubt about it she did thehard part. She just called and said she has another carving almost done. I think she's hooked.

John

HuntnCarve · July 15, 2011, 10:03:51 PM

She did a real nice job! The symetry is really good. -Not an easy thing to do.

Get a piece of cherry, maple, or walnut in her hands. And let her do her work. Then go with a natural finish. Then she'll really be hooked. Tell her "well done."

Dave

John_NY · July 15, 2011, 10:34:25 PM

I'll tell her Dave. She started on a piece of walnut today and came back for a piece of butternut. She said the black walnut was taking too long.

John

Todd Rahm · July 16, 2011, 02:55:39 AM

Turn another one like that and have her carve it into a morel mushroom? Just a thought.

And its good for a first one, thats darn sure.

HuntnCarve · July 16, 2011, 07:22:57 AM

John, you need to tell her to slow down. Seems when you get in a rush, that's when accidents happen? Don't ask me how I know.

The butternut is a good choice.

Dave

FinsnFur · July 16, 2011, 07:38:20 AM

...and she's going to have to start paying for these cuts of wood. She's diminishing the John_NY supply.

John_NY · July 16, 2011, 01:36:17 PM

I'll tell her about the mushroom idea. I don't think she was in a hurry. I think it was more boredom. I know she worked on it all day and most of the evening. The store she managed for years just went out of business and she's bored and trying to keep busy. She can have all the butternut she wants Jim, I hate sanding it. With this style carving sanding isn't an issue. She does quite a bit of carving, usually hunters and stuff like that.

John

John_NY · July 19, 2011, 12:50:51 AM

I thought I'd show an update on what my sister is doing. I gave her a piece of black walnut and told her to carve something out of it. I turned a piece of pecan for the mouth piece.

I also gave her an old piece of moose antler and told her to figure it out. So this is what she did with it. She said I whitled the rifle years ago so I know it's atleast 20 years old and no rust on it either.

I quit carving years ago when my shoulders started bothering me from arthritis.

John

HaMeR · July 19, 2011, 03:20:56 AM

She done quite a nice job on both pieces. The eyes are really cool!!

FinsnFur · July 19, 2011, 05:11:20 AM

That is really cool

coyote101 · July 19, 2011, 07:27:59 AM

Very nice John.

Pat

slagmaker · July 19, 2011, 10:59:21 AM

That there is some beautifulle work. You both need to keep it up

John_NY · July 19, 2011, 11:12:15 AM

Thanks. She calls everyday telling me she just finished something. I'll have to change my shop to J.B. mouth pieces.

John

Hawks Feather · July 20, 2011, 09:58:03 AM

John,

Nice calls and it seems you have unleashed a carver. I have decided (since I can't do it) that it is a gift that is only given to some people. Obviously I missed the gift giving party.

Jerry

John_NY · July 20, 2011, 03:14:59 PM

Thank you Jerry. She has been carving and wood burning and building wooden trash cans and stuff like that for 30 years. She just now decided to try carving calls. I gotta talk to her to see if she can carve them so that they can be sanded and retain detail. They are kinda rough feeling in the hand.

John

Frogman · July 20, 2011, 05:03:18 PM

WOW!! Very nice!

Jim

John_NY · July 20, 2011, 05:23:03 PM

Thank you Jim