Turning Custom Duck and Game Calls: The Complete Guide for Craftsmen, Collectors, and Outdoorsmen

Turning Custom Duck and Game Calls: The Complete Guide for Craftsmen, Collectors, and Outdoorsmen

Turning Custom Duck and Game Calls: The Complete Guide for Craftsmen, Collectors, and Outdoorsmen

Turning Custom Duck and Game Calls: The Complete Guide for Craftsmen, Collectors, and Outdoorsmen

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Overview

Expert tips and techniques on creating handsome duck calls from 10 of the nation's top call makers and step-by-steps for making a duck call.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781565232815
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 09/28/2005
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Ed Glenn is a freelance writer, featured in Oregon Business Monthly and Ruralite magazine. He lives in Boardman, Oregon.

Greg Keats is a premier custom call maker who works from his 4000 ft. shop in Rockville, MD. He hand crafts more than 1,000 calls a year which demand prices starting near $140 each. His calls were judged First and Second Place at the '97 and '98 International Call Makers Contest and Exhibit. He is considered a pioneer in his use of stabilized musical grade woods and is highly respected among call makers and collectors worldwide.

Table of Contents

About the Authorsvi
Introduction1
Chapter 1Understanding Game Calls3
Chapter 2Tools and Materials11
Chapter 3Mandrels and Accessories27
Chapter 4Planning the Barrel and Stopper Shape35
Chapter 5Turning a Duck Call43
Chapter 6Drilling Call Blanks53
Chapter 7Embellishment Ideas61
Chapter 8Tone Boards and Reeds69
Chapter 9Friction, Diaphragm and Other Calls79
Chapter 10Finishing Touches89
Chapter 11Use and Care of Game Calls95
Chapter 12Plans and Patterns101
Gallery110
Appendix AFraction to Decimal to Metric Conversion116
Appendix BResources117
Glossary118
Index120
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