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Posted by ninthinning (Member # 900) on May 28, 2007, 08:47 AM:
No hunting in New York for a few months. Learning how to scrimshaw. This is my favorite animal call with a little cave man art.
The beast.
Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on May 28, 2007, 09:21 AM:
Beautiful!!
I've always wondered about making things like that, but know that I've never been good with fine details.
But I sure do love to see the work that others can do!
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 31, 2007, 12:42 PM:
I had two sets of warthog tusks and an ostrich egg in my luggage, confiscated by US Customs, returning from safari. Unknown to me, I was required to go through a broker, which I still could have done, but it sure smacked of "broker welfare" to me so I told them to shove, I mean, take them.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by ninthinning (Member # 900) on May 31, 2007, 04:44 PM:
Tim,
These are practice, I should subtract $20 from the price of each call. Some of the other call makers really are great artists, they intimidate me with their talent. Wart hog tusk is pure ivory and perfectly legal. Takes two or three hours to make but always takes days to get just right.
Leonard,
That's a real shame. There was no legitimate reason for that. Wart hogs are abundant and unprotected.
I am trying to make a call to carry when you only carry one call. This one does duck, elk, rabbit, the new chirps, loud howls, peacock, most prey in distress and today my son and I were using one to locate gobblers.
Great site you have here, thanks for letting me post.
9th
Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on June 05, 2007, 06:55 PM:
Eric, I received the calls today. I need your phone number. I really do want to talk to you.
Posted by RagnCajn (Member # 879) on June 05, 2007, 08:16 PM:
Hey Eric. I bought a snakewood turkey pot from Eric last year. This thing was pretty. It had a copper plate under a glass plate and the sound was crisp. I put it up in my shop and went to pull it out before turkey season. The wood had warped and cracked. this is the nature of wood and I understood that. I sent Eric a message telling him to build me another and let me know how much it would be. He would have nothing to do with it. Said to send it back and he would take care of it. I sent it back and about two weeks later I got a package in the mail. It was a new snakewood pot with two new strikers and an exotic horn howler added for my inconvenience. No charge. Eric, I am interested in one of those warthog tusks. Can you engrave an aligator on one for me?
Posted by ninthinning (Member # 900) on June 06, 2007, 07:48 AM:
RagnCajn,
I'll make one with an alligator. Still practicing and look forward to scrimshawing something new. As I said above its more towards the caveman end of the art scale.
Thank you,
9th
Posted by RagnCajn (Member # 879) on June 06, 2007, 06:55 PM:
Sounds good. Let me know when it is ready. Thanks
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