New Turkey Wing Bone Call

[W. Welshman]

This call was made for me by a special customer, Mr. Frank from S.C. and he is a call maker.

[sse]

That's the fanciest one I've ever seen...!

[rickevans]

I'll say! I have never seen one like that! How does it sound?

My friend Dennis N.has a couple examples that use deer antler as the "trumpet" end.

[W. Welshman]

Rick, Sounds real good

[buffcreekforge]

Here is a picture of two of the dozen I built this weekend.  These are fun to build!

Just Dave

[W. Welshman]

Nice job Dave

[greyhunter]

Neatly done. Gander mountain used to sell two bone calls for $12.00 I believe, bleached white and pretty generic looking. Also no wrapping at the joint. Ugh.

[rickevans]

I cannot get the ones  I make to take a stain real well...I do not like the bleached white look that sometimes occurs. Any ideas?

[W. Welshman]

coffee ?

[rickevans]

I was going to use some tea (I use that on deer antler...) but was worried that the hot bath would make the bones brittle...
I have tried the "Old Bones" stuff but did not get good results. Does that stuff go bad?

[greyhunter]

Rick, my first turkey wing bone calls were made from tom wings I had hanging on the wall for ..............a long time. They were not easy to extract from the feathers after all that time, but believe me, they could not be whitened with peroxide. So they are nicely brown aged! I have used wood stains after bleaching with good results too.

[buffcreekforge]

On the ones in the photo, I first soaked/washed the hollowed out bones in Dawn dishwashing soap to "degrease" them - they won't take stain if they are greasy.  I just soaked the bones in a glass dish with potassium permanganate (the active ingredient in Old Bones) - didn't measure, just sprinkled some in and put in water.  The mix turns purple and I soaked the bones about 2-3 minutes, then dried them and glued them up!

Your Humble Servant,

Just Dave

[sse]

On the ones in the photo, I first soaked/washed the hollowed out bones in Dawn dishwashing soap to "degrease" them - they won't take stain if they are greasy.  I just soaked the bones in a glass dish with potassium permanganate (the active ingredient in Old Bones) - didn't measure, just sprinkled some in and put in water.  The mix turns purple and I soaked the bones about 2-3 minutes, then dried them and glued them up!

Your Humble Servant,

Just Dave

They turned out pretty good...

[rickevans]

Yes, yes they did! That is the look I am going for.  I will try and "scuff" the bones a bit with a scotch pad or some sand paper and try the Old Bones again...