Gotta give major props to Tobin (wcbillcollector). He overnight mailed the traveling fat lady to my house so it would arrive in time for the turn a thon. It cost him over $26! Everyone was thrilled to see it, especially Crawdad. Crawdad gave a heartfelt thanks to us for using his call as the traveling call. So thanks for going the extra mile to get it here Tobin. The group really enjoyed seeing it and reading the journal.
After all it's travels, it shows some wear. Some of the names are pretty light now, albeit legible. As a group, all of the guys at the turn a thon agreed that the call's wear and tear is important to the story, and cleaning it up and putting a high gloss finish over it would destroy a lot of that character. I hope those that had a part in this call that were not at the turn a thon agree with that decision.
I'm going to photograph it for this thread and will be sending it to Al this week. Bassinfool turned a nice little walnut stand for it to sit on as well.
Pics To come.
