Hickory knothole call re-done

[Aaron at Wingerts Woodworks]

Several months ago I found a really nasty piece of wormy hickory that was full of knots, including the one in the middle of this call.  I initially finished it with a gloss Tru Oil finish and glued a glass surface and a glass soundboard in it.  Some of you might remember seeing it on here.  The knot goes all the way through the wood, so it has a lot of void space.  I never liked the look of the call since you could see through the soundboard.  Seeing all the goop on the pedestal drove me nuts.  So I took a torch to the glass and heated it until it came out.  Then did the same thing to the soundboard.  Buffed the gloss off the finish with 0000 steel wool and took it down to a more natural look.  Then I glued a black aluminum soundboard in it.  It has a new glass surface in it and it sounds awesome.  And I'm a lot happier with the look.  This one's staying with me! 

I need to dig through my hickory and come up with an equally nasty piece for a matching striker. 

[Jeremy @ Havoc Calls]

really nice looking call

[Andre's Wood Works aka: TheDecoyDude]

Well KC judging by your calls I never doubted you as a perfectionist, but this time you took it a bit far Great job! Honestly, I don't keep calls for myself that don't have some large voids and feel they are so unique. You sure gave that piece some justice ~Andre

[Jack at Mud Creek Game Calls]

I remember when you first posted about that call. I was jealous then and am more so now. I agree that the new soundboard it looks nicer, but either way that is one of the absolute coolest calls I have ever seen.  I'm still not sure how you held it all together when you turned it.   

[Jim @ Gabor Game Calls]

Very nice! That call has a lot of character. 

[HaMeR]

Super cool!! Almost looks like an ariel map of where your hunting. 

[fargord]

Outstanding...glad you gave this a second chance cause she a beaut!

[Final Strut Custom Game Calls]

I really liked that call the first time around and like yourself I like it even more this time around. Outstanding. 

[Crawdad at TripleGCalls]

Nice Aaron!.

[Callen]

That call is so cool.  Are you surrrrrrre you want to keep it for yourself?   

Great work 

[superx2]

looks great

[TarheelTurkey]

Great work KC ! I love calls that have unique charactor ! Great Job ... Jason

[Aaron at Wingerts Woodworks]

I found a nice piece for a striker.  The hole goes all the way through to the hollowed inside.  It was scary to turn!  It was a little thin, so I had to deviate a little from my normal striker shape, but hey, it worked!

[Andre's Wood Works aka: TheDecoyDude]

I love the new shape! Is that gonna be a new thing? Those goes better together than ice-cream and steak! ~Andre

[Jack at Mud Creek Game Calls]

It just keeps gettin better.