Hi gang!
I don't have a factory, just kidding, but these are my latest calls. I have not posted a call for probably 6 months because of building fancy St. Charles calls, but now I am back in the shop at least a little bit building some short reeds.
From the left, 1st and 3rd are English walnut, hedge, and bloodwood. The 2nd and 4th are claro walnut burl and hedge....
The reason they are factory rejects, is that on the back side of every one, the hedge has a hairline crack in it. Drats!
Darn hedge, I honestly could not see the cracks until I put on the finish. Kind of a sucky moment if you know what I mean. From now on I am going over my hedge blocks with a light brown stain to find the cracks before I make them into calls. No guarantee that that will help, but at least I have a better chance and finding the good pieces. Anyway, for factory rejects, I kind of like the looks of them. They sound awesome by the way...
Doug
