FD Roe

I'll speak to raw tung oil, but I'd assume the same will be true for polymerized. No problem cutting it. I use a citrus solvent, but...

Teak oil would be my choice for your job. Works great for outdoor furniture and as a base coat for some duck call woods. Penetrates and...

Never had a chance to hunt Ruff Grouse but did grow up following a big Gordon setter for quail. I have hunted Blue Grouse in Colorado...

Really like that call! Great bunch of guys here. Hope some more of the old THO gang will show up. Fred

Beautiful work. I love that you made the showpiece stand for them too. Thanks for sharing!

Fred Those are stunning.

Here are a couple more Chittum wood calls. The inserts are stabilized marble wood.

Both Henry and Eric have given you great advice. I started making calls on a Harbor Freight lathe nearly 30 years ago using the Harber...

RM Henry has provided EXCELLENT advice so I will simply tack on a few more things I've learned along the way. I'd keep an eye out for...

The short answer is yes, with 2 caveats. First, if you enjoy it, you'll want to move onto something else sooner than later and be out...

Here are a couple for American Smoke Tree burl locally know as Chittum Wood.

I would make up one laminate blank with a black filler (glue line), thin black paper based micarta maybe and turn a barrel to see how I...

Yes, it moves a LOT when drying, as I found out the hard way. You don't see a lot of hedge burl, so when an opportunity came up I...

Fred I'm thrilled you are here sharing your work and growing this community. Those are beautiful calls.

I agree, extremely cool.