** WARTHOG TUSK **sold

badtothebone

badtothebone

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I guess I should clean my 'MAKE MYSELF A CALL SOME DAY' shelf more often. Way in the back I found a warthog tusk I'd stashed a few years ago. Figured it was time to part with it, so I made an enclosed reeder.

There is a 6" ruler in one of the pictures, so you can see it's not a midget.

It has the look and feel of ivory, but at a fraction of the cost. The natural hollow body makes a call that really rings and has an nice edge to the tone. The lanyard groove is shallow, but will do the job. It would be easy to deepen to your own taste with a rat tail file, then some fine sand paper around a dowel.

If you want a very different call, and be the only kid on the block that has one, I'd take it out of the display case and send it to you for 50 bucks (and I'll pay the postage and tracking).

It looks really nice in my case, but it's time to lighten the load.

Regards!!

Rudy













 
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That is so cool!!! I wish I could pull the trigger, but it wouldn't be prudent at the present time.

Someone's gonna get that sweet thing though, I can just about guarantee.




Hmmmm......I wonder where a fella might buy a tusk or two, in the somewhat near future?
I'm gonna have to do a search....'cause I'm wonderin' if a guy could make a decent howler from one of those things?
 
Originally Posted By: canislatrans54




Hmmmm......I wonder where a fella might buy a tusk or two, in the somewhat near future?
I'm gonna have to do a search....'cause I'm wonderin' if a guy could make a decent howler from one of those things?

Read my mind...I got some on the way.
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I fell into a batch of them on Ebay a few years ago. Wish I'd have stocked up!!!

I think they'd make a killer howler; might be hard to bore a 5/8" hole straight in, but it could be done.

If you try it, let me know; I'd like to walk through the process with ya'.

Rudy
 
I'll be interested to see what you come up with, John.

Rudy, I just did a search, and came up with a few places to possibly find some (although I don't like the prices).
But, getting any, will have to wait for a few months......(I still gotta generate the funds I owe catwhacker, for the horns he's been holding onto for me for several months. Hahahaha)
 
If I remember correctly, back about 8-10 years ago, on here, "ninthinning" used hippo ivory for calls. (don't recall his real name)
I remember always wanting to get one of his calls, but never was fast enough...and never just outright ordered one.
 
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