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Duck Calls and Other Misc. Turning Squares:

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Cocuswood
(Brya ebenus)
Duck Call Sets

This extremely rare species is found in Cuba, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. Also called Green, Brown, or West Indian Ebony. The heartwood is brownish-yellow to dark brown often with a greenish tinge. It is usually beautifully veined with darker streaks. The wood is hard and heavy weighing 68 to 80 lbs/cubic foot. This high density contributes to its wonderful acoustic properties-it fairly rings when struck. It is well known for its use in woodwinds such as flutes, piccolos, and bagpipes because of its fine and uniform grain, its beautiful coloring and its resonance.

#W9744A insert 1 x 1 x 5 ¼”
barrel 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 5 ¼” $15.00
#W9744B insert 1 x 1 x 5 1/8”
barrel 1 ½ x 1 ½ x 5 5/8” $15.00

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African Blackwood
(Dalbergia melanoxylon)
Duck Call Two-piece Sets

The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Slightly oily to the touch. The sapwood is straw colored to a bright yellow and can be as wide as 2”. African Blackwood can weigh as much as 85 lbs per cubic foot.It is used for marquetry, inlays, knife handles, game calls, pistol grips, pool cue butts, chess pieces, jewelry, and other precious arts and crafts. But its main use is in turning, and it claims the title of the finest of turnery woods, well known as the standard by which other turnery woods are judged. Long a favorite of ornamental turners, the nature of the wood allows very fine detail with sharp cutters, leaving a beautiful, burnished surface. By far most Blackwood is used in the manufacture of turned woodwind instruments such as flutes, clarinets, fifes, piccolos, bagpipes, etc. Its stability, oily nature, resistance to moisture, and lovely tonal qualities make it superior to other timbers.

#W9395A Barrel 1 ¾ x 1 ¾ x 5 ¼”
Insert 1 ¼ x 1 ¼ x 5 1/8” $14.00/set
#W9395B Barrel 1 ½ x 1 ½ x 7 ½”-sold
Insert 1 ¼ x 1 ¼ x 5 3/16” $12.50/set
#W9395C Barrel 1 ½ x 1 ½ x 7 5/8”-sold
Insert 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 5 5/8” $12.50/set
#W9395D Barrel 1 ½ x 1 ½ x 7 7/16”-sold
Insert 1 ½ x 1 ½ x 5” $12.50/set
#W9395E Barrel 1 ½ x 1 ½ x 7 15/16”
Insert 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 6 7/8” $12.50/set
#W9395F Barrel 1 ¾ x 1 ¾ x 6 3/16”
Insert 1 ¼ x 1 ¼ x 5 ¼” $14.00/set

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Snakewood
(Piratinera guianensis)
Duck/Goose Call Sets

#W9342A
Barrel 1 ½ x 1 ½ x 5-5 3/8” Insert 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 5-5 ¼” $90.00/set
#W9342 B
Barrel 1 ½ x 1 ½ x 5-5 3/8” Insert 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 5-5 ¼” $90.00/set
#W9342C
Barrel 1 ½ x 1 ½ x 5-5 3/8” Insert 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 5-5 ¼” $90.00/set
#W9342D
Barrel 1 ½ x 1 ½ x 5-5 3/8” Insert 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 5-5 ¼” $90.00/set
#W9342E
Barrel 1 ½ x 1 ½ x 5-5 3/8” Insert 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 5-5 ¼” $90.00/set
#W9342F
Barrel 1 ½ x 1 ½ x 5-5 3/8” Insert 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 5-5 ¼” $90.00/set

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