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While I was waiting on some leather dye to dry on a leather project, I pulled out one of my old wing bone calls that I made from a turkey I had taken a long time ago. I had been thinking about trying to make up a smaller call, something I could carry in my pocket or in my shot bag. The old ones were long using two full size bones to make the call. 8 1/2" long   So I carefully took one apart and shorten up both bones and then fitted them back together and made up a smaller call. 6" long I like the way it turned out. The smaller call makes a higher pitch call the longer one makes a deeper and more rasper sound. Both sound good and give me a option when trying to call in that wise old tom.

I was asked by the Capt. if I could make up a center seam sheath for a smaller knife that he wanted to carry. I have never made one before so I jumped at the chance to try and make one. After watching a video I went to work and came up with this. I don't think it came out to bad for the first try! I used 4/5oz. veg.tanned leather and sewn it with a heavy waxed linen thread, dyed a dark brown and rubbed in with bee's wax. I also made up this small blade cover for a new ax of his. I used a ax of mine to make up the cover.