Auctioning a very nice cocobolo enclosed reed predator call... For Alex!
I'm a homeschooler, a homeschooling Dad, I homeschool....
We do stuff. We do curriculum too, of course. Actually we do kind of advanced, difficult curriculum to be specific... but we also do stuff. One of the things I've been wanting to do with the boys is some callmaking.
Alex, the oldest, is 8. 3rd grade. He has watched me do some of my work, but he's never been at the lathe himself before. Before today that is! We decided it was his time!
I told him that he could sell his call on my account, and show everybody how it went...
I stood him on a concrete block, and set him to work on a piece of cocobolo I'd previously belled and bored.
I was kinda busy while the chisels were out, but when we got to finishing, I was able to take a few photos as the progress continued...
After we were both satisfied with the shape and finish, we went to the polishing...
Once we were both satisfied with the finish, and that Alex knew why he was doing what he was doing, I went ahead and showed him how to polish the bell and mouthpiece. Then we went inside and voiced it raspy jack, and took some hero photos!
Now we're going to sell it!
Auction format:
Post below, or somehow get a message to me with a bid (email, pm, etc) and the time stamp on the message will be your bid.
Starting at $5...
We'll run the auction until Sunday, February 10th, at 2PM...
Highest bidder at that moment will own the call...
After payment is recieved, Alex and I will go to the Post Office and mail the call to the winner, taking the postage/packaging/materials cost from the purchase amount. (I told you, we homeschool!) Then he'll take a tenth out for the church, and he'll keep the Net, if any remains!
Thanks for looking and for bidding! (Appreciate your participation in my educational efforts here!)
