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Just talked to the guy. Says he just found it in a drawer and it still blows great. Should arrive in the mail in a few days.

banknote wrote:Just talked to the guy. Says he just found it in a drawer and it still blows great. Should arrive in the mail in a few days.

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cool. I've got one. What'd ya pay for it? Curious what they're worth

Redbeard wrote:

banknote wrote:Just talked to the guy. Says he just found it in a drawer and it still blows great. Should arrive in the mail in a few days.

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cool. I've got one. What'd ya pay for it? Curious what they're worth

$22 to my door. Quick search looks like typically $30-40+, so good price, I think. Do you use yours?

banknote wrote:

Redbeard wrote:

banknote wrote:Just talked to the guy. Says he just found it in a drawer and it still blows great. Should arrive in the mail in a few days.

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cool. I've got one. What'd ya pay for it? Curious what they're worth

$22 to my door. Quick search looks like typically $30-40+, so good price, I think. Do you use yours?

i never have. And every year I tell myself I should. Sounds good. Better than my other olts. Honestly come season I just kinda forget. Maybe I'll make it a point to this year

Redbeard wrote:

banknote wrote:

Redbeard wrote:

banknote wrote:Just talked to the guy. Says he just found it in a drawer and it still blows great. Should arrive in the mail in a few days.

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cool. I've got one. What'd ya pay for it? Curious what they're worth

$22 to my door. Quick search looks like typically $30-40+, so good price, I think. Do you use yours?

i never have. And every year I tell myself I should. Sounds good. Better than my other olts. Honestly come season I just kinda forget. Maybe I'll make it a point to this year

Cool.

I've done a bit more searching and seen them listed as high as $165, but that's from a collector site. Ebay listings are more like $25-$60.

Yea I once was told 40-50 in great shape. Neat little call

Redbeard wrote:Yea I once was told 40-50 in great shape. Neat little call

Gotta love craigslist sometimes!

Nice. Can't wait for mine to arrive.

Please remember this is the duck call forum. Not the blind.

Haha, red got moderated.

3legged_lab wrote:Haha, red got moderated.

Please stay on topic! This is the Greenhorn forum and all posts need to stay true to the OP's original post.

Shit wrong forum! My bad!

Can anyone help me out in identifying the chemical and physical properties of the plastics in this call?

Redbeard wrote:Can anyone help me out in identifying the chemical and physical properties of the plastics in this call?

Well this is going to get exciting!!

Redbeard wrote:Can anyone help me out in identifying the chemical and physical properties of the plastics in this call?

The call does look to be in solid form but its hard to tell from a picture. Have you tried inserting it into any moist warm places to see if there are any irritant chemicals present?

Redbeard wrote:Can anyone help me out in identifying the chemical and physical properties of the plastics in this call?

At the risk of being ernest here... it's called bakelite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite


Mine arrived in the mail today. A few teeth scratches on the mouth end is about all the wear it has. Reed and cork look like new. I washed it with a little soapy water to get some gunk off, and it went from being a matte black to a dark olive green, which was maybe the original color(?). Sounds okay, not that I'm versed enough in calling to be much of a judge. I'll fiddle with the tuning and see how it goes.

banknote wrote:

Redbeard wrote:Can anyone help me out in identifying the chemical and physical properties of the plastics in this call?

At the risk of being ernest here... it's called bakelite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite


Mine arrived in the mail today. A few teeth scratches on the mouth end is about all the wear it has. Reed and cork look like new. I washed it with a little soapy water to get some gunk off, and it went from being a matte black to a dark olive green, which was maybe the original color(?). Sounds okay, not that I'm versed enough in calling to be much of a judge. I'll fiddle with the tuning and see how it goes.

sweet man. I'm curious. Other than a cool nice sounding little call, what's your fascination with em?

Redbeard wrote:

banknote wrote:

Redbeard wrote:Can anyone help me out in identifying the chemical and physical properties of the plastics in this call?

At the risk of being ernest here... it's called bakelite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite


Mine arrived in the mail today. A few teeth scratches on the mouth end is about all the wear it has. Reed and cork look like new. I washed it with a little soapy water to get some gunk off, and it went from being a matte black to a dark olive green, which was maybe the original color(?). Sounds okay, not that I'm versed enough in calling to be much of a judge. I'll fiddle with the tuning and see how it goes.

sweet man. I'm curious. Other than a cool nice sounding little call, what's your fascination with em?

Not much of a fascination, just saw it on the local craigslist at a good price and had a little slush in the paypal, so I went for it. My interest was peeked mainly because my buddy has a D2 (I think) that he salvaged from the marsh when another buddy we were hunting with got frustrated with it and threw it in the mud. He took it home, cleaned it up, and swapped the guts out with and old one he had with a cracked barrel, and now it sounds great (when he blows it, he's a really good caller,) so he likes to rub it in the other guys face whenever we hunt together.

Redbeard wrote:Can anyone help me out in identifying the chemical and physical properties of the plastics in this call?

Black plastic. Next question....

I will also add that it smells kind of funny.

banknote wrote:I will also add that it smells kind of funny.

At what frequency does this call run, as opposed to a more modern call?

Eric Haynes wrote:

banknote wrote:I will also add that it smells kind of funny.

At what frequency does this call run, as opposed to a more modern call?

What, do I look like Dan Rather over here?

banknote wrote:

Eric Haynes wrote:

banknote wrote:I will also add that it smells kind of funny.

At what frequency does this call run, as opposed to a more modern call?

What, do I look like Dan Rather over here?

I'm just trying to get that perfect pitch is all.

banknote wrote:I will also add that it smells kind of funny.

Probably the same hard rubber that the old D2's were made out of. The first one I had turned green after cleaning it. A little lemon pledge furniture polish made it look good as new again.

clampdaddy wrote:

banknote wrote:I will also add that it smells kind of funny.

Probably the same hard rubber that the old D2's were made out of. The first one I had turned green after cleaning it. A little lemon pledge furniture polish made it look good as new again.

Good to know, thanks!

My old OLT sprig and Teal call has a sliding sound-board , can't read the model number as I've used it for several decades !
I can tell you , it's never failed the test of times as its put a lot of birds in danger .

Does anyone know what model this is ?