hey maytom,my hunting partner and good friend, makes custom calls in his shop at home. the name of his call company is prairie calls.larry also has his calls in the midwest turkey call catalog! he makes all his calls himself,wait until his new exotic wood sriker hits the catalog. larry and i used his custom slate and the two tone ebony striker last year all i can say is wow!! we hunted 5 states last year and are looking forward to 2003.he tests every call he makes before he sends it out. if you get a chance check is calls out in the spring catalog? have a great christmas. [ illinois turkey hunter1]