Name/Title
Knight & Hale one piece wooden turkey tube call with decorative rings on barrel-shaped bellEntry/Object ID
PTC002A0009Description
After making tube calls with PVC cylinders and pill bottles, Harold Knight continued experimenting with his design, and in 1975, Knight & Hale began to make some wooden tube goose calls. Jack Thomas made all of the early wooden tubes, and Knight glued in the lip stops and applied all the finish. As told in the book Yelp & Gobble, Inc. by Brent Rogers, the earliest had no grooves on the bell end until Knight told Thomas to add some grooves to the later one-piece tubes, saying, “Put on some rings to dress it up.” Some of the one-piece tubes had slightly curved bells (barrel-shaped, as pictured), while others had a more straight taper. In 1973-1974, several hundred of these wooden one-piece (hand-turned on a lathe and then drilled out) calls were made from walnut or cherry, and perhaps fewer than thirty from maple; other woods were uncommon.Collection
Brent Rogers collectionCataloged By
Brent RogersCondition
Overall Condition
Very GoodDate Examined
Mar 8, 2026Created By
Brent@awthf.orgCreate Date
March 8, 2026Updated By
Brent@awthf.orgUpdate Date
March 8, 2026
