Sika Show

Occasionally we head north out of Sika country for a stand at Mystery Creek.

2025 we showed off our ALLHone™ gear and the Sika Callers, sharpeners and prototype SKONER™ and PIONEER knives sold very well for us. 

The Sika callers had many surprised how realistic they are. One guy walking passed our stand screamed. Called in many from the other end of the building. Should have blown it while the poititians were doing their bit. 

They don't air lock when they get moisture from blowing or the environment aswell. One customer wen't home tested it with water then told others in the show staff there and many of them also bought it. Seeing is believing, next time we will have a bucket of water there.

We have a few more ideas for it.

A few were asking how to do it. It is a balancing act of blowing pressure and that is all, you can choke the end off the tube for more tone. To start is high pressue but not crazy high, it's like riding a bike, once you get the balance right you can do all kind of tricks. I was never any good at music. Others will do way better. Just listen to the Sika and copy.

The weight of the PIONEER fixed blade with an internal tang also suprised as well as the grippy handles and kydex sheaths made by us.

We are into off the shelf parts for our gear not custom stuff you can't easily get, The screws on the ALLHone™ designed SKONER™ folding knife are off the shelf if dropped and lost though the originals are more professionally made than the mass produced. The screws on the SKONER™ are also bigger to not get lost. It;s crazy how small they have the screws on the folders and hard to get from the other brands. Maybe its looks or something. Hope to change that for real people to use them in the real world.

Same with the tube on the caller. It's tube can be found in common dishwashers so you can carry different lengths for a deep stag or short for higher pitch so there is no repetitive calling that the Sika figure out after seeing or smelling the hunter using that particular call sound. Funny thing is the original firsts were from an older washing machine and they all changed over to a slightly bigger diameter as they do, so we had to redisign and a friction fit to get right on the better 3d printers is something else in patience.

It is a process of producing a series of iterations to create working 3D printed callers, you can't whitle and file away material in wood or arcylic, each fine tune change requires a redesign and reprint and engineer time is not cheap.