Leonard “Skinny” Pickle
Otwell, AR
1910-1985
 
Son of call maker O.K. “Pop” Pickle, “Skinny” lived and worked around his hometown of Otwell. His calls were made in much of the same shape and styling of his father. Many of his calls were made with ivory inlays with the owner’s initials which most times were made for locals around Otwell. Leonard like most generational call makers was able to gain a great following early in his career due to his father’s success. By the time Leonard was fifty years old he was getting around $125.00 for his checkered calls.  That doesn’t sound like much but considering the average annual income at the time was $5,400.00 and the average mortgage payment was $60.00 per month you could imagine type of investment one would have to make to get their hands on one of his calls.