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Author Topic: Purr Striker  (Read 1953 times)

Offline Greg Massey

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Purr Striker
« on: February 18, 2022, 11:34:14 AM »
Do you have a favorite Purr Striker?           If so what wood, and do you like flare tip, straight tip or whatever?

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Re: Purr Striker
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2022, 01:04:13 PM »
I’m still searching for that favorite striker, but my search will honestly probably never end.  I purr more consistently with straight tip strikers (Fowler), but on a freshly/well conditioned pot my JLH flare tip strikers purr and cluck like champs. The harder/denser woods seem to purr better for me. 
« Last Edit: February 20, 2022, 08:37:01 PM by RunNGunSC »

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Re: Purr Striker
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2022, 03:58:16 PM »
Imo it’s more about holding high up enough more than a favorite wood type for purrs. Whatever type is in my hand but that likely be a straight tip

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Re: Purr Striker
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2022, 02:24:03 PM »
I have a Stuckey striker made of Holly that makes a really nice purr

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Re: Purr Striker
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2022, 11:27:53 PM »
I make cluck a purr strikers.   The best ones for that dead soft purr and cluck tend to be the softer woods on a purr pot or on a pot built from cedar or sassafras I’ve heard a China berry call is very good too. 

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Re: Purr Striker
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2022, 01:23:35 PM »
I have a straight tip plum striker I really like for purrs and clucks

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Re: Purr Striker
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2022, 02:16:16 PM »
I have a JHL heavy cedar that is outstanding for purrs and clucks.
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Re: Purr Striker
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2022, 02:53:52 PM »
Depends on what you want a purr to  sound like , there are soft purrs usually made with softer wood Cedar,mahogany ,birch will make feeding or contented or even saw something that didn't look right purrs. Purrs you do on a box call ,a glass call or hard slate  to me would be a fighting purr all together different. I like to use a piece of gray slate like Rodger parks tree talker or a purr pot of some type with grey slate. People who are good with a mouth call can really sound good. To answer the question originally asked before I started rambling I use a cedar Striker most of the time.

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Re: Purr Striker
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2022, 07:52:48 AM »
Burnt tip hickory. The fire hardened tip really bites and skitters on a slate surface.

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Re: Purr Striker
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2022, 12:00:26 PM »
JLH heavy cedar or blue mahoe

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Re: Purr Striker
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2022, 12:53:03 PM »
I have a JHL heavy cedar that is outstanding for purrs and clucks.

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I lost a walnut striker from Tuscarora Legend years ago that was best to my ear for purrs, soft content talk. But the JHL heavy cedar does all that but better.
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Re: Purr Striker
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2022, 09:27:40 AM »
JLH heavy cedar or heavy hickory works well for me….