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Much rather spend my money on other things. Tried looking up other makers but just chasing my tail again. I hate facebook. Way to hard figuring out who has what & what's in stock. Also don't feel like having to talk to 12 different people through FB just to figure things out. I thought I was done with FB years ago. Messed that all up. Any recommendations on a good snakewood, carbon (or waterproof), & frogwood strikers I can purchase. Recommendations on some striker makers I should check out? I need out this rabbit hole asap so I can go fall down the longbox & tube rabbit holes. And the dang push pins. Never realized I'd even consider one till this place. Some really impressive ones. I feel I'm going to end up with my vest loaded, a satchel & dragging a duffle sack into the woods at the rate I'm going.
Check out Derek Fowler's website. He is another excellent striker turner with both one piece and two piece sticks.
Slate: heavy hickory bull frog heavy canarywood Glass/crystal: hormigo pernambuco Macassar ebony granadillo and Honduras rosewoodMetal: katalox Ceramic: bloodwood and marble wood Everything: snakewood and frogwood
Consistent favorites are snakewood, Mac Ebony (this really is the best ebony striker IMO), ipe, bloodwood, purpleheart, black locust, hickory, yellowheart and cedar. I like persimmon off and on but the wood is very variable from striker to striker. Of the true rosewoods, African Blackwood, Amazon and Honduran Rosewood stand out. The most consistent players will be laminates like Dymondwood and Frogwood because they are all made the same within a brand and there is less variability compared to natural woods. Probably the same can be said for carbon.
Quote from: Meleagris gallopavo on February 02, 2023, 06:07:18 PMConsistent favorites are snakewood, Mac Ebony (this really is the best ebony striker IMO), ipe, bloodwood, purpleheart, black locust, hickory, yellowheart and cedar. I like persimmon off and on but the wood is very variable from striker to striker. Of the true rosewoods, African Blackwood, Amazon and Honduran Rosewood stand out. The most consistent players will be laminates like Dymondwood and Frogwood because they are all made the same within a brand and there is less variability compared to natural woods. Probably the same can be said for carbon. Funny you say that about the rosewoods, my favorite is the Brazilian, and I find the Honduran to be the least noteworthy of the three. Just goes to show you have to fry them all, everybody’s ear is different. I love them allSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk