Unidentified striker

[Southerngobbler]

Can anyone identify the wood type of this striker, I've had it for a long time and can't remember where I got it. It plays good an a variety of pots. Also do the call makers usually refrain from staining them. I'm not sure if this is a dark color wood or just stained to look dark?


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[Jester87]

Maybe gaboon ebony?

[Southerngobbler]

It's for sure a production striker because it came from awhile back when that's all I had. So likely a Primos or HS Strut. But it plays good on all my pots including my newer custom ones.

[Buckrub]

Possibly Wenge.

[LabsRUsII]

Weigh it and give dimensions
Wenger if light,
mex ebony if heavy
Is tip dark too?

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[Southerngobbler]

The tip is lighter, but all my strikers seem to have a lighter tip
325 gn
7 1/2" long


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[JLH]

The light colored tip is because its un finished wood...

Def not wenge, you'd see the grain....and very confident a production striker is not going to be gaboon ebony.


Your camera skills need a little work....lol
A crystal clear close up of the wood may be able to get you closer to an answer.

[Southerngobbler]

Is 324 gn light or heavy?

[Southerngobbler]

I just weighed 3 other one piece strikers of similar length
270 gn Purple heart
280 gn Blood wood
332 Gn Hickory
So i guess its somewhere in the middle.

[outdoors]

Looks like wood to me .......

[LabsRUsII]

probably katalox

[Greg Massey]

African blackwood , same wood that trumpets are made from...