In the past few years, I learned how important is is to match strikers with pot calls. There are so many great striker makers out there. Here is a couple of my favorites: Both Harold Fowler
Orange Osage/Hickory
Katalox/ Bone
They each have their place on certain pots, they sound great...
2 piece dymond rod. Black locust. My fiber rod. I like strikers with no type finish on them. And to me the secret to a great striker is never condition it these strikers have so much build up on the tips they never need conditioning. The trick is getting over that hump when u think they need conditioning and these will run any surface (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220218/b0d9f762aef5dccf5973c27fb6712048.jpg)
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Quote from: M,Yingling on February 18, 2022, 12:28:20 PM
2 piece dymond rod. Black locust. My fiber rod. I like strikers with no type finish on them. And to me the secret to a great striker is never condition it these strikers have so much build up on the tips they never need conditioning. The trick is getting over that hump when u think they need conditioning and these will run any surface (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220218/b0d9f762aef5dccf5973c27fb6712048.jpg)
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That's an interesting tip. I'm gonna give it a shot!
Quote from: M,Yingling on February 18, 2022, 12:28:20 PM
2 piece dymond rod. Black locust. My fiber rod. I like strikers with no type finish on them. And to me the secret to a great striker is never condition it these strikers have so much build up on the tips they never need conditioning. The trick is getting over that hump when u think they need conditioning and these will run any surface (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220218/b0d9f762aef5dccf5973c27fb6712048.jpg)
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Nice Mike........
Quote from: Tom007 on February 18, 2022, 09:41:24 AM
In the past few years, I learned how important is is to match strikers with pot calls. There are so many great striker makers out there. Here is a couple of my favorites: Both Harold Fowler
Orange Osage/Hickory
Katalox/ Bone
They each have their place on certain pots, they sound great...
Mr. Harold was a true master. Have his osage orange over snakewood, among others he made. That thing is an instrument.
2 piece striker that comes with the Dawkins pots will run on anything.
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Quote from: Tom007 on February 18, 2022, 09:41:24 AM
In the past few years, I learned how important is is to match strikers with pot calls. There are so many great striker makers out there. Here is a couple of my favorites: Both Harold Fowler
Orange Osage/Hickory
Katalox/ Bone
They each have their place on certain pots, they sound great...
Yes, he was one of the best......
Mr. Harold was a true master. Have his osage orange over snakewood, among others he made. That thing is an instrument.
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Quote from: Turkeytider on February 27, 2022, 08:28:00 AM
Quote from: Tom007 on February 18, 2022, 09:41:24 AM
In the past few years, I learned how important is is to match strikers with pot calls. There are so many great striker makers out there. Here is a couple of my favorites: Both Harold Fowler
Orange Osage/Hickory
Katalox/ Bone
They each have their place on certain pots, they sound great...
Yes, he was one of the best......
Mr. Harold was a true master. Have his osage orange over snakewood, among others he made. That thing is an instrument.
I was talking to Jimmy Schaffer one day and if my memory is correct he said Mr. Harold visited his shop and had a striker that would flat out run well on every pot Jimmy gave him to try. It was an amazing story to hear.
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Quote from: Tom007 on February 27, 2022, 08:51:15 AM
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Quote from: Tom007 on February 18, 2022, 09:41:24 AM
In the past few years, I learned how important is is to match strikers with pot calls. There are so many great striker makers out there. Here is a couple of my favorites: Both Harold Fowler
Orange Osage/Hickory
Katalox/ Bone
They each have their place on certain pots, they sound great...
Yes, he was one of the best......
Mr. Harold was a true master. Have his osage orange over snakewood, among others he made. That thing is an instrument.
I was talking to Jimmy Schaffer one day and if my memory is correct he said Mr. Harold visited his shop and had a striker that would flat out run well on every pot Jimmy gave him to try. It was an amazing story to hear.
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Wow. Wonder what kind of striker it was.....Jimmy is a great guy, I have several of his calls and have been to his shop.
The three strikers in this pic are always with me on every hunt. Two dymondwoods and a snakewood. (https://i.imgur.com/M16ypzf.jpg)
All these Lyman's go hunting.
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Great looking stuff there!
Here are my go-to's. Bill Lyman dymondwood and snakewood and Clay Townsend dymondwood and snakewood.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1qZDN9EJE9BrZoCW7 (https://photos.app.goo.gl/1qZDN9EJE9BrZoCW7)
Lyman green dymondwood, Platz one piece cherry and Halloran wormy persimmon go on every hunt
Dawkins Heavy 2 piece Dymondwood and Jeff Harrison's Frogwood will LIGHT up any pot. First two out of my vest every time. Tough to beat heavy multi ply strikers IMHO!
My go to strikers are from Clay Townsend, Fowler and Lyman ...
These are the strikers that I always carry in the woods.
L-R: Lyman dymondwood, Daybreak dymondwood, Lyman Snakewood, Lyman Lilac.
These are Stuckey strikers, Tulipwood for glass and crystal, the Ipe and black locust and hickory and persimmon for slates, the bloodwood for aluminum and titanium, the Diamondwood for copper. I do have others that I like as well from other manufactures, any one piece from David Halloran especially his Ipe. I like Neil's Diamondwood on Copper and Jeff's Frogwood works on all kinds of stuff.
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Wow, all great looking strikers, thanks for sharing........
I use these a lot: (from right to left)JLH frogwood, Cox tulipwood, Stuckey ebony, Fowler jatoba. Also find myself using Dads purpleheart and Holberts carbon tip often, but they're not in the picture(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220302/5f8075f71372c184bf03e4f7106f4d3d.jpg)
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Quote from: bbcoach on February 27, 2022, 04:50:18 PM
Dawkins Heavy 2 piece Dymondwood and Jeff Harrison's Frogwood will LIGHT up any pot. First two out of my vest every time. Tough to beat heavy multi ply strikers IMHO!
Have one of Jeff`s Frogwoods. Indeed it will play on anything. I believe Frogwood is a birch laminate, if memory serves.
JLH snakewood, Daybreak and Neal Herrman dymondwood
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I'm at Dr right now so can't post any pics but as I'm reading I figured I'd add, I like any type diamondwood lots of Fowler, they gotta be straight for the most part. I only have one striker by Steve Torman, the end is belled and like many belled/hollow end strikers it sends the second note way off in a good way. I love that striker. Black locust it is
Quote from: Harty on March 04, 2022, 08:39:31 AM
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Winners there!
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Kevin Cantrell - Grand Lakes Open Champion Striker
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These are my 3 go-to's...Mac ebony and tulipwood from Stuckey, and a dymondwood from Gary Anderson.
Jeff jlh frogwood is killer on any pot just got one today
A Fowler dw and a Rutland dw I managed to cut...
Rutland diamond wood is hard to beat
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Interesting to me, and not inordinately surprising, that the preponderance of " go to " strikers are on the harder end of the Janka scale. Two exceptions are birch ( AKA Frogwood ) at 1260 and hickory at 1820. I know in my own case I find the harder the wood, the better and easier they are to play.
I would also add that laminated birch would most certainly be higher on the janka scale. Not all hickory seems to be alike, but for the guys who really know what they're doing turning make some really fine strikers. I bought my Lyman Hickory for my slate but have been surprised at how much I love it with my ceramic.
Quote from: greentrout on April 07, 2022, 09:14:50 AM
I would also add that laminated birch would most certainly be higher on the janka scale. Not all hickory seems to be alike, but for the guys who really know what they're doing turning make some really fine strikers. I bought my Lyman Hickory for my slate but have been surprised at how much I love it with my ceramic.
Excellent point about the laminated nature of Frogwood. That stuff flat plays!
I haven't used these strikers (or pot calls) in a long time. Last year I took them out for a trial run on some public land birds, the birds liked all 3 of these. Every one runs great on aluminum, glass, and slate....Not even sure who made these, but they run fantastic.
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Quote from: gergg on April 07, 2022, 12:52:13 PM
I haven't used these strikers (or pot calls) in a long time. Last year I took them out for a trial run on some public land birds, the birds liked all 3 of these. Every one runs great on aluminum, glass, and slate....Not even sure who made these, but they run fantastic.
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The one on the right looks Brad Roberts
Quote from: Zobo on April 08, 2022, 10:24:08 PM
Quote from: gergg on April 07, 2022, 12:52:13 PM
I haven't used these strikers (or pot calls) in a long time. Last year I took them out for a trial run on some public land birds, the birds liked all 3 of these. Every one runs great on aluminum, glass, and slate....Not even sure who made these, but they run fantastic.
(https://i.imgur.com/VyZXMVE.jpg?1)
The one on the right looks Brad Roberts
Yes, I believe you are correct, the Snakewood is from Brad.....a very good running striker for me. The Osage Orange striker says "Varmints Inc." on it, a fine running/sounding striker as well.
Early indications are..might be this one. Katalox
the osage striker with Varmints writen on it is by lonehowl,, first name is mark, don't remember his last name
...changed my mind again.
1 week left to prove it :)
Yep the Osage one is one of my older ones. I have not made strikers in a long while but love turning them.
Mark