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Title: Unidentified striker
Post by: Southerngobbler on June 16, 2019, 11:53:42 AM
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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Title: Re: Unidentified striker
Post by: Jester87 on June 16, 2019, 12:27:02 PM
Maybe gaboon ebony?
Title: Re: Unidentified striker
Post by: Southerngobbler on June 16, 2019, 12:58:14 PM
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.
Title: Re: Unidentified striker
Post by: Buckrub on June 17, 2019, 07:29:06 AM
Possibly Wenge. ???
Title: Re: Unidentified striker
Post by: LabsRUsII on June 17, 2019, 07:50:41 PM
Weigh it and give dimensions
Wenger if light,
mex ebony if heavy
Is tip dark too?

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Title: Re: Unidentified striker
Post by: Southerngobbler on June 17, 2019, 08:01:59 PM
The tip is lighter, but all my strikers seem to have a lighter tip
325 gn
7 1/2" long


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Title: Re: Unidentified striker
Post by: JLH on June 17, 2019, 08:58:19 PM
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.
Title: Re: Unidentified striker
Post by: Southerngobbler on June 17, 2019, 09:42:56 PM
Is 324 gn light or heavy?
Title: Re: Unidentified striker
Post by: Southerngobbler on June 17, 2019, 09:52:44 PM
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.
Title: Re: Unidentified striker
Post by: outdoors on June 17, 2019, 09:58:46 PM
Looks like wood to me .......
Title: Re: Unidentified striker
Post by: LabsRUsII on June 18, 2019, 07:46:43 PM
probably katalox
Title: Re: Unidentified striker
Post by: Greg Massey on June 18, 2019, 08:02:37 PM
African blackwood , same wood that trumpets are made from...