What's everyone's take on the different "wood" strikers; bloodwood, frog wood, diamondwood, etc?
I know a lot of people love diamondwood and say it runs on anything.
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You can pretty much run any pot call with a snakewood, diamondwood / webbwood, frogwood, black locust, tulipwood and some kind of waterproof tip striker ...IMO
5 / 6 strikers in my opinion are all you need ....
Now I run some straight tip and flare tip strikers, it depends on who made the strikers and how well they will run / sound on different surfaces ...
You're gonna get so many answers. I think it comes down to how each person runs the call. I like a two piece striker. Snake wood, tulip wood and ipe are all I carry. I hate the laminate woods and don't like one piece strikers at all. But most people are the opposite.
To me it is not only the wood but the design, the weight, strait tip, curved tip, mushroom tip and so on that makes a difference. The first two strikers I buy from almost every maker are Ipe and Tulipwood, (I just sold two I wish I did not have to) but in each case they all sound different from the other even though they are all the same woods. I would think the density of each piece of wood would make a difference as well, a more open grain vs a tighter grain of the same wood would change the sound as would stabilizing the woods.
Man, that was a lot of would and wood for a woodchuck to chuck in that paragraph!!!
I would add Hickory to the list
My favorite strikers are either a 2 piece (maple top, dymondwood bottom) that will literally run on anything, or one of Jeff Harrison's carbon strikers (frogwood is a very close second). Those "wood" type strikers grip and rip on about everything.
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The laminate woods are typically the most consistent across most surfaces. In general, some natural woods are better than others but there can be variability. Two strikers made from different blanks of same species by the same maker can perform differently. So it can depend on the individual pieces of wood the strikers are made from. I have a lot of wood for turkey call making. I can take pieces of wood of the same species and they'll all vary some in density and grain pattern.
I have two dymondwood strikers (slightly different weights and sound produced) and a carbon tip striker that go with me on every hunt. Black locust, hickory, frogwood and walnut or cedar work well to depending on surface used.
frogwood is amazing but about extinct favorite striker across all surfaces