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Title: Which striker
Post by: Onpoint on February 18, 2014, 12:05:09 AM
I'm just traded a call and sent one of my favorite strikers with it. I'm going to get a new striker. Right now my favorite strikers are a Lonnie Sneed and a little bitty laminated primos striker. The 3 calls I run are a Lonnie Sneed slate, David hollaran glass and I have a SS ceramic on the way. I really like a ceramic surface and I suspect this will be the pot call I use the most. Right now it's my Lonnie Sneed slate. I was considering a yellowheart hooks but I'm just not sure. I guess I'm gonna get 2 strikers. One for all around calling and one for reeeeeeaaalllly soft stuff. Which 2 would yall recommend?  Would cedar make for a good soft talk striker?

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Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: 870BkWht on February 18, 2014, 12:16:33 AM
Cedar will make a very soft talking striker, but im not sure how it will run on glass or the ceramic.  If your looking for a good all around striker, dymondwood is a killer material that will sound good on most anything but will flat sing on a ceramic.  Purpleheart is also a good choice for all around.  Your choices could be endless.
Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: outdoors on February 18, 2014, 02:12:12 AM
I USE A SNAKEWOOD ON MINE AND SOUNDS REAL NICE   :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: muddpuppi on February 18, 2014, 08:03:38 AM
Dont settle for just one or 2 strikers...each striker is going to have a slightly diff sound on any given call...1 pot 2 strikers equal 2 sounds....1 pot 15 strikersequals a flock...
Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: eddie234 on February 18, 2014, 08:34:23 AM
I love my hooks yellow heart. They are made my neil herman, i have 8 different strikers by him.

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Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: Onpoint on February 18, 2014, 09:59:49 AM
Quote from: muddpuppi on February 18, 2014, 08:03:38 AM
Dont settle for just one or 2 strikers...each striker is going to have a slightly diff sound on any given call...1 pot 2 strikers equal 2 sounds....1 pot 15 strikers equalls a flock...

I have a bag a and a box full of strikers just going to add a couple new ones this year.
Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: MikeStaten on February 18, 2014, 12:48:22 PM
Wendell at Lights Out makes a great dymondwood striker that sounds great on my halloran twisted sister and Sneed hot hen.  Mine is a work of art too.   
Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: Cut*N*Run on February 18, 2014, 01:14:13 PM
Sycamore makes a real good soft talker, but imo is a little more versatile than cedar. Padauk always does just what I want it to- loud on aluminum, mellow on glass and slate. I like redheart too. Osage is also a must have.
Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: REBELYELL on February 18, 2014, 01:14:31 PM
Get you a Woodhaven Laminated Birch striker or a good dymondwood, along with a good purpleheart striker and you won't need any more. Yellowheart is a good choice, must not a must have like the other two.

Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: REBELYELL on February 18, 2014, 01:14:40 PM
Get you a Woodhaven Laminated Birch striker or a good dymondwood, along with a good purpleheart striker and you won't need any more. Yellowheart is a good choice, must not a must have like the other two.

Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: bunk on February 18, 2014, 01:58:06 PM
I have a Hooks yellowheart and it is great for soft calling on my Hot Hen slate.
Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: Onpoint on February 18, 2014, 04:12:06 PM
Who' makes a good affordable striker. I'd like to get a few for around 10-14 a piece. I might pay 20 for one but I can't afford to buy 3 or 4 $20 strikers right now. Here's the strikers I pack in my vest now, 2 Lonnie Sneed strikers,  not sure of the wood, a cane Creek copper head, primos double down (I like that striker alot) and a primos lucky striker.
I don't use pot calls a whole lot. Mouth calls have always been my bread and butter but I started gettin a few nice calls and I just want to get a few nice strikers to go with em. I'm ordering a yingling copper in ash pot, anybody know what kind of striker he will send. If he's sending a good dymond wood then I probably won't buy one of them just yet. Some strikers that have caught my eye are the r we mackey huntin styx. Some of them have the mushroom tip and I'm not as crazy about them. The primos lucky striker is the only mushroom tip I have and it'd a decent striker, does louder callin really well. The others may be better but I just prefer the ol rounded tip.
Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: Cut*N*Run on February 18, 2014, 05:52:47 PM
You could ask any of the callmakers on here for prices, but I don't think you'll have a hard time finding top quality strikers in the $10-15 range.

There's a guy on ebay that always has some for sale. I bought a corian tipped striker from him and it's really good. His page is http://www.ebay.com/usr/7343bill

One other thing you could do is buy materials from a call making site and just make your own 2 piece strikers. For not much money you could have all sorts of combos.
Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: REBELYELL on February 18, 2014, 06:11:16 PM
Quote from: Onpoint on February 18, 2014, 04:12:06 PM
Who' makes a good affordable striker. I'd like to get a few for around 10-14 a piece. I might pay 20 for one but I can't afford to buy 3 or 4 $20 strikers right now. Here's the strikers I pack in my vest now, 2 Lonnie Sneed strikers,  not sure of the wood, a cane Creek copper head, primos double down (I like that striker alot) and a primos lucky striker.
I don't use pot calls a whole lot. Mouth calls have always been my bread and butter but I started gettin a few nice calls and I just want to get a few nice strikers to go with em. I'm ordering a yingling copper in ash pot, anybody know what kind of striker he will send. If he's sending a good dymond wood then I probably won't buy one of them just yet. Some strikers that have caught my eye are the r we mackey huntin styx. Some of them have the mushroom tip and I'm not as crazy about them. The primos lucky striker is the only mushroom tip I have and it'd a decent striker, does louder callin really well. The others may be better but I just prefer the ol rounded tip.

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Title: Re: Which striker
Post by: REBELYELL on February 18, 2014, 06:11:45 PM
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