I'm looking for recommendations for a good slate striker. I have a couple 2 piece hickory'e, purple heart and a one piece jatoba. I've read dogwoo, tulip wood and dymondwood seem to be several faves. Currently using a hallaron wenge/walnut slate but I have several slates and looking at adding more strikers to my collection.
There are a lot of different strikers out there than will flat run a slate. You have already mentioned some good ones, I would add black locust to the mix as well. What works for some, may not work for others.
Hickory..cedar..jatoba..canarywood...persimmon..blacklocust...tulipwood...are some of my favorites
hickory and persimmon are my favorites
Macassar Ebony, Lyman tulipwood and dymalux along with his Ipe. Torman tulipwood as well. Torman has other greats it just I don't have them yet!
I'm really liking my Lyman tulipwood on slate. I also like yellow heart, and my Lyman Purple Heart and hickory.
1.Black Locust
2.Tulipwood
Dymondwood
Macassar Ebony
Makers:
Steve Torman
Bill Lyman
Matt McClain
Brad Roberts
Hold a gun to my head and make me pick just one of those? Torman Black Locust (but man, I'd hate to have to make just 1 pick)
Dymondwood and I have an old Cody hickory, it's heavy n runs awesome.
Hickory, yellowheart and canarywood are my favorites for slate. Poplar is my go to for close in tree talk and closing, great soft stuff.
Fowler Babinga & a CODY 2 pc Bocote....
Osage, bubinga, padauk
Halloran's Dymondwood, Persimmon and Ipe sound deadly on my Wenge & Walnute slate.
Thanks for all the suggestions! I'm sure this summer I'll order several of them to try on the collection of pots I have. I did order a hallaron IPE and a fowler black locust, I think both will sound great and will hopefully know more before to long!
Right now I am very high on a Fowler Mystery Wood on my slates.
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Right now I am very high on a Fowler Mystery Wood on my skates.
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Mystery wood? Or monkeywood?
Guyana rosewood
Quote from: Gobbleandgrunt on April 12, 2017, 04:33:13 PM
Quote from: davisd9 on April 12, 2017, 02:47:26 PM
Right now I am very high on a Fowler Mystery Wood on my slates.
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Mystery wood? Or monkeywood?
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To my ear, hard to beat black walnut on slate. Can get real soft with it. :z-twocents:
Laminated oak, persimmon, Paduk, tulip wood.
Got a recommendation from a fellow member a few weeks ago.
Stuckey Macassar Ebony
I've never had a striker sound that good on so many different surfaces.
You can get one on eBay. It's not cheap but you won't regret it.
I bet that striker would sound good on a trash can lid. : )
Persimmon , Paduk, & Macassar ebony
Hickory, Purpleheart, Bocote
Folwer Pacific Dogwood is my favorite but I also like Persimmon, Locust, Canarywood, and Purpleheart.
Quote from: Bowguy on April 11, 2017, 07:15:06 PM
Dymondwood and I have an old Cody hickory, it's heavy n runs awesome.
Funny, all the exotic woods and those are my "go to" strikers also.
I'm carrying a dymondwood, wenge, and kwila this year. All run good on the slate.
apple ,rosewood,purpleheart,yellowheart , mahogany
Persimmon, Dogwood, and Dymondwood
My favorite is a custom laminate made of purple heart and Osage orange.
really depends on the sound you are looking for. I take a variety of strikers for my slate, but I seem to go back to purpleheart time and time again
Wenge and East Indian Rosewood!
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