Is it my lack of knowledge or ability? But I do declare a Fowler dymondwood plays on about everything I put it on. It's the first striker I grab, maybe bills snakewood.
Share your input guys.
I myself am very new to the custom call word and have definitely not tried out many, many woods and combinations.... But in my young collection and already amassing amount of calls, no striker runs better than a Macassar Ebony from Derrick Stuckey, at least in my opinion. I'm looking to try a Tulipwood of his along with a Lingum Vitae, and possibly even one of his bonded stabilized Maple Burl/ Macassar Ebony's as well.... But as for a definite thing, that all Macassar of his I have is killer and doesn't not run on a single pot I own.
Mr Fowler makes a great striker I have about a dozen of his striker including a red dymondwood.
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I just got a couple from Fowler myself.I got black locust and an Ipe they both sound good on everything I have put them to. What are some of the other good ones to try I thought about Jatoba and the macasar ebony.
Mr. Fowler's strikers are my go to, especially his Snakewood. They balance great and really catch the surface. He is also an awesome person and worth giving a call!
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Quote from: HookedonHooks on July 09, 2017, 11:57:16 PM
I'm looking to try a Tulipwood of his along with a Lingum Vitae, and possibly even one of his bonded stabilized Maple Burl/ Macassar Ebony's as well.... But as for a definite thing, that all Macassar of his I have is killer and doesn't not run on a single pot I own.
My Lignum from him runs deep in tone. It is also a heavy striker.
I have four crown royal bags full of strikers, aside from dymondwood, his tulipwood is my favorite. Its a very surface friendly striker, but I like it most on glass/crystal.
Quote from: vt35mag on July 10, 2017, 09:59:51 AM
Quote from: HookedonHooks on July 09, 2017, 11:57:16 PM
I'm looking to try a Tulipwood of his along with a Lingum Vitae, and possibly even one of his bonded stabilized Maple Burl/ Macassar Ebony's as well.... But as for a definite thing, that all Macassar of his I have is killer and doesn't not run on a single pot I own.
My Lignum from him runs deep in tone. It is also a heavy striker.
I have four crown royal bags full of strikers, aside from dymondwood, his tulipwood is my favorite. Its a very surface friendly striker, but I like it most on glass/crystal.
You got any duplicates of his in any woods you'd want to part with? I'm ordering a call from him with the Amazon Rosewood striker. But I want a Tulipwood, and a Dymondwood for sure.
Quote from: HookedonHooks on July 10, 2017, 11:54:50 AM
Quote from: vt35mag on July 10, 2017, 09:59:51 AM
Quote from: HookedonHooks on July 09, 2017, 11:57:16 PM
I'm looking to try a Tulipwood of his along with a Lingum Vitae, and possibly even one of his bonded stabilized Maple Burl/ Macassar Ebony's as well.... But as for a definite thing, that all Macassar of his I have is killer and doesn't not run on a single pot I own.
My Lignum from him runs deep in tone. It is also a heavy striker.
I have four crown royal bags full of strikers, aside from dymondwood, his tulipwood is my favorite. Its a very surface friendly striker, but I like it most on glass/crystal.
You got any duplicates of his in any woods you'd want to part with? I'm ordering a call from him with the Amazon Rosewood striker. But I want a Tulipwood, and a Dymondwood for sure.
I cycled through a few Tulipwoods until I found a nearly identical sounding pair. Unfortunately, I sold/gave away the others already. I would be pretty upset if I lost the one I had, so I made sure to have a near match just in case. Its the only one I have duplicates of.
Quote from: Chris O on July 10, 2017, 05:54:05 AM
I just got a couple from Fowler myself.I got black locust and an Ipe they both sound good on everything I have put them to. What are some of the other good ones to try I thought about Jatoba and the macasar ebony.
Mac. Ebony , tulipwood, mystery wood, Osage/snakewood
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Quote from: Chris O on July 10, 2017, 05:54:05 AM
I just got a couple from Fowler myself.I got black locust and an Ipe they both sound good on everything I have put them to. What are some of the other good ones to try I thought about Jatoba and the macasar ebony.
Osage/Mysterywood, Osage/Alaskan Yellow Cedar, Black Locust, and Osage/Snakewood.
I wonder if it's just that diamondwood runs on everything. I have a bunch of strikers, including several from Stuckey, and his diamondwood runs well on every call I own. If I had to use only one striker for everything, it would be a Stuckey diamondwood.
I love my fowler dymondwood, Lyman dymondwood, and my Matt McClain ironwood. All great strikers.
I tend to stick to Stuckey strikers and echo what merriamsman said except mine would be macassar Ebony. I have quite a few from him and I have his dymondwood, macassar, and tulipwood with me on every single hunt. All three of them run great!
Is MR Fowler taking orders again he was ill for a while.
Quote from: Happy hooker on July 10, 2017, 05:33:38 PM
Is MR Fowler taking orders again he was ill for a while.
I just got mine last week so I would say so
Thanks for the recommendations guys I appreciate them.
Quote from: Happy hooker on July 10, 2017, 05:33:38 PM
Is MR Fowler taking orders again he was ill for a while.
Yes, ordered a black locust a coupe weeks ago and got it in 2-3 days like normal
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I've never ran a Fowler striker I didn't like. They all run good. And I'll have to agree Derrick Stuckey's Macassar Ebony is a great striker.
For those of you that have Harold's 2pc dymondwood strikers, what do they have for a top?
How is that Fowler Black Locust? I want to try another black locust...not happy with the one I have, so am thinking of trying a Fowler or a West Augusta.
Quote from: Haymarekt on July 10, 2017, 11:08:34 PM
How is that Fowler Black Locust? I want to try another black locust...not happy with the one I have, so am thinking of trying a Fowler or a West Augusta.
Mr. Fowler's black locust is awesome!
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Quote from: Haymarekt on July 10, 2017, 11:08:34 PM
How is that Fowler Black Locust? I want to try another black locust...not happy with the one I have, so am thinking of trying a Fowler or a West Augusta.
Mr. Fowler's black locust is aweso
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Yes it is, and one of my favorites for sure.
Ive been Harold's strikers exclusively since 90's. Used the same purple heart striker for prolly 10yrs and then replaced with another Purple Heart. Last couple years I have been using his dymondwood. It's a great all around striker. Harold is one of the BEST guys you could ever meet.
Quote from: Coop1082 on July 10, 2017, 05:16:23 PM
I tend to stick to Stuckey strikers and echo what merriamsman said except mine would be macassar Ebony. I have quite a few from him and I have his dymondwood, macassar, and tulipwood with me on every single hunt. All three of them run great!
This is my exact opinion as well. I have about 20 stuckey strikers, everyone straight tip. The ebony , tulipwood and dymond wood are always in my vest.
Ha, ha, Spitten, I also have Stuckey diamondwood, macassar ebony, and tulipwood, plus a purple heart. I like them all, but the diamondwood seems to just run consistently good on every surface.