Have any of the call makers on here made a striker out of genuine lignum vitae? I know it's right up there on the Janka scale at about 4500.
I know a guy who'd getting some....give him a couple weeks and I'll have a better answer. ;D
Quote from: GuideGun on February 24, 2019, 04:40:42 PM
Have any of the call makers on here made a striker out of genuine lignum vitae? I know it's right up there on the Janka scale at about 4500.
Wood doesn`t get any harder, does it? Wonder if it`s possible for wood to be TOO hard for a striker? Dymondwood and snakewood are as hard as I care to go.
I have both dymondwood and a snakewood striker. Both are fantastic. However I want to try something else as well.
Jeff, let me know when you know something. Just ordered a 3.5" wormy white and black ebony Sinclair titanium over glass. Would be interesting to see how Lignum would do on it.
My experience building a few myself is that the Genuine Lignum is too oily to grip good, will be curious to hear from others.
Have you tried Ipe, great sound and a very hard wood itself. Something to consider.
RW
Too oily.
I have a stuckey lignum vitae, and it plays well on anodized aluminum. Its a heavy striker that's for sure.
I know almost nothing of wood working but would soaking the wood in something perhaps acetone remove all the oil from it?
Nope. Been there done that