Hey guys! I'm having shoulder surgery soon so I turned up some strikers quick for the classies before I have to lay off the lathe. Each striker sounds awesome on slate, glass, and aluminum. I have not played them on ceramic.
The burnt purpleheart is a deep grape color, but I could not manage to capture that in the pics. The grain in the leopardwood is amazing! The wenge has some yellow to it on one side that I did not expect, and the other side is black. Both yellowheart and bloodwood have a little bit of figure in them. ALL of the strikers have a hard spar urethane finish to them, EXCEPT for the rosewood which has a satiny shellac finish.
From left to right in pic above- Rosewood, Bloodwood, Yellowheart, Sapele, Leopardwood, Wenge, Burnt Purpleheart, Paduak
From nearest to farthest in pic above- Rosewood, Bloodwood, Leopardwood, Yellowheart
From nearest to farthest in pic above- Sapele, Wenge, Burnt Purpleheart, Padauk
There are some cool silver flakes in the purpleheart.. They are natural and I have no idea what caused them. ALL strikers have flared tips, and are signed, dated with the year, and noted with the kind of wood. It is hard to see on the purpleheart and rosewood in person though.
Thanks guys!
Mike Longnecker
