Ceramic

[zsully]

Once I took the stone to my ceramic it really sounds fantastic with a Fowler 2 piece striker.  Striker is a king wood stem with a persimmon top.  I would highly recommend it.

[chefrific]

I spent some time with Stumpy on Sunday talking turkey and I picked up my first ceramic from him. Combined with a one piece ipe Halloran striker I have, it's now what I consider the BEST sounding pot call I own.  And I own a ton of them. This ceramic gets nasty raspy if you want it to.  Chad aka Stumpy recommended lightly rubbing a spot with a stone.  Also he did mention to make sure not grip the striker hard. Running the call in a direction against the grain if the wood will also help the sound.
Stumpy's ceramic is the most realistic sounding pot call I've ever heard. It's absolutely pure hen.
Runs best for me with the ipe but it also likes a snakewood and a dymondwood striker I have.

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[North of 8]

Use 150 to 200 grit diamond paper. Yu will never have another issue

[SteelerFan]

I spent some time with Stumpy on Sunday talking turkey and I picked up my first ceramic from him. Combined with a one piece ipe Halloran striker I have, it's now what I consider the BEST sounding pot call I own. And I own a ton of them. Chad aka Stumpy recommended lightly rubbing a spot with a stone.  Also he did mention not grip the striker hard. Running the call in a direction against the grain if the wood will also help the sound.
Stumpy's ceramic is the most realistic sounding pot call I've ever heard. It's absolutely pure hen.
Runs best for me with the ipe but it also likes a snakewood and a dymondwood striker I have.

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I also just got one of Stumpy's walnut ceramics (today, as a matter of fact). It really, really sounds great. I haven't touched the surface with anything yet - but it will get as raspy as you want and also put out a nice high front. Along with Stumpy's strikers - I ran it with a Lyman hickory & Torman black locust. Both sound great... it will be riding the vest all season.

[Sx4]

Today I put a Sinclair snakewood striker to a John Sinclair Ceramic over glass in a purpleheart pot! Rasp and so much realistic turkey came from that call I couldn't imagine how anything could be better! Pure live turkey sounds! I am playing on a small square conditioned with a stone.

[Bolandstrutters]

Not sure what striker I got with my Daybreak, but it sounds incredible and has plenty of rasp.  super easy and consistent to run as well. 

[TKE921]

I have been a ceramic fan for a long time.  I just received a Daybreak Padauk ceramic the other day and it is amazing.  My wife has heard an endless amount of calls in her lifetime, including a whole pile at the NWTF this year.  Two yelps into a seqence on the daybreak she poked her head around the kitchen doorway and asked if I was running my new call or playing the hen footage on a Claycomb video really loud.
That call sounds great with the supplied dymondwood striker and if I want some extra rasp out of it I run it with a Halloran macassar ebony.