Ipe

[Mag10]

Has anyone tryed Ipe ( Ironwood ??) for pot calls or strikers? It is very hard!

[TurkeyPotpie]

Ive seen a few Ironwood strikers and couple pots. Im actually going to turn one for myself when i finish tooling  up. Im a newbie so it should be interesting

[culpeper]

I have used Ipe for lids on box calls and it works great, haven't tried it for the box though---could be a bit too hard to get the right friction characteristics.  Now the Ipe I have is from the Coney Island board walk, it's almost chocolate colored, evry single board and the boards are 3.5" thick and about 12-13" wide...all the ironwood I ever saw is much smaller and light in color--are you sure it's Ipe?

[Mag10]

I have used Ipe for lids on box calls and it works great, haven't tried it for the box though---could be a bit too hard to get the right friction characteristics.  Now the Ipe I have is from the Coney Island board walk, it's almost chocolate colored, evry single board and the boards are 3.5" thick and about 12-13" wide...all the ironwood I ever saw is much smaller and light in color--are you sure it's Ipe?

Yes It's Ipe,  Sometimes called Brazilian Ironwood,  used on high end decks for decking.  Its dark chocolate brown and weighs about 4 times as much as treated pine.  It's from south America I think.

[culpeper]

Yep, that's the stuff.

[Gobblerstopper]

Been my favorite on copper for several years and now is one of my favorite on ceramic also.  Always called it Ironwood.

[flydowntn]

I also thought it was Brazillan Walnut. My wood source guy sells Ipe and the walnut the same wood. Kingwood is a differ color I thought.
I think Ipe and  Kingwood are different. Look at the pictures on hobbithouse.com. They are listed as different woods and have different colors and grain.
Shane

[misfire]

Not sure what it is related to myself, closest I can think of is CONCRETE!!!!! That stuff is hard, but turns out a nice finished product

[gonehuntin982]

I have used Ipe for lids on box calls with great success the closes thing to it I think is Jatoba or Brazilian cherry

Mike

[magnoliagamecalls]

I havent tried it on pots but I am sure it will work. But have tried it on strikers and it works good.

[handcannon]

They use it a lot down here in Brazil on fences and gates at small home properties. Makes a really nice looking cover up for all the junk they got behind the fence. It last a long time too with little maintenance. I sure wish I could pack me a bunch of this stuff in my bag and carry it back to the states with me.