Strikers for Copper Pot Calls

[TnTurk]

I've got a copper pot from a reputable call maker and although I love the call, I am still searching for that"magic" striker that will make that call really sing in the woods. So, what type of wood/strikers have you found that really set these surfaces apart from all other calls?

[otis]

dymondwood  i like the best



otis

[pappy]

I like to use purple heart, persimmon, bloodwood, and ebony. I think they get good solid tones.

Really these are the best choices

[TnTurk]

I like to use purple heart, persimmon, bloodwood, and ebony. I think they get good solid tones.

Really these are the best choices

I've got all of these except a persimmon striker.  Purple heart and ebony are ok, but can get a little squeaky if I'm not careful with the pressure. The bloodwood sounds pretty good. Guess I'm gonna have to find me a persimmon striker and try it out.

[savduck]

Maple and diamond wood for me.

[captin_hook]

Try a carbon striker. My copper likes it. If all else fails, hickory will run just about anything fairly well.

[Cut*N*Run]

A soft, grippy wood like curly maple, cedar, or sycamore will sweeten copper a lot. A hard wood like purpleheart or oak will be raspy and energetic. Those are some of the extremes and then there is everything in the middle.

I mostly use sycamore, purpleheart, and padauk.

[outdoors]

IVE HAD GOOD LUCK WITH CEADAR. 

[s-s]

i turned an osage the other day for a customer and just for kicks tried it on copper was truly amazed at how good it sounded. got to make me one now

[Sully53]

IVE HAD GOOD LUCK WITH CEADAR. 

X2 plus mahogany

[M,Yingling]

I like my fiber rod striker,, They make the nastiest raspiest hen sound youll want to hear 

[TnTurk]

IVE HAD GOOD LUCK WITH CEADAR. 

X2 plus mahogany

I tried an old homemade cedar striker last night and was pleasantly surprised at how it softened the call up yet still had a little bit of rasp to it. I also found what I think is a mahogany striker and it sounded pretty good too. I would still like to find a good persimmon or osage striker just for kicks. I'm just really skeptical about ordering a striker that I haven't run on a pot call because I know even different strikers from the same wood can sound different on the same call.

[TauntoHawk]

Cocobolo was what I like best out of my dozen or so strikers.

[vt35mag]

dymondwood

[pappy]

You are just gonna have to keep playing with different strikers from the sound of it, buying strikers for a certain pot combination is like playing five card stud, you get the hand you're dealt, it's up to you to make it a winner.....

IVE HAD GOOD LUCK WITH CEADAR. 

X2 plus mahogany

I tried an old homemade cedar striker last night and was pleasantly surprised at how it softened the call up yet still had a little bit of rasp to it. I also found what I think is a mahogany striker and it sounded pretty good too. I would still like to find a good persimmon or osage striker just for kicks. I'm just really skeptical about ordering a striker that I haven't run on a pot call because I know even different strikers from the same wood can sound different on the same call.