Striker ???

[sbbow]

Ok so this is gonna be my first year hunting spring season. I started collecting pot calls. I have  a ceramic in cedar a crystal in cherry and a slate in something. Seems like I got a purpleheart with all of them. My question is this all the call makers make different strikers in different woods because they get different sounds right? So what would be some other possibilities for the calls that I have. Thanks for your help.

[Gooserbat]

Here is my 2 cents, Yellowheart, Persimmon, Hickory, Ipe, Dymondwood.  A strikers tone  can vary by weight, length, diameter, and tip design. 

[Skeeterbait]

Purpleheart is one of the most universal strikers you can own.  It runs nearly everything well.  Another would be a laminate called dyamondwood.  It will likely give you a little higher pitch than your purpleheart.  Another I like is oak.  It tends to also be a good universal striker and likely will give you a lower pitch than the purpleheart.  But the sky is the limit on trying different exotic woods.  Some of it is different pitch but some of it is just enjoying owning strikers of varying exotic woods.  Others often mentioned are osage, ebony, hickory, padauk, bubinga, bocote.....

[sbbow]

what is ipe

[captin_hook]

I like hickory for a all around striker to play on anything.

[Skeeterbait]

what is ipe

Ipe is also called Brazilian Walnut or Lapacho.  Very dense and hard.

[worth612000]

You would really like one of Wendell's dymondwood flare tip strikers from Lights Out Calls. they run good on glass, copper, ceramic and aluminum. I don't remember if I tried slate

[REBELYELL]

Dymondwood
Purpleheart
Hickory, black locust or persimmon

[CASH]

Strikers can make every pot sound different.

My personal go to strikers are

Lightsout Dymondwood (my fave) and Osage

[Gooserbat]

what is ipe

Ipe is also called Brazilian Walnut or Lapacho.  Very dense and hard.

Yes it is, it sinks in water.

[Fatbeard]

My 2 personal favorite are a solid snakewood and a two piece snakewood/dogwood.

[hookedspur]

Osage
Ipe
Diamondwood

[VA_Birdhunter]

You would really like one of Wendell's dymondwood flare tip strikers from Lights Out Calls. they run good on glass, copper, ceramic and aluminum. I don't remember if I tried slate

I agree....there very good!

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[drum817]

I like Dymondwood for higher pitched tones and Kwila wood for a little darker sound.

[paboxcall]

I run slate, glass and aluminum, and a few of my favorites include maple, osage, black walnut, black cherry, and hickory.