Hand Whittled Striker

[hunter22]

Most of you know how much I like fine strikers. I started hand whittling some for myself a few years ago. Needless to say I have made several. A forum friend asked me to make him one out of Cherry. I use my Cherry strikers a lot on copper/glass pot calls made by Mike Yingling. They just have a sound together I really like. I thought I would show you the steps I go through to whittle out a striker using my Case pocket knife and sandpaper. Fun hobby if you have a lot of time.

Block of wood



Shaping it to look like a striker



Starting to take shape



Close


Comparison to a striker I hunt with



Finished and ready to go

[drenalinld]

Lot of time invested there. They are great strikers. I ALWAYS have one with me.

[Lonehowl]

Nice!

[West Augusta]

Got to love a "handmade" striker.  Looks great Rickey.

[gatrkyhntr70]

Very nice!

[firedup]

Nice Rickey....I need one  

[SS Calls]

Good job Rickey! Too much work for me. 

[hunter62]

That's COOL Rickey Most guys wouldn't  spend the time to do that .

[Crawdad]

Nice job Rickey, looks great.

[hunter22]

It is a fun hobby Robert. But it does take a few hours to make one from start to finish. Next time you and David are up here you can go through my box and pick out a couple for each of you. I have some Dogwood, Peach, Pecan, and Pear wood I am going to make some out of this fall. I whittle a lot while I am sitting in a tree. 

[fastford04]

What do you charge for one?


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[hunter22]

I do not sell them. I would be making about 50 cents an hour if I did.   

I have two sets of 25 different woods that I made for myself. I also made a set for my son and a set for a good friend. I have made a few for some hunting buddies and need to make a few more to give to them. Some of the harder woods like Rosewood and Walnut are hard to whittle. Also some of the woods that have twisted grain patterns can be hard to figure out which direction to run your knife. They want to splinter.

I have used my strikers on pot calls to kill several gobblers.   

[fastford04]

I like them


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[outdoors]

                      

I whittle a lot while I am sitting in a tree.   

[Triple B]

Got to love a "handmade" striker.  Looks great Rickey.

I guess you would know a thing or two about that..