It is a great all around striker. It will play alright on slate but not my favorite on that surface. It will really make a crystal or glass call sing. My Fowler Snakewood is my primary striker cause my Loftis Screamer is my primary pot call.
Black Locust is another great all around striker. I prefer strikers that play all the surfaces I carry well, that way in the heat of the moment I can just grab and be good to go. I do carry one or two strikers that is for just one surface but they are in a pocket that I know what I am grabbing.