Slate Striker

[dejake]

What's your favorite wood to use on a slate surface, and why?

[HookedonHooks]

Dogwood, Hickory, or Persimmon

[SwampRooster17]

Persimmons


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[Double B]

Hickory and tulip poplar.

[Coop1082]

Dogwood, Persimmon, and yellowheart.

[PALongspur]

Dymondwood, purpleheart, tulipwood and good ol' hickory.

[DBRANNON]

Hickory for me because it produces clear notes.

[CMBOSTC]

Rosewood, but that's not always guaranteed. It really depends on the striker and call matching up.

[Fl strutter]

Persimmon, hickory, tulipwood, dogwood, and bloodwood are all great on slate.

[Spitten and drummen]

PurpleHeart ,  persimmon, yellowheart And Black locust.

[M,Yingling]

looks like some forgot the why lol

i carry 3 strikers  1 fiber rod   2 dymond wood  3 black locust

Why
1 gives nice mellow raspy tone
2  can realy get nasty  raspy and sharp toned
3 nice medium tone runs little higher pitched 
and of course any three will run soft toward middle of call   

[Spitten and drummen]

Lord. I wish I could make myself carry only 3 strikers. I carry about 12 lol.

[Chris O]

I haven't found too many that I don't like on slate.I think that is why slate is one of my favorites

[Jbird22]

Pacific Dogwood, Purpleheart, Zebrawood, Persimmon, Canarywood, and Locust are all good on slate. Personally, my Fowler Pacific Dogwood is the leader of the pack by a pretty fair margin though. It just has that sound I'm looking for when it comes to slate. 

[callmakerman]

I like a raspy so tulipwood, dymondwood and Ipe give me that on just about any surface. If I wanted to run slate a little more on the clear side I would go with cedar or dogwood.