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Lignum strikers?

Started by GuideGun, February 24, 2019, 04:40:42 PM

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GuideGun

Have any of the call makers on here made a striker out of genuine lignum vitae?  I know it's right up there on the Janka scale at about 4500.
Matt


JLH

I know a guy who'd getting some....give him a couple weeks and I'll have a better answer. ;D

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Quote from: GuideGun on February 24, 2019, 04:40:42 PM
Have any of the call makers on here made a striker out of genuine lignum vitae?  I know it's right up there on the Janka scale at about 4500.


Wood doesn`t get any harder, does it? Wonder if it`s possible for wood to be TOO hard for a striker? Dymondwood  and snakewood are as hard as I care to go.

GuideGun

I have both dymondwood and a snakewood striker.  Both are fantastic.  However I want to try something else as well.

Jeff,  let me know when you know something.  Just ordered a 3.5" wormy white and black ebony Sinclair titanium over glass.  Would be interesting to see how Lignum would do on it. 
Matt


gergg

My experience building a few myself is that the Genuine Lignum is too oily to grip good, will be curious to hear from others.
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  Have you tried Ipe, great sound and a very hard wood itself. Something to consider.

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I have a stuckey lignum vitae, and it plays well on anodized aluminum. Its a heavy striker that's for sure.

deerpoo22

I know almost nothing of wood working but would soaking the wood in something perhaps acetone remove all the oil from it?

mmclain

Nope.  Been there done that