Mike Yingling on the forum makes so great waterproof pots and waterproof carbon fiber strikers... You can see him, with one of his waterproof pots and water running out of it and him playing the pot ... check him out on the forum ...Now about using diamondwood striker , i think that has a lot to do with what you paid for the striker .. Is it diamondwood from the Rutland factory that burned that was turned as one piece or one of those 2 piece so called diamondwood strikers ? I don't think I'm going to use one of my one piece diamondwood out in the rain myself ... What you do with your strikers is your business in my opinion ...