Thinking on buying a snake wood striker. Any of you guys that run this striker I'd love to hear your input on what you run it on and what it sounds like. It's a hard wood so I'm thonking it's really high pitched with little rasp? Let me have your thoughts!! Thanks
I have a Bill Lyman (callmakerman) one and love it. It runs well on everything. My next one will be a Steve Torman. I just need to start saving my pennies.
I have a Bill Lyman snakewood striker that sounds great with any crystal or glass call that I own.
Ear buster or raspy on average?
I have only made a few strikers out of snakewood and liked them both a lot. A couple had mammoth ivory tips and one was a flared tip. All of them ran great on the glass surfaces and I thing the flared tip sound good on ceramic and copper also.
I would like to make more of them, but have a problem asking enough to cover the cost of the wood and my time.
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I have a Lyman and a Torman snakewood. They run great on all surfaces. Secondly those are some beautiful strikers gobblerstopper. Wouldn't mind getting one.
Quote from: Gobblerstopper on June 06, 2015, 05:07:51 AM
I have only made a few strikers out of snakewood and liked them both a lot. A couple had mammoth ivory tips and one was a flared tip. All of them ran great on the glass surfaces and I thing the flared tip sound good on ceramic and copper also.
I would like to make more of them, but have a problem asking enough to cover the cost of the wood and my time.
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd363/Gobblerstopper/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-04-21%2021.18.06.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/Gobblerstopper/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-04-21%2021.18.06.jpg.html)
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd363/Gobblerstopper/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-05-18%2019.46.06.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/Gobblerstopper/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-05-18%2019.46.06.jpg.html)
Beautiful.
that's one the best looking pot/striker combos I've ever seen
I have a Larry Gresser & a Bill Lyman snakewood. Both run on anything. Good rasp & mine are medium to medium high pitch with great rollover.
Quote from: cutt down on June 11, 2015, 12:50:45 AM
I have a Larry Gresser & a Bill Lyman snakewood. Both run on anything. Good rasp & mine are medium to medium high pitch with great rollover.
I have a Stuckey and lyman snakewood.
nothin brings the rasp out of a call like snakewood does.
Macasser ebony is still my all around favorite. snakewood is definitely in my top 5 as far as sound. IMO nothing looks better than snakewood.
Pm me with details on a tipped snakewood. Does it still have the sound of snakewood or does that tone it down a bit? Never played an ivory tipped striker.
Quote from: Gobblerstopper on June 06, 2015, 05:07:51 AM
I have only made a few strikers out of snakewood and liked them both a lot. A couple had mammoth ivory tips and one was a flared tip. All of them ran great on the glass surfaces and I thing the flared tip sound good on ceramic and copper also.
I would like to make more of them, but have a problem asking enough to cover the cost of the wood and my time.
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd363/Gobblerstopper/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-04-21%2021.18.06.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/Gobblerstopper/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-04-21%2021.18.06.jpg.html)
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd363/Gobblerstopper/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-05-18%2019.46.06.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/Gobblerstopper/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-05-18%2019.46.06.jpg.html)
Interested in your ivory tipped snakewood
Do the tipped strikers still sound like snakewood or does the ivory tame it some?
In other words would a ivory tipped macasser sound like an ivory tipped snakewood?
I have no experience with ivory tipped strikers..
I have used several different woods and put ivory on the tip and not noticed a huge difference in sound between them. The ivory adds a little pitch and grips well to glass. Definitely a difference between two strikers of the same wood when you add ivory to one of them.
The snakewood, snakewood/ivory and cocobolo/ivory or strikers that I sell are sold with a call for the most part. I don't make enough of them to offer them on their own, although I have put one or two on my Facebook page by themselves. My biggest issue is the price of them.
That is a beautiful set Andy.
another vote for bill lyman snakewood great,running striker , I love the weight of it a little heavier than most, not bad to look at either
Got me a stuckley! Looks awesome, sounds even better!!