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anodized aluminum striker??

Started by reaperman, February 12, 2013, 09:56:40 AM

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reaperman

Whats a good striker to use with the anodized aluminum call?  I currently have  diamondwood, but for some reason it doesnt seem to "bite" the surface too well.  At times, the striker will just slide on the surface and not make any noise. Especially when trying to call a bit louder.  I have sanded up the end to try and rough it up a bit, but  it really doesnt seem to help much.  Thanks.

Cut*N*Run

Here are a few I like:

padauk, sycamore, African mahogany, bubinga

Padauk is #1 for me, but with all of them, it also comes down to the striker dimensions. I can make a sycamore striker than runs as well as any other on aluminum, and I can also make one that isn't even worth saving for the fireplace. Also depends on how you hold it too. I have had good luck with diamondwood strikers for aluminum, but I have to make them real thin.

TauntoHawk

X2 padauk is also my favorite, I have the hooks striker in padauk

Also like a Halloran purpleheart flare tip it has lots of bite and edgy back end rasp and a yellowheart for high pitched roll over. 
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lightsoutcalls

Something to check on... If you are running an anodized call that isn't powder blasted, you may find that most any striker slides across it.  If you have worn the texture off of a powder blasted anodized surface... same thing.  My personal anodized aluminum call has worn slick with use.  I run a piece of rainchalk over the surface and it runs like it did when it was first made. 

I seldom run anything but dymondwood on my anodized call.  That's not saying other strikers wouldn't sound good, just that I like the sound of my dymondwood strikers best on my aluminum call. 
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reaperman

Quote from: lightsoutcalls on February 12, 2013, 04:55:27 PM
Something to check on... If you are running an anodized call that isn't powder blasted, you may find that most any striker slides across it.  If you have worn the texture off of a powder blasted anodized surface... same thing.  My personal anodized aluminum call has worn slick with use.  I run a piece of rainchalk over the surface and it runs like it did when it was first made. 

I seldom run anything but dymondwood on my anodized call.  That's not saying other strikers wouldn't sound good, just that I like the sound of my dymondwood strikers best on my aluminum call.

Being you answered my post.  I should admit that this call is one I bought from you last season.  So the use is very minimal.  And I'm not sure if the call is powder blasted or not.  All I know is its anodized aluminum on canarywood.  I do like the call, but maybe it will just take more getting used to over the rougher surfaced slate I came from.

Gooserbat

I like persimmon, but no matter what you run sand the striker tip.
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StruttinGobbler3

I have one of Wendell's anodized aluminum calls in a mesquite pot. I prefer the dymondwood striker he sent along with it, but I also really like the sound I get with it when I pair it with a Hook's yellowheart striker. Just a side note, that yellowheart on a Hook's bronzed glass is pure death. But then again, so is Wendell's aluminum. I'm equally confident in both of those pots, and both have been the death of more than one gobbler.
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