I have made several strikers now with great sucess. I use maple and cedar mainly and I have done very well with them. What is the best wood to use to make a striker especialy for aslate call? I live in tennessee so the wood selection is pretty good. I tried some wild cherry, but I could not get it to work. What do you guys think? Thanks for the help. BB

i never really thought of making my own strikers how good is the tone u have with your strikers and can i see pictures???? if u can get em on here[:-] i may have to make some for my glass call my carbon is starteing to crack any one know any good woods for glass??

I don't have a scanner or anything, but all you have to do is take a dead peice of cedar( to start out) and carve it like a regular wood striker. It don't have to be pretty to work good. Round the tip off and it should sound good. i use a pocket knife, but a grinder would be a lot quicker. Good luck. Contact me if you have any questions on making them. BB

I have used corncobs and dowel rods to make my strikers. I usually drill a hole in the corncob and stick a piece of aluminum arrow inside and put it in my drill and use a heavy piece of sandpaper to shape the cob. I do the same thing when making a wooden barrel for the striker. Then to make the actual striker part I just stick the dowel in the drill and sand that to get the shape I want. I use liquid nail glue to stick the pieces together. Works great. Sometimes I drill out the top of the barrel to get a better sound. I will post some pics of strikers I have made, I have used oak and poplar so far. They do take some tuning to ge them right. So don't make them a specific size right away, alow yourself some room to cut some material away during the tuning process.

Here are some of the strikers I have made. I also sometimes use a spray varnish on them and some of the wood ones I put a logo on them I made for my self.

Here is another one

And one final one