Although you can purchase one-piece strikers that are either wood turned on a lathe, or a plastic striker made by injection molding, many others are two-piece strikers made from a combinations of materials.

I make my own strikers in a two-piece format. I use a hardwood for the head (usually Maple, but can use Walnut or Mahogany. A number of custom call makers offer specially designed flared-tip shafts for their strikers. It is a matter of personal preference. I use straight non-flared dowels for the shafts on my strikers.

I use Walnut, Maple, Carbon, Fiberglass, Plexiglass, Purple Heart and Diamond Wood dowels for my striker shafts. Each material brings a unique sound to the pot call, or slate that is being played. Having two different strikers on a double sided call gives the call four voices that can be heard by your quarry - It's like having 4 calls in one.