I made a one piece striker for a friend last night at his request out of cocobolo. It's about 7.5 inches in length and the dowel part is right at 5/16". Its my first flared tip striker to make, and my problem is, I cant get it to purr nor can i get the sound to be consistent across the slate. Only thing I can think of off hand is the tip is sanded with 320 grit. Any ideas?
I tried to post a pic of it on here from my phone but it keeps telling me it's too big.