Dufferin house cue wood

captainjko

captainjko

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Hey guys... What was the most common handle wood that was used on Dufferin house cues? I have a few that have the red leaf on the bottom. A google search came up Angico/maple ...... I did a search on here but so many things come up without the answer...... Thanks for any info...
 
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qbilder

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Angico, AKA Patagonian rosewood, AKA curupay, AKA anadenanthara macrocarpa. Not a true rosewood.
 
captainjko

captainjko

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What does this appear to be?
 
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thoffen

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qbilder said:
Angico, AKA Patagonian rosewood, AKA curupay, AKA anadenanthara macrocarpa. Not a true rosewood.
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Looking it up I see some pieces that can be pretty attractive. It's certainly hard enough to use for cues. I wonder if there grain is tight enough to provide visual interest in small pieces and how stable it is when being turned.

But I put it on my list of things to look for and try out. Have encountered a lot of woods that seem to make sense for cues but don't seem to be used. I wonder if this is function of customers choosing their woods in customs and only being able to be knowledgeable about a few species. Kind of like fish for eating. So much good, plentiful stuff out there, but no demand.

When I plan on getting started (if it ever happens), I'm just gonna make the cues I want to make and sell the ones that turn out instead of collecting orders. Hopefully that means a few interesting but little known woods floating around.
 
cueman

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I bought a few thousand pieces of wood that came from Dufferin when they closed and there was a lot of Purple Heart, Ziricote, Bocote, Cocobolo, Ebony and Pau Ferra.
 
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cueman said:
I bought a few thousand pieces of wood that came from Dufferin when they closed and there was a lot of Purple Heart, Ziricote, Bocote, Cocobolo, Ebony and Pau Ferra.
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Are you sure it wasn't angico? Very similar in almost every way except angico darkens with age and pau ferro doesn't so much.
 
cueman

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qbilder said:
Are you sure it wasn't angico? Very similar in almost every way except angico darkens with age and pau ferro doesn't so much.
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It has not darkened. They called it Marado, but Pau Ferra or Santos Rosewood are more common names.
 
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