DENALI SWIRLED BRAZILIAN RW and DRAGON SKIN

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Here are a couple of pics of a cue that is almost finished. The forearm and
butt sleeve are made from VERY RARE swirled Brazilian Rosewood. The
joint sleeve and butt cap are ELK and the core is full length Purple Heart.
The DRAGON SKIN handle has 5 layers. As a side note I still have enough
swirled BRW to make two more cues from. Thanks for looking. Bob

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Beautiful grained brazilian. I like how you segmented the DS wrap. nice looking elk for the joint also.
 
Nice lookin' cue from Bob "Dragon Skin" Flynn!
Have any more of that swirled Brazilian Rosewood?
 
Beautiful wood! I can easily get confused between some rosewood and some cocobolo. Is there any particular way to tell them apart? I would appreciate your insights.

Thanks.

Will Prout
 
ibuycues said:
Beautiful wood! I can easily get confused between some rosewood and some cocobolo. Is there any particular way to tell them apart? I would appreciate your insights.

Thanks.

Will Prout
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Hi Will:
Good question! Since Cocobolo is of the Dalbergia species it is technically a
"Rosewood". Most compare it to Brazilian Rosewood and the visual differences are/can be slight. I believe that Cocobolo, especially Mexican, is more tonal and oilier than BRW. Typically, Coco is lighter than BRW with dark streaks. Coco, due to its oily nature, is not used in a lot of projects that require surface-to-surface joinery such as guitars due to the difficulty of glueing it and the health hazard. With Coco only the heartwood is used as the sapwood is light in color. With BRW everything is used. BRW is getting very rare because of the export ban by Brazil and the CITES import ban.
 
Thanks!

QMAKER said:
Hi Will:
Good question! Since Cocobolo is of the Dalbergia species it is technically a
"Rosewood". Most compare it to Brazilian Rosewood and the visual differences are/can be slight. I believe that Cocobolo, especially Mexican, is more tonal and oilier than BRW. Typically, Coco is lighter than BRW with dark streaks. Coco, due to its oily nature, is not used in a lot of projects that require surface-to-surface joinery such as guitars due to the difficulty of glueing it and the health hazard. With Coco only the heartwood is used as the sapwood is light in color. With BRW everything is used. BRW is getting very rare because of the export ban by Brazil and the CITES import ban.
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Thanks, very helpful.

Rep sent!

Will Prout
 
Very informative post. Pm sent :thumbup:

QMAKER said:
Hi Will:
Good question! Since Cocobolo is of the Dalbergia species it is technically a
"Rosewood". Most compare it to Brazilian Rosewood and the visual differences are/can be slight. I believe that Cocobolo, especially Mexican, is more tonal and oilier than BRW. Typically, Coco is lighter than BRW with dark streaks. Coco, due to its oily nature, is not used in a lot of projects that require surface-to-surface joinery such as guitars due to the difficulty of glueing it and the health hazard. With Coco only the heartwood is used as the sapwood is light in color. With BRW everything is used. BRW is getting very rare because of the export ban by Brazil and the CITES import ban.
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Thanks for your reply to my pm Bob. I tried to respond with a thank you note, but your inbox is full. Thanks again

JC
 
QMAKER said:
SORRY, I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS CUE IS SOLD.


Here are a couple of pics of a cue that is almost finished. The forearm and
butt sleeve are made from VERY RARE swirled Brazilian Rosewood. The
joint sleeve and butt cap are ELK and the core is full length Purple Heart.
The DRAGON SKIN handle has 5 layers. As a side note I still have enough
swirled BRW to make two more cues from. Thanks for looking. Bob

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Good work.

+Rep to you.

LWW
 
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