What color veneers for this wood combination?

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Snake Plisken

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I am having a cue made that is a 6 point tulip wood (3 high, 3 low) going into an ebony forearm.

Black phenolic joint and buttcap, tulip wood at the butt and a black wrap.
R/R deco rings in all spots.

Wondering if the wood comtrast will look nicer or classier without veneers
or if there is a veneer or venneer color combo that will work best for this wood combination?

I understand top cue makers are not just craftsman, but artist.
So I am calling upon your artistic eye and experience for suggestions.

Thank you in advance for your time and help.

-Snake
 
Depending on what the wood actually looks like I think it would probably be best with no veneers

If you had to the veneers should have some pinks or reds in it either in flame style or papered. But whatever it would look better with a lighter outer point and darker inner IMOP to contrast with the ebony and tulip wood.

If i could get a pic of the particular pieces that would help me form a better opinion.......

-Grey Ghost-
 
Snake Plisken said:
I am having a cue made that is a 6 point tulip wood (3 high, 3 low) going into an ebony forearm.

Black phenolic joint and buttcap, tulip wood at the butt and a black wrap.
R/R deco rings in all spots.

Wondering if the wood comtrast will look nicer or classier without veneers
or if there is a veneer or venneer color combo that will work best for this wood combination?

I understand top cue makers are not just craftsman, but artist.
So I am calling upon your artistic eye and experience for suggestions.

Thank you in advance for your time and help.

-Snake
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I would use Black on the outside, then Purple, then Green, then a Maple colored veneer.
 
greyghost said:
why put a black veneer against ebony?
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That's what I was thinking, I think he meant from inside out instead of outside in.

I have been looking at as many veneer colors and combos as I could find
on cues that had these wood combinations ( a lot of South West - partially due to the 6 points).

I don't necessarily need color but I was wondering if I could get the points to pop more, or if there is even a need?

I found a pic of a SW cue with 6 tulip points into ebony, it had two veneers, black and maple (from the point out) and it seemed to make the point pop more without adding color or using too many veneers and narrowing the beautiful tulip.

Has anyone made a similar cue with these veneer colors against these woods or have you seen one in person?

Is there such a thing as a tulip wood Veneer?

If I go with an outer maple veneer and it is the only maple in the cue will it look right? (looked good on the pic, but thats only a picture).

I would post pics of the woods greyghost but do not have any yet.

Thank again..
 
no such thing as tulip wood veneer, not that it couldn't be made

you could always do RECUT POINTS, and have a seamless "veneer" of tulip wood then a black veneer( or ebony with another recut) then your tulip wood point inside.

if you don't know what a recut point is go look up some skip westons he does recut points, there is no middle seam in that kind of veneer point work.

some cue makers perfer this method b/c they can use exotic hardwoods for the points veneers instead of dyed poplar.....
 

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There certaily are numberous sources for tulipwood veneer, just not any that cater to cuemakers primarily.
The problem with using it as a veneer is the wide grain pattern with it's greatly varying colors.
If you put it in Very carefully, you Might get the two sides of a point to be the same color, but more likley one side will be red and the other yellow, with the next set two-toned, etc...
Homogenous, even colors tend to define the point much better.
Colors? white, yellow, red, black...
 
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