Any ideas?

It is possible that someone wanted it to play like Maple and look like Ebony and the cuemaker accomplished that. I personally love the look of Ivory up against Ebony, but do not really like the hit of Ebony forearm. My hat is tipped to the cuemaker who could stain up against those veneers and not get the stain on them.
 
danutz said:
I know it seems weird, that's why i asked. I know for a fact that the black is painted on, and not ebony. The cue had a couple nice dents right above the points where the finish had lifted, and well lol, that's when i figured out the forearm was painted. That was before i even got the white/green spec linen wrap off..........The cue has never been touched by anyone till now, it is original. I'm sure you guys are right about there being an A-joint, i probably just cant find it with the paint over it.
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Please post a pic of the area above the pts. where the finish has lifted.
I want to see Maple and I'm sure others do as well.

As far as: "I'm sure you guys are right about there being an A-joint, i probably just cant find it with the paint over it."
Your pic IS of the 'A' jnt. You're looking right at it.

KJ
 
danutz said:
I know it seems weird, that's why i asked. I know for a fact that the black is painted on, and not ebony. The cue had a couple nice dents right above the points where the finish had lifted, and well lol, that's when i figured out the forearm was painted. That was before i even got the white/green spec linen wrap off..........The cue has never been touched by anyone till now, it is original. I'm sure you guys are right about there being an A-joint, i probably just cant find it with the paint over it.
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If that's the case, why didn't you show a picture of the chipped area that you say led you to believe it was painted maple instead of ebony? Why show a picture that does not indicate what you're claiming? It all sounds kinda fishy to me. I believe that the cuemaker probably used a black sharpie to darken the edges. A lot of us do that out of habit. I've been doing it for over 30 years and have had a lot of apprentices in and out of my shop over the years who also all do that. Never heard of anyone trying to pass of maple as ebony. It would be too easy and cheap to use the real thing. If a guy was able to do so, it would a testament to his woodworking/finishing abilities. Can't see him wasting that effort on cue sticks!
 
This may be a maple cue painted or stained with decals (transfers) for the veneers and points, who knows.
 
I've seen plenty of painted forearms, just not with veneered points unless they were decal cues as Steve already mentioned. Even If I wouldn't do something Myself It may would still intrigue me if I couldn't figure out how they pulled It off. Now that I think of it if a black veneer was used on the outside of the stack then It may make It easier to mask the points off and not make It totally obvious, It would depend on how well the black paint blended with the black veneer after the clear was on I would think, but then I have never attempted It so what do I know.
 
The cue is a traditionally built Ebo 1/2-splice forearm, 'A' jointed to a Maple wrap-handle.
A Sharpie was used at the top & bottom of the wrap area. Many of us do that. It's not paint.
When you removed some of it, you exposed the veneers' ends. They go into the center of the cue at angle.
In your cleaning of that area, why did the black come off the Maple handle and not the 'Maple' forearm???

You started this thread 2 days ago yet you now have the cue stripped & refinished so you can't show us where
you saw Maple on the forearm; you've repainted it. 2 days!!! As Church Lady would say, "How convenient".
You can't find an 'A' jnt. because you don't know what one is.

You do a lot of woofing and defending yourself with chump bets which is a common MO of those trying to
protect their integrity when they've just been outed.
Your attempt at discretion, by not naming the builder is useless. Eventually, someone will recognize that cue.
I'd say that you've already been recognized. You did it to yourself.

At the end of the day, I'm pretty pleased that you don't know who I am.
See, I get to pick and choose who comes into my little world and you ain't on the guest-list.

KJ
 
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