My full spliced snakewood fancy Tonkin 8/21

poolchady

poolchady

Zen Custom Cues
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Wow. I really love the double silver veneer design and the full spliced snakewood points.

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Wow, a little over the top for me, but I can't seem to take my eyes off that snakewood handle. Gorgeous!
 
Amazing cue. How snakewood will hold in time? I read that snakewood can crack, it isn't the most stable wood.
 
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This picture is the one that speaks a thousand words...for me at least..
Snakewood is a tough wood to work with and yet this is one full piece..and then we move on to the perfectly clean inlay into ivory...no run offs at all into the white from the silver...just clean and remarkable. Did Pete run out of Epoxy? :cool:

That sandwiching silver outline is just amazing..wish i had the budget for that element on my upcoming Tonkin :o

Oh my...Pete Pete Pete...my cue my cue?? :sorry:
 
AlexandruM said:
Amazing cue. How snakewood will hold in time? I read that snakewood can crack, it isn't the most stable wood.
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The snakewood was tured round and rested for over a year than it was ruff bored and rested foe another year before the cue was built. The cue was completed in 2011 and has been sitting in my case since then. No signs of shrinkage or cracking in all that time. I am not worried in the least bit about it in less the cue was subjected to some time of averse environment.
 
Wow !

This is a fantastic cue from one of the elite, top cuemakers around.

TommyT......likes :thumbup:
 
Snakewood cue

kiddcutty said:
Nice cue, love snake wood. Full splice though?
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There is more than one way to do a full splice cue other than the traditional way. The points and the ring under the bridge's are build out of one piece of wood spliced into the four arm and butt sleeve. So it is a FULL piece of wood SPLICED in . Not sure of what else to call it.
 
Pete Tonkin said:
There is more than one way to do a full splice cue other than the traditional way. The points and the ring under the bridge's are build out of one piece of wood spliced into the four arm and butt sleeve. So it is a FULL piece of wood SPLICED in . Not sure of what else to call it.
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Don't really care what you call it, i call it Masterpiece. I could loan you that unique name at a price. Let's say silver outlines for my cue. :cool:
 
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I just wanted to add one thing about this cue. All the inlay work was done with .005 endmills.
 
Pete Tonkin said:
I just wanted to add one thing about this cue. All the inlay work was done with .005 endmills.
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I noticed that... Nice.... I sure would love to see a picture of the forearm and sleeve just before the snake wood "full splice" inner points/rings were joined... Again, Nice :)
 
Pete Tonkin said:
The snakewood was tured round and rested for over a year than it was ruff bored and rested foe another year before the cue was built. The cue was completed in 2011 and has been sitting in my case since then. No signs of shrinkage or cracking in all that time. I am not worried in the least bit about it in less the cue was subjected to some time of averse environment.
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Thank you for answer. You did an amazing job.
 
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