Barnhart Roasted Maple Shafts, aka Kielwood

[Bavafongoul]

I just acquired my 2nd Cory Barnhart Kielwood shaft from Superior Cues. As always, Martin is a delight to do business with. I didn’t complete Payment until Sunday and the shaft arrived this morning (Wednesday) by 10:30 AM. Martin packed it as securely as any cue, shaft or any merchandise I’ve ever received. He deserves cudos for outstanding packaging. The shaft is gorgeous but looks matter less than how the shaft plays. This new shaft is for my radial pin Scruggs cue, or maybe it should be referred to as a Scruggs/Cochran cue.

The below photos show you the 4 KW shafts I have and 2 are for my Scruggs cue. Of course, I still have the orig. maple shafts but Kielwood just plays so much better than the orig. shafts are in storage at home. The new shaft is 12.6 mm and weighs 4.04 ozs. flat faced wood. My other Barnhart KW shaft, lighter in color, is 12.85mm and weighs 3.81 ozs. Either shaft plays better than my 4 oz. orig. maple shafts. Forgot to mention Barnhart roasted maple shafts are 29.5”.

If you are not a devotee of carbon fiber, get your hands on a KW shaft but do yourself a favor and try to get a little heavier version KW shaft. I have tried some lighter weight KW shafts & you can keep ‘em. 3 of 4 KW shafts I have are 4 ozs, are not cored and sans any weight inserts. I played with my new Barnhart shaft today. Never tried it, straight out of my case and I broke and ran a rack of 10 ball easily. The shaft shoots as straight as I’d ever want or desire. And I think it looks nice with my Scruggs cue butt. Anyway, you can decide for yourselves.

 

[Bamacues]

I just acquired my 2nd Cory Barnhart Kielwood shaft from Superior Cues. As always, Martin is a delight to do business with. I didn’t complete Payment until Sunday and the shaft arrived this morning (Wednesday) by 10:30 AM. Martin packed it as securely as any cue, shaft or any merchandise I’ve ever received. He deserves cudos for outstanding packaging. The shaft is gorgeous but looks matter less than how the shaft plays. This new shaft is for my radial pin Scruggs cue, or maybe it should be referred to as a Scruggs/Cochran cue.

The below photos show you the 4 KW shafts I have and 2 are for my Scruggs cue. Of course, I still have the orig. maple shafts but Kielwood just plays so much better than the orig. shafts are in storage at home. The new shaft is 12.6 mm and weighs 4.04 ozs. flat faced wood. My other Barnhart KW shaft, lighter in color, is 12.85mm and weighs 3.81 ozs. Either shaft plays better than my 4 oz. orig. maple shafts. Forgot to mention Barnhart roasted maple shafts are 29.5”.

If you are not a devotee of carbon fiber, get your hands on a KW shaft but do yourself a favor and try to get a little heavier version KW shaft. I have tried some lighter weight KW shafts & you can keep ‘em. 3 of 4 KW shafts I have are 4 ozs, are not cored and sans any weight inserts. I played with my new Barnhart shaft today. Never tried it, straight out of my case and I broke and ran a rack of 10 ball easily. The shaft shoots as straight as I’d ever want or desire. And I think it looks nice with my Scruggs cue butt. Anyway, you can decide for yourselves.


p.s. My 12.85 mm Barnhart radial flat faced shaft might be for sale. I know a cue maker that
can build me a 12.6 MM curly wood KW flat faced shaft that could weigh as much as 4.25 ozs.

It is extremely difficult to beat Cory's kielwood/roasted maple shafts. I also have a 1/1 roasted ash shaft that Cory built for me to experiment with. It is also an excellent player. There is just something about the wood, when it gets roasted... then you add Cory's taper and quality of build... just really difficult to beat.

 

[skogstokig]

It is extremely difficult to beat Cory's kielwood/roasted maple shafts. I also have a 1/1 roasted ash shaft that Cory built for me to experiment with. It is also an excellent player. There is just something about the wood, when it gets roasted... then you add Cory's taper and quality of build... just really difficult to beat.

do you have a picture of the ash one?

 

[Bamacues]

29.5", 3.4oz, 12.75mm

I purchased the 5A torrified Ash blank from Prather...

 

[skogstokig]

29.5", 3.4oz, 12.75mm

I purchased the 5A torrified Ash blank from Prather...

cool, definitely not what i expected

 

[Bamacues]

cool, definitely not what i expected

It is an amazing playing shaft.... dark roast..

 

[u12armresl]

I just acquired my 2nd Cory Barnhart Kielwood shaft from Superior Cues. As always, Martin is a delight to do business with. I didn’t complete Payment until Sunday and the shaft arrived this morning (Wednesday) by 10:30 AM. Martin packed it as securely as any cue, shaft or any merchandise I’ve ever received. He deserves cudos for outstanding packaging. The shaft is gorgeous but looks matter less than how the shaft plays. This new shaft is for my radial pin Scruggs cue, or maybe it should be referred to as a Scruggs/Cochran cue.

The below photos show you the 4 KW shafts I have and 2 are for my Scruggs cue. Of course, I still have the orig. maple shafts but Kielwood just plays so much better than the orig. shafts are in storage at home. The new shaft is 12.6 mm and weighs 4.04 ozs. flat faced wood. My other Barnhart KW shaft, lighter in color, is 12.85mm and weighs 3.81 ozs. Either shaft plays better than my 4 oz. orig. maple shafts. Forgot to mention Barnhart roasted maple shafts are 29.5”.

If you are not a devotee of carbon fiber, get your hands on a KW shaft but do yourself a favor and try to get a little heavier version KW shaft. I have tried some lighter weight KW shafts & you can keep ‘em. 3 of 4 KW shafts I have are 4 ozs, are not cored and sans any weight inserts. I played with my new Barnhart shaft today. Never tried it, straight out of my case and I broke and ran a rack of 10 ball easily. The shaft shoots as straight as I’d ever want or desire. And I think it looks nice with my Scruggs cue butt. Anyway, you can decide for yourselves.

You broke or jumped with it, an if so any damage noticed?