New wood & carbon fiber butt: Wood veneer over carbon fiber --- Becue's WAS

[Paul_#_]

Becue makes it sound special and it does look good.
From Becue's website regarding the Was butt:

Wood applied to carbon as a natural veneer, a real layer of timber wrapped around the monolithic carbon fiber structure that defines every Becue cue.​

This is not a wood cue with a carbon core.​

The carbon structure is intact, uninterrupted, carrying every vibration, every impact exactly as our other cues do.​

The wood is real — a genuine wood veneer, not a print, not a texture — but it carries no mechanical role. It does something more subtle: it breathes warmth into your hands.​

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[NevadaP]

I'm not clear on what the intended advantage or market for this might be. If you want a carbon butt, you can certainly have one. If you want the beauty and warmth of a wood butt, those have been around forever.
I suppose there must be some folks out there who think they need a carbon butt but just can stand the appearance??

To me this seems a gimmick. Not sure there is a demand, especially for the quoted price.

 

[Paul_#_]

Becue makes it sound better and preferred for the player.. I think it's most help for the cuemaker to make inexpensive and durable cue butt.

 

[skogstokig]

I'm not clear on what the intended advantage or market for this might be. If you want a carbon butt, you can certainly have one. If you want the beauty and warmth of a wood butt, those have been around forever.
I suppose there must be some folks out there who think they need a carbon butt but just can stand the appearance??

To me this seems a gimmick. Not sure there is a demand, especially for the quoted price.

if i were into cf i would prefer this over the cf / painted cf butts that all look horrible

 

[NevadaP]

if i were into cf i would prefer this over the cf / painted cf butts that all look horrible

But if you were 'into' CF, wouldn't you want it to look like Carbon, and not like fake wood?

 

[Rusty in Montana]

I feel that it's just another gimmick to sell their product , manufacturers have been doing this for many years .

You can't blame them for trying or at least I don't . I'll stick to my all wood cues with or without a linen wrap .

 

[NevadaP]

I don't blame them for trying, I just think it's a pretty feeble attempt at something genuinely useful and in demand.
Looking at that 'wood veneer', it reminds me of when my dad bought a tricked out Ford station wagon (1957) that had fake wood on the doors and dash. I thought it was so cool at the time. Then I saw a Jaguar with real burled walnut dash and wooden steering wheel........

And BTW, I've no problem with CF shafts. I own one.

 

[kling&allen]

To each his own of course, but a main advantage to cf is it resists dings and scratches better than wood. Maybe this veneer is plasticized and is wood in name only.

 

[NevadaP]

To each his own of course, but a main advantage to cf is it resists dings and scratches better than wood. Maybe this veneer is plasticized and is wood in name only.

But that is sort of my point. If you want the beauty of wood, there are plenty of choices available.
And if you want the advantages of CF, those choices abound as well.
I don't see much of an advantage to covering CF with 'fake wood'.
And no matter what the manufacturer claims in the promo, veneer is 'fake wood'.
If you want wooden cabinets in your kitchen, do you ask your builder to use veneers?

 

[garczar]

another answer in search of a question. pure gimmick.

 

[Paul_#_]

I don't see much of an advantage to covering CF with 'fake wood'.
And no matter what the manufacturer claims in the promo, veneer is 'fake wood'.

Fake wood is plastic that looks like wood. See Triple 60 Whyte Carbon wood-grain shaft.

Wood veneer is wood, albeit damn thin wood that appears thicker than it really is.

 

[NevadaP]

'wood that appears thicker than it really is' in my book is 'fake'.
Look, I don't have any problem with the company or the product. If it fills a need or desire for someone, all the better.
I just made the comment that it looks like an attempt at a niche that may not exist.

 

[Terry Aeschliman]

This would be the perfect application for all the butt section "seconds" that usually go to the trash bin.
Same as some of the shaft section that get painted "coated". Finding a use for your rejects is good business

 

[skogstokig]

But if you were 'into' CF, wouldn't you want it to look like Carbon, and not like fake wood?

idk, i'm a wood nut. i guess one practical benefit would be being able to leave it in the car, although i've personally never understood that need

 

[Paul_#_]

Who else uses veneers outside of inlays in cue construction?

Here is Jacoby's description of its 140-piece Ultra Super Pro shaft that is all wood and is only veneers:

This is one of the best wood shafts on the market! The Ultra shaft has all the benefits; more power, increased smoothness, unprecedented radial consistency, improved chalk resistance, and superior durability. The shaft is constructed from 140 pieces of rotary cut veneer. The veneer is laminated and radially spliced giving the shaft superior quality and playability.​

 

[DJKeys]

As a Becue owner I received this promotion. I think they are trying to offer a lower priced cue somehow. Sure it is a gimmick, but let's see if it works for them. I have a Rebel Red and the paint job is actually really nice and has a durable finish. Most of their other designs I don't care for at all.

-dj