Barnhart Roasted Maple Shafts, aka Kielwood

Bavafongoul

Bavafongoul

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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.
 

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Bavafongoul said:
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.
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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.
 
Bamacues said:
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.
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do you have a picture of the ash one?
 
29.5", 3.4oz, 12.75mm

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

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Bavafongoul said:
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.
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You broke or jumped with it, an if so any damage noticed?
 
u12armresl said:
You broke or jumped with it, an if so any damage noticed?
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About 30, maybe 32-33, years, I brought my Schon cue to a friend and had him reshape a mushroomed tip he originally installed about a month earlier. So he says, you back again so fast. So we chatted while he reshaped the tip.

So he says I must have reshaped your tips maybe a dozen times , probably even more than that. Will you do me a favor? Since he wasn’t charging me, and he was my friend as well, of course, I answered back….absolutely.

Stop hitting the fucking balls so hard. I chuckled and said I don’t but for a jump shot or break shot, I have to. So he goes into his inventory room and comes back with a McDermott Stinger break jump cue, hands it to me saying “You now owed me $100. I don’t use this any longer.”

So I looked at him quizzically at first, said thanks and before I can anything else, he says….Stop flattening your playing cue’s tip needlessly. You take the time to shape them and then you go pound the tip flat. Why would you do that? Keep the tip shape you wanted for playing and use a house cue to break with but those tips are shit. So get an inexpensive break cue; it doesn’t have to also be a jump cue because you suck at jumping the cue ball anyway.

He was right. Why pound my tip so I have to keep reshaping it reducing its life span and changing the way it feels from removing leather every time it needed to get trimmed. My playing tips are too important and besides I use Kamui Black Clear Soft Tips. A soft tip is definitely going to mushroom faster than a hard tip. I shape my tips and it lasts a long time but if I broke with that tip, I’d be replacing tips often. There’s no reason to break with your playing cue and there is justification not to. However, as in life, do as you will. I’m just suggesting if you think about it, why bother even doing it?
 
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u12armresl said:
You broke or jumped with it, an if so any damage noticed?
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I've broke with my Jacoby Kielwood shaft 4 or 5 times now, senior moments I guess, chit happens. Also last night at league, the table next to us there was a sub playing with a Kielwood shaft on what looked to be a Schon cue. I would guess he was a 600+ fargo player and he never used a break cue, his break cue was his playing cue with it's Kielwood shaft. It looked to be apx 12.75 dia, and probably a Jacoby as they are popular around here as they are somewhat local to the area.
 
Some brands here in Asia make a KW shafts specifically for breaking. Could be cored, maybe not. Not really looked into it. I have used my Hayakawa KW playing shaft to spread them, but only MR format. Used it both with original LBM ferrule, and the Melamine ferrule I replaced it with. Did a suitable job. Didn't feel anything other than slightly more flex than my Ignite G shaft. I wouldn't use it for breaking head on, more for the integrity of the wood joint than the shaft itself. I broke two or three of the Mezz DI shafts at the joint before I switched to ignite G.
 
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