💯What kinds of wood in these hundred-year old cue sticks? 💯

[Paul_#_]

I have Briggs one-piece cue sticks made sometime between 64 and 125 years ago. This was the period in which the O.L. Briggs & Son company was in business in Boston.

Can you tell me what kind of wood was used from looking at photos?

The wood at the butt is darker in the 18 and 19-ounce cues than that in the 16 and 17-ounce cues. See photos

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[Jon Turner]

the two on the right look like purpleheart and the two on the left look like mahogany to me.

 

[fish2]

What are their lengths are they still straight?

 

[Paul_#_]

What are their lengths are they still straight?

Lengths of the wood pieces are 57". There are no ferrules on the cues. The length is measured to tenon tip.
There is some wobble to the cues.

Butt widths for the 16, 17, 18, and 19 oz cues are 1.35", 1.37", 1.39", and 1.39" diameter, respectively.
Diameter below where ferrule would fit: 12.1, 12.3, 12.6, 12.5 mm, resp.
Tenon: 6.5 diam.x14.6mm length, 6.5x11mm, 6.2x13.1mm, 6.6x14mm, resp.
Diameter at the first splice on cue at about 12" from butt end: 1.22" for all cues.

 

[Paul_#_]

the two on the right look like purpleheart and the two on the left look like mahogany to me.

I presume you are referring to the first picture of the wood at the butt.

What about the wood at the other end below the tip?

 

[Paul_#_]

My guess is all four cues have the same maple top splice.
Photos below comparing the Briggs lighter and heavier cues with the Players' maple shaft:

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