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I have not read thru this whole thread, however, I will reiterate this again for the shippers of billiard cues. DO NOT ship cues in round tubes, cardboard or plastic alone. DO NOT ship cues in only a triangle box stuffed with bubble wrap. Either of these are an absolute no-no in my book. A 3...

That's exactly what it looks like. Generally comes from the SE Asia area, Cambodia, Laos, I believe. Good stuff. Used in a few cues I've built. Has an endless variety of figure with the black and yellow (white).

Nice ebony article. I did notice there was no mention of Madagascar ebony (Diospyros perrieri) though. Maybe because it is listed on CITES Appendix II and no longer commercially available.

It may be "boring" to some but natural color, coal black ebony commands a premium in some circles of collecting cues. Malagasy ebony, formally known as Madagascar ebony, imo is the finest and one of the best workable ebony in the world. No longer commercially available and can generally only...

As mentioned the majority of ebony seen on the market today generally has some form of brown coloring in it somewhere. It is rare to find solid black ebony unless you know where to look and are willing to get your wallet out to pay double or in some cases triple of the going rate for common...

SDJCR1212 SVJCR1212 I'll put a little peanut butter on the spoon for you. These are the 2 holders that are a main stay on my lathe. The R is for right hand. You can change it to an L if you want a left hand cutter. The same insert will fit either R or L. Also, the 1212 is the shank size...

Don't have any pics available at this time but if you do a search here I believe some ideas and info should pop up. Just get the inserts that are designed for cutting aluminum and soft metals like brass and such. There are a variety of shapes and cutters and holders. Just make sure you match...

It may very well be an off shore thing. From what I can see the construction method and material selection to me resembles a "Rich" product. Which Rich would be the question. No sure if that method was copied and by which one or whom?

I believe you to be correct.. Don't believe it is a Mali tho.

Use an insert cutter set-up. You will never need to nor have the desire to sharpen another tool again.

Let me try to help you understand. First you need to know Tony, builder of Black Boar cues. If you have never talked with him I would highly suggest you make an appt to sit down and buy him a beer. Knifing in points has been a terminology he has used for years. Basically doing "recuts" for...

No, you did not spell it correctly. 🤠

And it's not even April 1st yet. 🤠

Not sure where you're looking but eBay has a box full of them listed. Amazon and ebay are my go to places for just about anything these days. If it can't be found there, I'll broaden the search.

No offense to you personally........ I've told people on this forum for yrs I've done it this way. Nobody wants to do any research or mock up testing anymore. Wood, paper, leather, melamine and a host of other materials will hold fine with titebond. Do some simple mock ups and throw them in...

For 20 plus yrs I've glued my tips on with plain ole yellow glue. Titebond red - Titebond blue... doesn't matter. Proper prep, like any job, is nessacary. disclaimer: MY cues...melamine style ferrules. Glue the ferrules on with the same glue. You'll never see any dark glue lines at the...

Typical......me, me, me. Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.

Preparation, I suspect, is the culprit 80% of the time for failure. 19% of the time is more than likely the glue being used. Not the type, but the age and exposure once the glue container has been cracked open. The other 1% is incompatibility. Some ferrule materials are just fickle to get...

Curly ebony will look like plain black ebony once the seal and finish is applied.

Did they get their software fixed? Last and only time I used them they printed the label wrong and the 3 packages came back to me. My fault for not double checking the labels but they lost a customer over it.