Straight Grain
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this is also mine now here are some additional pics (not taken by me):
i'll take additional pics later
Okay, hate me, but that John Davis cue is just plain weird-looking.
I love the Southwest points, but neither cue looks like it has finish - what's up?
If you have two exactly identical cues from tip to bumper with the only difference being one has a BEM forearm and thr other straight grain maple, I would say you wouldnt be able to tell the difference. But they do play nice though
If you have two exactly identical cues from tip to bumper with the only difference being one has a BEM forearm and thr other straight grain maple, I would say you wouldnt be able to tell the difference. But they do play nice though
I would think the same, but I know one of the great cuemakers (either Rambow or Balabushka, I think the latter) considered anything other than straight-grain maple to be flawed, and would only build forearms with straight-grain.
lol - it would probably grow on me, like some of the Spain cues that I'm sure inspired that design.
I do some competition shotgun shooting, and a couple of years back, I had the most beautiful and highly figured walnut stock on my gun that you could ever imagine seeing. I was absolutely tickled with the wood, but my coach saw it and just shook his head. He said that I should send it back to the manufacturer and get it replaced with wood with a straighter grain.
I wasn't about to give up the stock for a plain one. My coach told me that the gun was going to have nasty recoil because the way he explained it, the shock waves on a straight grained gun are directed toward the recoil pad with nothing to redirect them. He said that a highly figured burl would focus the impact on the knots and that they couldn't "escape" easily without the impact being very noticeable.
This explanation wasn't about to make me send the stock in for replacement, as it just didn't sound all that scientific.
Long story short, the gun kicked like a mule and about six months after I bought it, I was shooting in a tournament and the stock literally shattered. Broke right in half! I ended up getting a straight grained stock as a replacement, and now the gun doesn't have the same felt recoil and I've shot it for years with no damage.
I use the pictured cue and I can say without a doubt, it is the best feeling cue I've ever hit with. GB would have been proud of the grain (or lack therof) in the forearm!
Steve
I wasn't about to give up the stock for a plain one. My coach told me that the gun was going to have nasty recoil because the way he explained it, the shock waves on a straight grained gun are directed toward the recoil pad with nothing to redirect them. He said that a highly figured burl would focus the impact on the knots and that they couldn't "escape" easily without the impact being very noticeable.
This explanation wasn't about to make me send the stock in for replacement, as it just didn't sound all that scientific.
Long story short, the gun kicked like a mule and about six months after I bought it, I was shooting in a tournament and the stock literally shattered. Broke right in half! I ended up getting a straight grained stock as a replacement, and now the gun doesn't have the same felt recoil and I've shot it for years with no damage.
I use the pictured cue and I can say without a doubt, it is the best feeling cue I've ever hit with. GB would have been proud of the grain (or lack therof) in the forearm!
Steve
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I know Ive said it before, but that cue is great Steve. Has the forearm darkened since you have had it? Ive noticed all of my straight grain cues have.
Thanks Ian! The forearm hasn't darkened on this one at all. I've had a couple other ones that did, so I know what you're talking about...
Steve
