30 year old + old growth shaftwood blanks, cue fronts, and handles

hangemhigh

hangemhigh

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These blanks are from a run done in Bill McDaniel's shop, the crates were dated 79 and 80. All wood is air dried and seasoned, , that were not used because of sugar marks, grain run-off, darkness, or a combination of all 3,tested for straightness only before being sent to you. Take advantage of the chance to produce a cue with that magic old growth wood. Prices do not include shipping.

The pieces pictured were picked off the top of each bin, not cherry picked, and give you an idea of what is available.


Shaft blanks are 8 for $100 or $15 each.


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The sets and fronts are premium usable wood, not set aside like the shafts for cosmetic reasons.
BEM matched front and rear. $30 each or 4 for $100.


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BEM 14" fronts with .750 tenon. $20 each or 6 for $100

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Straight grain Maple handles, tooled for old school Delrin butt caps. $15 each or 8 for $100


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Package deal! Buy 8 shafts and 4 BEM matched front and rears and get the 4 handles free.
 
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I wanted to make clear that the shafts were not used by McDaniel due to one or all of the following reasons: Darkness, sugar marks, and grain run-off. The shafts I am making available are those that have remained laser straight after several decades.
 
hangemhigh said:
I wanted to make clear that the shafts were not used by McDaniel due to one or all of the following reasons: Darkness, sugar marks, and grain run-off. The shafts I am making available are those that have remained laser straight after several decades.
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DARKNESS? I GUESS I'M WEIRD..... I CAN'T STAND BLEACHY WHITE SHAFT WOOD. THE DARKER THE BETTER!

Marcus
 
hangemhigh said:
How times change! Today the darker the better, sugar marks are acceptable to a great extent, and aged straight wood is at a premium.
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TRUE, BUT EVEN SOME OF THE OLD SCHOOL GUYS USED DARK MAPLE, INSTEAD OF THE WHITE THAT A LOT OF GUYS USED. TO EACH THEIR OWN.....

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MINE. AFTER ALL THIS TIME THEY SHOULD HAVE NICE PATINA TO THEM.

Marcus
 
FAST_N_LOOSE said:
TRUE, BUT EVEN SOME OF THE OLD SCHOOL GUYS USED DARK MAPLE, INSTEAD OF THE WHITE THAT A LOT OF GUYS USED. TO EACH THEIR OWN.....

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MINE. AFTER ALL THIS TIME THEY SHOULD HAVE NICE PATINA TO THEM.

Marcus
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Real nice, one their way tomorrow.
 
hangemhigh said:
I wanted to make clear that the shafts were not used by McDaniel due to one or all of the following reasons: Darkness, sugar marks, and grain run-off. The shafts I am making available are those that have remained laser straight after several decades.
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Guy's this shaft wood may not the pretty stuff, however, most know that I have 3 or 4 hundred Brunswick Cues from the 1920's back. While convert many of these cues, I also use the original shafts on many of them. While the wood may not be pretty by today's standards, looks have nothing to do with how a piece of shaft wood will perform, and the way they hit. The recent push for perfectly White Shaft wood is a recent phenomenon that has only been important for the last 20 years. Sugar, marks, some Grain run off, and dark color have nothing to do in a major way with stability, no matter how straight grained a piece of shaft wood is, it can still twist and turn.

The advantage of this shaft wood is that it is aged, it has been cut and it has been sitting air drying for 20 plus years, in most cases I think it is fair to say that if it is still straight the internal stress has been relieved.

I personally bought some of these shaft dowels from Tommy, and I think the price is very very fair considering the age of the wood in question.

Good Luck with your sale Tommy
 
manwon said:
Guy's this shaft wood may not the pretty stuff, however, most know that I have 3 or 4 hundred Brunswick Cues from the 1920's back. While convert many of these cues, I also use the original shafts on many of them. While the wood may not be pretty by today's standards, looks have nothing to do with how a piece of shaft wood will perform, and the way they hit. The recent push for perfectly White Shaft wood is a recent phenomenon that has only been important for the last 20 years. Sugar, marks, some Grain run off, and dark color have nothing to do in a major way with stability, no matter how straight grained a piece of shaft wood is, it can still twist and turn.

The advantage of this shaft wood is that it is aged, it has been cut and it has been sitting air drying for 20 plus years, in most cases I think it is fair to say that if it is still straight the internal stress has been relieved.

I personally bought some of these shaft dowels from Tommy, and I think the price is very very fair considering the age of the wood in question.

Good Luck with your sale Tommy
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This price is more than fair.

Personally, I feel like I'm violating Tommy right now...:D
 
Thanks everyone. I believe I have responded to everyone via PM. I shipped out all but 2 that paid with Paypal, and those two will ship Wednesday.

Thank you for the tremendous response, there are plenty more, just pm me with your order.
 
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