Anyone hear of ORION wood?

Drawman623

Drawman623

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I have an old Abe Rich cue. As the story goes, Tommy Kaye was a road player and went into Abe's shop with Tim Scruggs in 1960. They bought cues made of this beautiful chatoyant wood that I am told is called orion. I never heard of the stuff...can anyone identify the wood from my pics? Just curious. Thanks

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never heard of it and i'm not sure what that is but it's nice.

could be an off colored Satinwood amybe?
 
Never heard of Orion Wood but, I learned a new word when I looked up "chatoyant", thanks.
 
Some new information

I'm told Orion is an island in the Phillipines. So now I am not sure if I am closer or further from the answer!
 
That makes sense. The wood looks to be a type of acacia. There are numerous acacias & several can be found in SE Asian islands. In Hawaii, they call the acacias, "koa". It's a broad range of woods but they all look similar. My first thought when I seen this pic was an acacia, but couldn't be sure without actually seeing it in person.
 
Drawman623 said:
Some new information

I'm told Orion is an island in the Phillipines. So now I am not sure if I am closer or further from the answer!
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I've never heard of such island.
Most famous coming out of the Philippines are lauan, narra, kamagong ( striped ebony) and Philippine mahogany.
I wonder if they just made up the Orion name.
 
JoeyInCali said:
I've never heard of such island.
Most famous coming out of the Philippines are lauan, narra, kamagong ( striped ebony) and Philippine mahogany.
I wonder if they just made up the Orion name.
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More than likely, it's amazing how many common names there are for one type of wood. It can lead to a lot of confusion.
 
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