Best Looking Cue Wood

What's the Favorite?? Vote and let's find out..

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Nine Ball

Nine Ball

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Just curious as to what the majority on the board favors as for wood choice in looks on a cue.

Personally, I think Amboyna Burl with a some what bright lookin color after a finish is my favorite..

Then comes Rosewood, Tulip Wood, and Purple Heart in no order.. Of course Ebony is always in there along with a real nice Birds-Eye..

Some pieces of Cocobolo look great as well.. Snakewood is not bad but not my favorite over any of the others.. Unless it's a real nice piece.

There are others but these are what pop up in my mind right now. I just saw a real nice set of Amboyna JP's and that is why I made the thread.
 
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Burl is nice looking, but I always gravitate, for some reason, to Mexican Bacote'. (not African Bacote) Another wood that can be nice looking too is Zebrawood, also Kingwood. I like Padauk too.

Snakewood is great for spears.
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
Coco what else!
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I've had a few cocobolo wood cues.. Some pieces are amazing for looks.. I wish I had my old Hurricane 4 point wrapless break jump cue back..

It had 4 cocobolo points into a BEM forearm, BEM handle, Cocobolo butt sleeve..

Micarta checkered ring work, Steel joint 5/16-14 flat faced..

I actually had two of them identical with the exception of the other had pink ivory ring work..

Whitey made them for me when I was 18 along with a fancy steel jointed sneaky pete.. His cues play real good to me..

Best break cue I ever had. Wish I could get the one back..
 
Snapshot9 said:
Burl is nice looking, but I always gravitate, for some reason, to Mexican Bacote'. (not African Bacote) Another wood that can be nice looking too is Zebrawood. I like Padauk too.

Snakewood is great for spears.
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Bacote is a wood that looks amazing in some cases to me. Other times I think it's kind of blah.
 
Nine Ball said:
I've had a few cocobolo wood cues.. Some pieces are amazing for looks.. I wish I had my old Hurricane 4 point wrapless break jump cue back..

It had 4 cocobolo points into a BEM forearm, BEM handle, Cocobolo butt sleeve..

Micarta checkered ring work, Steel joint 5/16-14 flat faced..

I actually had two of them identical with the exception of the other had pink ivory ring work..

Whitey made them for me when I was 18 along with a fancy steel jointed sneaky pete.. His cues play real good to me..

Best break cue I ever had. Wish I could get the one back..
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I have a cocobolo and curly maple Hurricane jump/break cue and it breaks better than any of the others i've tried. I worked part time with Whitey in his shop to learn a little about cue making and I made my cue in his shop. Whitey is a great guy and his cues aren't real fancy, but they play very well.

James
 
BEM,

While common and perhaps "played out" considering the list of options given...BEM is still fabulous.

I gotta say though,I don't know all of the woods on sight....so I can't vote em out,...But I know a few and I can vote BEM in :).
I love the look.
 
Best Looking Woods

Camatillo Rose Wood (sometimes called Mexican Kingwood) and then
the very rare Cochinchin. I also have about 8 or 9 other rosewoods, including
prized old growth swirled Brazilian, I use in cues. Here is a pic of a Camatillo handled cue I recently made. My web site shows over 70 species of "cue" woods.

Bob Flynn
denalicues.com
International Cuemakers Assoc.
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Personally, I like Great Basin Bristlecone Pine. There's nothing like finding a tree older than Jesus, chopping it down and making a pool cue out of it which I will inevitably complain about after each miss.
 
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Hard to say. I like red woods.

Snakewood is of course beautiful, but it's not as stable as I'd like it for a cue.

On place two follow figured Bubinga and Amboyna burl. I chose Pomelle Bubinga for my cue, since it's not as common in germany - people seem to use it for knifes, but not for cues ;-)

Regards,

Detlev
 
There's nothing like finding a tree older that Jesus, chopping it down and making a pool cue out of it which I will inevitably complain about after each miss.
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REP to you sir.Good golly,good gobitty dam,that hit my funny bone hard lol.
 
i like straight grain maple-i know it sounds weird but it plays the best and that makes it look the best to me- a year ago I would have had different answere
 
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