Blackpearlflies....

blackpearlmaker

blackpearlmaker

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Just want to share the two simple players recently i finish, it was all custom ordered.

I made this cue for the remembrance of the most important even on his life, as he was newly married with pinkivory, holly and ivory as the theme wood.
The cue features a gaboon ebony, pink ivory, hollywood and all white is ivory, including the buttcap, joint and ferrules and inlays. the point works are all recuts..







 
The second is my very first extended wrap cue that i made, with amboyna burl points and butterflies, made this cue for a guy from PA.












Thanks for looking,
Al
 
Cue work

That is some very clean work sir ........Very very nice........Thanks for sharing .........Ray
 
The "butterflies" in the top cue appear to actually be flat-bottomed drop-in inlays rather than true butterfly points (in the traditional sense). Not that there's anything wrong with that - just noting the construction method.

The giveaway is the extremely crisp edges of the parts that should "feather out" into nothing (but don't), and the incorrectly shaped "parabolic arch" of the points themselves.

TW
 
Thomas Wayne said:
The "butterflies" in the top cue appear to actually be flat-bottomed drop-in inlays rather than true butterfly points (in the traditional sense). Not that there's anything wrong with that - just noting the construction method.

The giveaway is the extremely crisp edges of the parts that should "feather out" into nothing (but don't), and the incorrectly shaped "parabolic arch" of the points themselves.

TW
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Hi Sir Wayne, i appreciate your comments and observation, but just want to clear that the butterflies in the top is a true butterfly points and not a flat-bottomed drop in inlays, actually i did that to all my humble litttle butterfly works, in the pictures it really looks like a flat drop inlays and the reason why the feather out look did not naturally came out, its maybe because of the wood i used, i made my own veneer cut from a hollywood for white and pink ivory on this one, unlike the maple veneers it will surely have a feather out to nothing like the second cue but from an exotic wood the looks is different to a conventional maple veneers in my observation.

 
Well I could be wrong - it happened one other time. However, to my eye the parabolic arc looks a bit odd at the shoulders. The feathered end on most butterfly points is a result of the surface rooughness of each layer of veneer, and few bother to get as smooth a surface as would be necessary to get the look you've gotten. So if that's what you're doing then you're certainly putting in the work necessary - kudos for that.

TW
 
blackpearlmaker said:
Hi Sir Wayne, i appreciate your comments and observation, but just want to clear that the butterflies in the top is a true butterfly points and not a flat-bottomed drop in inlays, actually i did that to all my humble litttle butterfly works, in the pictures it really looks like a flat drop inlays and the reason why the feather out look did not naturally came out, its maybe because of the wood i used, i made my own veneer cut from a hollywood for white and pink ivory on this one, unlike the maple veneers it will surely have a feather out to nothing like the second cue but from an exotic wood the looks is different to a conventional maple veneers in my observation.

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give me the bottom set Buddy:grin:
Ralf
 
Very nice. I wish I had the funds to ask you for a no holds barred cue. Maybe some time in the near future.

Cheers
 
I'm never surprised by what you post. Seems you build nothing but knock out gorgeous cues!!!!

Keep up the good work!!!!
 
Thomas Wayne said:
The "butterflies" in the top cue appear to actually be flat-bottomed drop-in inlays rather than true butterfly points (in the traditional sense). Not that there's anything wrong with that - just noting the construction method.

The giveaway is the extremely crisp edges of the parts that should "feather out" into nothing (but don't), and the incorrectly shaped "parabolic arch" of the points themselves.

TW
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Hello Thomas :)

I have 1 on Al's cue... and trust me... the butterflies on my cue Fade into a thin film... to the extend that I can slightly see the base wood color... maybe my veneers are lighter in color... thus making it much more obvious... :)
 
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