If there is a blemish in the wood. Should the cue maker try to touch that up or leave as is. Say you have ebony wood and there is a blemish/ light spot in the wood. I have seen other cues with what appears to natural blemishes. Guess not all could be touched up. Some might think it gives it character and some might think their cue is less than what it could be.
Blemishes
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Wood is a natural substance, not invented in a chemist's lab. As such, it has characteristics that may not be consistent through out the entire tree, log, or turning square. We can't see inside a piece of wood, so when turning, sometimes these differences inside the wood are exposed. Blemish? I guess if you consider the wood a decoration only, but cue woods are chosen for their tonality/musical properties as much as their looks. Does a light spot in a piece of ebony diminish its tonality, hence its playability? Probably not.
Think of it as a beauty mark and go shoot some pool.
My 2 cents,
Gary
Think of it as a beauty mark and go shoot some pool.
My 2 cents,
Gary
blemishes
when i started as an apprentice jeweler 45 years ago, i was always asking my teacher, how to do this or that when desigining a ring, his answer was the same everytime, " what is pleasing to the eye "
if a blemish is distracting to me, then i might try to make it look a bit better, say i have that piece of ebony and it is a deep black accept for one ugly white spot. i might just use a bit of black dye and make the piece solid black. if the piece has a few white streaks that give it a bit character i would just leave them.
when i started as an apprentice jeweler 45 years ago, i was always asking my teacher, how to do this or that when desigining a ring, his answer was the same everytime, " what is pleasing to the eye "
if a blemish is distracting to me, then i might try to make it look a bit better, say i have that piece of ebony and it is a deep black accept for one ugly white spot. i might just use a bit of black dye and make the piece solid black. if the piece has a few white streaks that give it a bit character i would just leave them.