chuck starkey hedge cue

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desi2960

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both butt and shaft made from hedge, this was kind of an experiment, but this cue breaks great. i made a total of 15 balls and one 9 ball, in 10 racks. came up dry only 2 times in 10. that is exceptional for me. this is only my 2nd all hedge cue, but they will be more.

18 oz, 58 inch cue with black linen fiber rings and yellow rings. 3/8 by 10 ss pin flat face joint. 12 1/2 mm ultraskin tip, with carbon fiber pad. the butt is cut a bit thinner .84 at joint and 1.20 butt. very subtle grain, jp's included

$350 delivered usa.


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Hi, Chuck, I'm not in the market for a new cue--I'm still quite happy with the Starkey that I have--but could you explain how hedge wood compares to other woods?
 
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hedge is a very hard wood, dense. I have only made 5 hedge cues and I have gone with a thinner butt and now an making a 4 piece laminated shaft. I don't really like the way the hedge shafts plays, after using maple for 65 years, but I love the way it breaks. I guess the best I could describe it at 12 1/2 mm on the shaft it seems to be springy, or has an extra bit of SNAP on the. break.
am working on more laminated shafts and have a lignum vitae butt I have had about 15 years and I am going to make a break stick using it and hedge. ill know more in the near future.
 
Hi Chuck,
Is the Hedge wood sometimes called Osage Orange? I've never heard of Hedge wood before but it seems to me that it might be the same thing. I could be wrong though.
 
djkx1 said:
Hi Chuck,
Is the Hedge wood sometimes called Osage Orange? I've never heard of Hedge wood before but it seems to me that it might be the same thing. I could be wrong though.
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That all depends on where you're at in the Nation they use Osage Orange or hedgewood in the midwest because its tuffer than hell, it can withstand droughts an live an it stay in the hedgerow for decades, but its last

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A longtime so those are the reasons they have chosen it in Texas they use mesquite an Post Oak for their hedgerows

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