Coring Brazilian rosewood?

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RFisher

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I've seen people are starting to do more and more cored cues. I've talked to quit a few cuemakers over the years and they all had something good to say about brazilian rosewood, exept for the avalibility of the "good stuff". Well lately I see guys coring alot of brazilian rosewood, so other than weight, is there anyother reason to core it? Does it tend to warp? Not that I ever heard about, I've know it to be pretty stable wood, expecialy the reclaimed stuff.

Any way, Besides the obvious, why would anyone core brazilian rosewood.

I am currently building 2 cue's with brazilian rosewood and I shipped 2 out a couple months ago so I'm realy curious.

No response about weight please, that's really obvious, we have been building cues for awhile and I do have common sense.

Thanks
 
If it has wild swirls and off-grain, they should be cored imo.
My playing cue is Braz rosewood front w/bubinga handle, uncored.
Hits incredible.

If it's straight grained and is seasoned ( which almost all of them would be b/c they are decades old ) I woudn't core it.
I have a few slabs and they are going to be uncored. A few are swirly and will most likely be cored.
 
most of the stuff you buy these days is crotch or stump wood and as Joey said the grain is swirly so it has a tendency to warp more than the straight grain.

i think lots of guys these days just core everything for extra stability no matter what it is so that may be part of it also.myself i would prefer the hit of solid brazilian.
 
masonh said:
most of the stuff you buy these days is crotch or stump wood ...
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This is because it's not legal to export new growth BR, but they CAN export stumps from previously felled trees.
Mr H
 
RFisher said:
I've seen people are starting to do more and more cored cues. I've talked to quit a few cuemakers over the years and they all had something good to say about brazilian rosewood, exept for the avalibility of the "good stuff". Well lately I see guys coring alot of brazilian rosewood, so other than weight, is there anyother reason to core it? Does it tend to warp? Not that I ever heard about, I've know it to be pretty stable wood, expecialy the reclaimed stuff.

Any way, Besides the obvious, why would anyone core brazilian rosewood.

I am currently building 2 cue's with brazilian rosewood and I shipped 2 out a couple months ago so I'm realy curious.

No response about weight please, that's really obvious, we have been building cues for awhile and I do have common sense.

Thanks
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Bryan:

I core everything for a couple reasons. To make it more stable and weight is the 2 obvious reasons. I also like to core everything with straight grain hard rock maple to try to keep the hit of my cues close to the same. You can also use it a little faster also.
 
patrickcues said:
Bryan:

I core everything for a couple reasons. To make it more stable and weight is the 2 obvious reasons. I also like to core everything with straight grain hard rock maple to try to keep the hit of my cues close to the same. You can also use it a little faster also.
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Straight grain braz rosewoods have no weight or stability issues though.
They certainly wouldn't hit second to maple.
 
JoeyInCali said:
Straight grain braz rosewoods have no weight or stability issues though.
They certainly wouldn't hit second to maple.
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This maybe true! But like everything else the hit is in the hand of the holder. If you know what I mean. Like I was said before I core everything with straight grain hard rock maple. This helps keep my cues stay pretty consistant with the hit. I wasn't necessarily talking about Brazilian Rose Wood. I was talking about all forearms that I build. This is jmo every wood has a stability issue of some kind. I am not trying to debate anything at all here. I was just trying to help answer the OP's question. However there still is a learning curve here somewhere, that is why I read a lot of the post in this section.
 
Stop Coring Brazilian.......please......

That's Like Mixing Johnny Walker Blue With Coke As A Drink......

The Hit Is The Best Part Of The Brazilian Rosewood (imo)

P.s. I Understand Some Cuemakers Core Everything For Consistancy, So I Kinda Understand That.
 
For the most part I agree with Doug. I core nearly all of my cues with straight grain Maple or once in a while laminated Maple or Purple Heart. I even core Birdseye and curly Maple with straight grain Maple. This is for a little consistency in the cues feel and of coarse, helping in stability.

Dick
 
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