Cuemaker - What is your favourite wood?

Snakewood , pink ivory or blackwood
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I'm a sucker for rosewoods. Can't really pin one down as a favorite. It all comes down to the particular piece. I'm doing a simple cue now of Patagonian rosewood and i'm really liking the stuff.
 
So far the best playing cues I have used had Cocobolo and Rosewood fronts, so I would have to go with that. I also love the look of Purple Heart wood for points and inlays, especially into Birdseye Maple, which happens to be another of my favorite woods and also a strong player.
 
My favorite woods are Cocobolo and Instrument Grade Kurly Birdseye Maple. I just finished a cue using both woods together.

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Ebony and Birdseye are among my favorites. For playability full spliced Birdseye and Bocote are my favorites. For Inlays snakewood is very hard to beat. I do feel my best playing cues all had birdseye maple in the forearm. But my best looking and most expensive cues had ebony forearms.
 
birdseye sap wood

The picture should speak for it self. Where's jay and joe when you want to size um up.
 
For what purpose?
Natural Beauty in itself= Burls(cored of course), Curly or quilted lumber
Structural integrity=Birds eye maple, Redheart, Kingwood, Bacote, etc.
Classic designs=Ebony, Kingwood, Rosewoods, Cocobola, Bacote
Threading=Rosewoods, Ebony, Kingwood, Cocobola, Bacote, etc.
Glueing=Anything but the oily woods
I'm sure I've forgotten some others.?!
Tom Gedris, Triple Cross Cues
 
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