Cues in natural light

mjantti

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I posted this already in the "cue gallery" section... sorry for crossposting, but I wanted to have some expert opinions as well.
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It struck me a few years ago. Birdseye maple is a good example of a wood that doesn't necessarily look good in artificial light. Especially if there aren't many "eyes". I have a recently acquired a Bear cue, which doesn't have many eyes, but to my amazement I was looking at the cue at my apartment one day and suddenly I realized the cue looks much better in daylight ! I don't know about you people, but my cue rarely sees daylight. I'm working and studying from "9-to-5" and I play only in the evenings. When I'm outside, the cue is always in the case, when I take it out, it's always inside in some dark pool room without natural light.

I bet there are many people who have rarely seen their cues in natural light. If you want to marvel the natural beauty of different woods, take a minute to look at them closer in natural light !

Just my two cents here...

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If someone visits your shop to buy a cue, do you usually let him see the whole beauty in natural daylight ? And are there woods that don't look particularly good in broad daylight ?

Just curious :)
 
mjantti said:
I bet there are many people who have rarely seen their cues in natural light. If you want to marvel the natural beauty of different woods, take a minute to look at them closer in natural light !

I'm no expert, but you make an interesting point. Indoors the butt of my Falcon M-5 looks black and white. When you see it in daylight the grain of the ebony is quite visible, and the cue looks much nicer. Too bad I can't play as well as it looks :(

Dave
 
I agree with you, as I have looked at cues in natural light, but I don't think anyone else will ever see any of my cues in natural light.... It's always in the smoke filled, dark pool rooms... :D
 
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