Easy guess

[qbilder]

Anybody know the foream/butt wood?

 

[benny-the-blade]

Curly claro walnut?

 

[ideologist]

Curry narra?

 

[Duane Remick]

I'm thinking
Curly KOA ,
BEAUTIFUL CUE,
sir

 

[qbilder]

Good guesses, but not quite there yet.:smile:

 

[qbilder]

I'm thinking
Curly KOA ,
BEAUTIFUL CUE,
sir

Thank you

 

[S.Vaskovskyi]

It may be bubinga or chechen...Never mind beautiful cue as usual

 

[JoeyInCali]

If it's stabilized red, mango or acacia maybe.
Definitely not bubinga.

 

[qbilder]

It's neither resin stabilized nor stained.

Hint: it smells like toffee when cutting

 

[WildWing]

It's neither resin stabilized nor stained.

Hint: it smells like toffee when cutting

You don't mean coffee, do you?

All the best,
WW

 

[Sunchaser]

Dark brown curly maple. Really good looking cue. Matt D.

 

[qbilder]

Dark brown curly maple. Really good looking cue. Matt D.

You got it. It's cooked maple. Apparently it gets heated to the point that it changes color. It's supposed to be more stable than normal maple, and enhanced tonal qualities. As far as I can tell from working with it, I can't disagree. And it really does smell like toffee, not coffee, when cutting. I guess it's due to the charred sugars in the maple sap.

 

[cubswin]

Can you send it to me so I can smell it? I like toffee smells.

 

[Sunchaser]

Again, cue looks sugary sweet! (see what I did there?) And I was just guessing at the wood....lucky guess... Matt D.


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[qbilder]

Can you send it to me so I can smell it? I like toffee smells.

I gotta say, it is pretty pleasant to work with:thumbup: The stuff shimmers in the light a lot like koa does. I might have found a new favorite wood. If only I knew how to do it to my own maple :scratchhead:

 

[cueman]

You got it. It's cooked maple. Apparently it gets heated to the point that it changes color. It's supposed to be more stable than normal maple, and enhanced tonal qualities. As far as I can tell from working with it, I can't disagree. And it really does smell like toffee, not coffee, when cutting. I guess it's due to the charred sugars in the maple sap.

I used to get some shaft wood back in the 90s from new york that had that sweet candy smell when I would turn it. And it was almost snow white.

 

[Cross]

I think they do a similar thing to the necks of some guitars. "Baked" is the term the luthiers use.

Very nice cue!

 

[AtLarge]

Here's a thread I started a few years ago to discuss the use of torrefied (cooked, baked, toasted, carmelized) wood for cues: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=381707

 

[nj82tj]

Can you send it to me so I can smell it? I like toffee smells.

HA! Me too! I love me some SugarTree!

 

[DEGAMO88]

You got it. It's cooked maple. Apparently it gets heated to the point that it changes color. It's supposed to be more stable than normal maple, and enhanced tonal qualities. As far as I can tell from working with it, I can't disagree. And it really does smell like toffee, not coffee, when cutting. I guess it's due to the charred sugars in the maple sap.

That's a beautiful cue. Is it for sale?