Exotic Mun Ebony

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Has anyone worked with Mun Ebony?

WHat are some of it's positive and negative attributes?

Any examples of a finished cue using Mun?

Who has the best at the best cost?

Thank you for any help you can give. I believe this to be a beautiful wood and would love for it to be an ideal choice for cue building.

Gene
 

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Great looking cue. I'll have to contact him to see what his likes and dislikes, If any, are. Thanks for sharing.

Gene
 
........................i have nothing to say except,,,i have nothing to say.

but if i DID have something to say, it would be "stain it black". :)
 
Good point.

It woould be great to get more pics showing examples as well as additional experiences anyone has had. Thanks guys.

Gene
 
I bought some and gave it to a local cuemaker. He thought they weren't very stable wood. We looked at few carefully and found a lot of crack along the grain. He wasn't excited about making it as a forearm ... not without coring 'em.

I thought the wood was beautiful with nice dark veins and dense.

By the way, the stuff I got was called Asian Ebony (or Lao ebony).
 
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By the way, the stuff I got was called Asian Ebony (or Lao ebony).
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I will weigh in here since you bring this up. Mun Ebony and black and white ebony are not the same species of ebony, though they both can be called Asian ebony or Laos Ebony.

Mun Ebony is ofcourse Diospyrus mun. It is from Laos.

Black and white ebony is also from Laos, but is Diospyrus embryopteris. Black and white ebony is rather unstable, and I have read it can change colors a bit and not be so black and white eventually. It is very pretty, and I have some small material, but I had to cut around a lot of checking to get good material.

Though I don't know for sure, I firmly believe Mun ebony is more suited as a cue wood than black and white ebony.

The picture from the original post looks like black and white ebony (though the lighting is not that good in the pic). The cue looks like maccassar ebony to me, but it certainly could be mun and I wouldn't claim to know better than 1 pocket player or the cuemaker.

Kelly
 
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i ever did with a mun ebony wood before. not bad the growth ring are thick black lines. it is like olive wood but black line have and dense finishing is the same as all ebony they have small hole that you have to seal it i get the pic in a couple day time... i have some mun ebony if you like i could sell you some...
 
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