Having Ariel Carmeli building my dream cue

[Fastrs]

I have been trying to find the right piece of wood for my dream cue and after a 2 year search I finally found it, this piece of Curly Koa

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After being turned down I am even happier.

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Ariel Carmeli and I spent many hours discussing the veneer colors and this is what we decided upon, Maple, Light Blue, Sky Blue and Black

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Then came the inlay design. I kinda let Ariel pick this. He wanted to do Ivory dashes in the rings but I talked him into doing them in the shape of diamonds.

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All the inlays are Ivory with a dash of Abalone inserted.

More to follow

 

[mel_smOg]

everything looks super awesome

 

[metallicane]

Pretty awesome start. Can't wait to see more pics.

 

[Zirroe]

Held this cue in the shop

Best piece of Koa I have ever seen

 

[Busboy]

Wow beautiful :thumbup:

 

[deanoc]

pretty woods
great cue maker
what more could you ask for?

blues are nice too,good looking cue!

 

[Badbeat13]

everything looks super awesome

You got that right buddy and Carmeli's play fantastic!
Great wood and choice of cue maker.

 

[jscar81]

wow. that's going to be a great looking cue. love those points. amazing!!!

 

[cueaddicts]

congrats

Yep, that will be one fantastic looking cue !! :thumbup:

 

[Fastrs]

Here the handle is being added.

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No more lathe work .... Being sealed up ... Next comes the clear coats and polishing

Still deciding on what wrap to do .... Decisions ... Decisions

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[Ken_4fun]

In my opinion, I would go with a basic black linen or black leather wrap.

The cue has great wood forearm, great veneers and points and inlays in the bottom.

It is busy without being gaudy, and that's tough. Keep the focus on the stuff I mentioned above, and don't put a wrap on that is going to draw away from those great choices you have already made, and he has executed.

If you had a plain forearm and butt, you can "jazz" the wrap, but on that cue, it would just be a negative IMO.

My advice is free, and probably worth what you paid for it...

Best of rolls,

ken

 

[moccabee]

You could always go with a nice brown stacked leather wrap.

 

[cueaddicts]

I think black is the way to go...you want to show off that forearm. Brown would mute that out some and also not make the butt inlays stand out as much, because your eyes would be drawn to the wrap more because it's different from the point/butt sleeve wood. I would consider a black bison leather or Martin's awesome Spanish bull leather. If linen, solid black or possibly even black with blue speck.

 

[tommygunn78]

carmelli

Quick find another piece of beautiful koa and make the cue wrapless koa handle

 

[Fastrs]

Thank you for all the advice ... Ariel is trying to talk me into black Elephant ear for the wrap.

 

[Bavafongoul]

Ken_4fun and Sean got it right.....go with black.......you need it to balance the cue design.....IMO.

Matt B.

 

[Mikey Town]

Ariel is a smart man... Black elephant ear would look perfect on that cue.

 

[Fastrs]

15 coats of clear and polished up.

 

[Fastrs]

As some of you may know, I was debating on what wrap to have Ariel put on..... well the decision has been made.
Black Elephant ear.

 

[goatroper]

I know Ariel.........he wouldnt steer you wrong..........that cue turned out awesome........great choice on the wrap ..........very , very classy cue.....you have one nice cue there.......!!!