Ivor X Inlays

[Quesports]

Just wondering if any builders have used Ivor X for inlays in the place of ivory?
I am considering a new cue and am looking for ivory alternatives for inlays and am looking for a material that is more {durable} than ivory. I have been told ivory is susceptible to freezing and also heat because of the moisture content.
Dan

 

[macguy]

Just wondering if any builders have used Ivor X for inlays in the place of ivory?
I am considering a new cue and am looking for ivory alternatives for inlays and am looking for a material that is more {durable} than ivory. I have been told ivory is susceptible to freezing and also heat because of the moisture content.
Dan

Regardless what you choose, why choose something that is fake? In other words when someone asks you what the inlays are in your cue, do you want to say plastic? There are plenty of exotic materials that add value and interest to the cue just in the use of their names. Real ivory by the way is used in cues all the time with no ill effects. I happen to like wood inlay, pink ivory is one for example.

 

[k-carson]

holly wood ., would be a good natural alternative to real ivory
if it is a matter of cost


as for the heat and cold and moisture they would have an ill effect on your cue's quality and durability before they would crack the ivory

 

[AuntyDan]

I've discussed this with Kerry Zieler, the developer of Ivor-X and custom cue maker local who is local to me in So. California. When he first showed it to me I asked him the exact same question and he said no, it cannot be formed into the (relatively) large flat sheets required for inlays. He is understandbly protective about the exact processes that go into making it so I do not know what the technical restrictions are, just that they exist or he would have done it by now.

 

[Quesports]

Thanks Aunty Dan!! That is the info I was looking for. I already have cues with ivory and am looking to have the next one built more like Kerry's cues but fullsplice this time.
Dan

 

[cueman]

Bleached Camel Bone makes an excellent substitute for Ivory. Holly Wood is another one but takes on colored dust too easily. Plastics have proven to cause many more problems as inlays than natural materials. They reject the finish and swell and shrink much more than Ivory.
Chris
www.cuesmith.com

 

[fxskater]

holly wood ., would be a good natural alternative to real ivory
if it is a matter of cost


as for the heat and cold and moisture they would have an ill effect on your cue's quality and durability before they would crack the ivory

Holly is very nice, but you can still see a slight grain. You gotta be careful with it too, if you are using holly and ebony together it is pretty easy to mess up the holly by getting dust from the ebony embeded in it.

 

[catscradle]

Just wondering if any builders have used Ivor X for inlays in the place of ivory?
I am considering a new cue and am looking for ivory alternatives for inlays and am looking for a material that is more {durable} than ivory. I have been told ivory is susceptible to freezing and also heat because of the moisture content.
Dan

I'm not a cue buider, but I've seem Ivor-x ferrules. I think they are too translusent to make a good ivory substitute for inlay. Even if they could be produced in flat sheets they would look right.