Maple shaft Vs Rock Maple shaft

vijesh

vijesh

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Hi anyone know's the difference and the benefits of these 2 shafts.
Cue makers today do not use maple shafts anymore. (Herman rambow perfered it though)

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Vijesh
 
What the heck are you talking about? "Rock" Maple & "Hard" Maple are the same thing, Sugar Maple. I'd guess you're not in the US? In countries were maple is too hard to get, (read expensive) other woods may be used but I don't think maple will be replaced any time soon.

Andy
 
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Hi Dawgandy, yes i am not from US. Iwas going through the blue book of pool cues, do you have one? the question is some cue makers have mentioned shaft material to be Hard rock maple some of the mentioned maple and some other Canadian maple, are all the same as in their characteristics. That's the reason why i asked sorry incase i have asked the wrong question.


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Repost this question in the cue makers section and you will probably get all the answers you are looking for.
 
You will probably get a more thorough response in the cuemaker section. I do know that maple has a LOT of variations. Most of the names simply describe different parts or characteristics of the same tree. Birdseye, burl, tiger stripe, all name visible features of the wood. Hard rock or rock hard maple is simply refering to the stiffness of the wood. The vast majority of cuemakers use maple shafts, even laminated shafts like predator and ob-1 are maple to begin with. The one exception is snooker cues which are often made of ash. But thats a whole different story.
 
vijesh said:
Hi Dawgandy, yes i am not from US. Iwas going through the blue book of pool cues, do you have one? the question is some cue makers have mentioned shaft material to be Hard rock maple some of the mentioned maple and some other Canadian maple, are all the same as in their characteristics. That's the reason why i asked sorry incase i have asked the wrong question.


Thanks
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My guess is that all of these terms refer to the same wood, the Sugar Maple. Maples are trees in the genus Acer, the Sugar Maple is Acer saccharum , and is the same tree that produces the sweet sap used to make maple sugar and maple syrop (mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, but $$$$$$$$). It grows in north eastern USA and in eastern Canada (Ontario, Quebec, NB) which is why it is sometimes refered to as Canadian Maple. It is also about the hardest of the various Acers, which is why it makes a great shaft apparently, and also why it is known sometimes as Hard Maple. A wood that is simply described as "Maple" could be any of about 125 varieties of Acer that grow througout the world, but if it's a pool cue shaft it is likely Sugar/Hard/Canadian Maple.

Dave, in the land of Manitoba Maples, which are quite nice but not nearly the same tree as the Sugar Maple
 
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