marquetry cues
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Maybe try Longoni. I know of no American cuemakers doing the marquetry. Richard Black may be up for it, too. That's a very tough technique to incorporate onto a small diameter round object like a cue. I have tried simple marquetry designs on practice cues with great success, but that's a far cry from the intricate designs. Believe me, unless there's a trick I don't know about, it's an extremely delicate & time consuming task. I'd love to see it come back, though.
Hey,
Look at his link : http://users.skynet.be/billard.billiards/marquetry.htm
last few on the bootom of the page the best are the nicest i think.
Din
Look at his link : http://users.skynet.be/billard.billiards/marquetry.htm
last few on the bootom of the page the best are the nicest i think.
Din
the cues on the link above are exactly the kind of stuff that i am thinking about,i know of nothing that i would rather have than some real pool cues with these and similar
designs
please post some more and any information on how to make them or what is involved
also of all the cuemakers today,who do you think is best qualified to make these cues?
Dean
designs
please post some more and any information on how to make them or what is involved
also of all the cuemakers today,who do you think is best qualified to make these cues?
Dean
PFD Studios Can Do Whatever You Want
These are an example of one of Paul's marquetry cues, don't know if you're looking for an image like this or more of the floral type stuff in the link above but either way he could do it. These are pictures off his webpage and there are additional photos there if you're interested.
These are an example of one of Paul's marquetry cues, don't know if you're looking for an image like this or more of the floral type stuff in the link above but either way he could do it. These are pictures off his webpage and there are additional photos there if you're interested.
Are those PFDs actually inlaid? Marquetry is the art of decorating with veneers. You take very thin pieces of wood and paste them to the body. On cues you would need to wet the wood to form them around the round stock.
The PFD cues look like an inlaid version of what would be considered a marquetry design.
Or, I could be wrong.
The PFD cues look like an inlaid version of what would be considered a marquetry design.
Or, I could be wrong.
For all I know you could be right
I'm by no means an expert on marquetry and don't know what the technical definition of it is. It does seem as though most of the marquety cues utilize all wood for the designs though so that wouuld set it apart from the PFD shown. I do believe that the designs are set in pockets which would technically be an inlay but you're probably right about the long inlays being a single piece needing to be wrapped around the piece somehow.
Regardless of who he gets to do them, I think it would be great to see a modern interpretation of some of the old designs shown in the links above. The cues shown are quite nice looking now, but I can only imagine what they looked like when new.
I'm by no means an expert on marquetry and don't know what the technical definition of it is. It does seem as though most of the marquety cues utilize all wood for the designs though so that wouuld set it apart from the PFD shown. I do believe that the designs are set in pockets which would technically be an inlay but you're probably right about the long inlays being a single piece needing to be wrapped around the piece somehow.
Regardless of who he gets to do them, I think it would be great to see a modern interpretation of some of the old designs shown in the links above. The cues shown are quite nice looking now, but I can only imagine what they looked like when new.