New cue completed by Craig at Full Splice Billiards

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Here is a cue that I just completed from a soldier from FT. Lewis, Washington. The cue is a conversion made from a Brunswick Balk Colander one piece house from the 1920's. The cue has a 3/8-10 pin and pearl at the joint in the rings and in the rings in the cue butt. However, I am uncertain what type of wood the cues forearm is made from, I think it may be Aramith. I used a nice piece of Birdseye Maple in the cue Butt, the cue is 59 1/4 inches long, and weights 19.2 oz.

Let me know what you guys think.

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Butt.jpg

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Anyone know what kind of wood this is?


Thanks Craig

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Nice pool table.
Looks like purpleheart to me. If not, bloodwood.
Sorry, am not into wide pearl rings.
 
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Craig, are you asking about the forearm wood or the handle/butt wood? If it's the forearm, can't quite see it well without a closeup.
Thanks,
dave
 
Dave38 said:
Craig, are you asking about the forearm wood or the handle/butt wood? If it's the forearm, can't quite see it well without a closeup.
Thanks,
dave
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Dave, I am asking about the handle, the color person is actually more red than Purple, the photo's are a little deceiving.

Thanks
 
manwon said:
Here is a cue that I just completed from a soldier from FT. Lewis, Washington. The cue is a conversion made from a Brunswick Balk Colander one piece house from the 1920's. The cue has a 3/8-10 pin and pearl at the joint in the rings and in the rings in the cue butt. However, I am uncertain what type of wood the cues forearm is made from, I think it may be Aramith. I used a nice piece of Birdseye Maple in the cue Butt, the cue is 59 1/4 inches long, and weights 19.2 oz.

Let me know what you guys think.


Anyone know what kind of wood this is?


Thanks Craig
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Well, it's definitely NOT Aramith! (Sorry Craig, couldn't help myself! ;)) I believe the word you were looking for is Amaranth. This is what SW refers to Purpleheart as. It may be a description for purplehert which is on the redder side. Hopi Indians use/used amaranth to create a red dye. Apparently the Amaranthus plant is quite prolific throughout the southwestern US.

The swirls in the grain lead me to believe it's a reddish version of purpleheart....I have never seen it in bloodwood, but I could be all wrong. :o

Lisa
 
01rkclassic said:
Very nice,I love the pearl rings,very reminiscent of Palmer.
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Thanks for the responce, and you are very observant, it fact the pearl material is Pearl that came form the Palmer Shop originally. I purchased a large quanity of it from some one a few years ago, both the grey and the white.

Thanks for your post
 
ridewiththewind said:
Well, it's definitely NOT Aramith! (Sorry Craig, couldn't help myself! ;)) I believe the word you were looking for is Amaranth. This is what SW refers to Purpleheart as. It may be a description for purplehert which is on the redder side. Hopi Indians use/used amaranth to create a red dye. Apparently the Amaranthus plant is quite prolific throughout the southwestern US.

The swirls in the grain lead me to believe it's a reddish version of purpleheart....I have never seen it in bloodwood, but I could be all wrong. :o

Lisa
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Thanks for the correction Lisa, many times when I use these old Brunswick Blanks it is very hard to identify some of the woods that were used to make them.

Thanks and take care
 
manwon said:
Dave, I am asking about the handle, the color person is actually more red than Purple, the photo's are a little deceiving.

Thanks
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hi craig, could it be jatoba (brazilian cherry) ????
ive seen a lot of the old brunwicks of jatoba,
did a few conversions from them
 
Thanks very much to everyone who posted, I appreciate the information and other comments.

Take Care
 
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