New Olivewood wrapless for Scott - One of the best Fresno players!

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Guerra Cues

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Hello,

This one is without a doubt one of my favorites to date.

Wrapless olivewood (from the Holy Land) on light bem. If I would have added a busy birds eye handle it would have stolen the beauty of the olivewood.
The finish seen on this cue is just out of the gun, sprayed it on saturday.
Just needs super light wet sand and buffing.
Enjoy the pics :D

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Guerra Cues said:
...If I would have added a busy birds eye handle it would have stolen the beauty of the olivewood...
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I believe THAT realization is the mark of a VERY intelligent cuemaker!

That olivewood is phenomenal!!! Nice cue...once again!!!

Jason
 
Argh!!!!

I should have picked this one instead now that I see how it looks with the finish on it. Wow!

But, the bumperless cue usually always wins out.
 
Damn brother..another beauty you created here Tony. I love that Olive wood and the selected handle. It's perfect with the no wrap...that's to my liking as well :thumbup:

Mo
 
Nice

Very nice Tony! You should have a very happy customer. That is some awesome Olivewood and the ringwork is just right for the cue.
 
Tony,

That light colored phenolic looks awesome with that olive.:dance:

I think I saw the Virgin Mary in the forearm figure.:killingme:

Rick
 
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AWESOME looking cue! I'm a very big plan of simplicity, and you nailed it. Also the wood and rings on this cue are just immaculate. :thumbup::thumbup: Very nice job.

Thanks for sharing, Jake
 
Hi Tony,

I just re read your thread and I noticed it said Holy Land.

Is this olive wood from Israel? And how old is olive wood before they cut. I have never used that stuff.

When I made the comment about the Virgin Mary I was referring to that figure. Now I look at the thread again and I see holy land. Holy cow!:shocked2:


Rick
 
ratcues said:
It is a no-kill forest in Bethlehem.
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Hey Ryan,

I actually got that square from Kenny Koo about 2 or 3 years ago and I think he told me that the wood came from Israel, I can't confirm that for sure. Never the less it is a great piece of wood.
I always wanted to do a cue inspired by my home country Portugal.
Portugal is one of the biggest exporters of olive oil and number one in cork in the world.
This cue reminds me home.
 
scdiveteam said:
Hi Tony,

I just re read your thread and I noticed it said Holy Land.

Is this olive wood from Israel? And how old is olive wood before they cut. I have never used that stuff.

Rick
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i recently came back from israel w/ a small log of olive wood. i actually got the log from bethlehem (palestine) not sure how long it was cut, but i think relatively recently, as in within a year and i could tell it wasn't dried. it still had the bark on it and everything.

my experience of getting the log thru security in israel airport is a whole different story. words of advice, don't try it.

it really wasn't intended for cuemaking, since it was short and had some knots in it, but out of curiosity, i cut it in half and let it sit. very quickly it started to check, not only on the cut ends, but on the end grain too.

from my experience of working w/ it, this log and what i've ready, olive wood is quite unstable, not as in durability, but more how much it can move, even years later.

so if you are planning on using olive wood, suggestions that have been made from more established makers is to wait, wait and wait some more inbtn each small pass.
 
rheester said:
i recently came back from israel w/ a small log of olive wood. i actually got the log from bethlehem (palestine) not sure how long it was cut, but i think relatively recently, as in within a year and i could tell it wasn't dried. it still had the bark on it and everything.

my experience of getting the log thru security in israel airport is a whole different story. words of advice, don't try it.

it really wasn't intended for cuemaking, since it was short and had some knots in it, but out of curiosity, i cut it in half and let it sit. very quickly it started to check, not only on the cut ends, but on the end grain too.

from my experience of working w/ it, this log and what i've ready, olive wood is quite unstable, not as in durability, but more how much it can move, even years later.

so if you are planning on using olive wood, suggestions that have been made from more established makers is to wait, wait and wait some more inbtn each small pass.
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Well,
This square had 7% moisture and it was cored with some really super dense 40 years old maple. Before I cored it I noticed the bananas I had at home were straighter than that piece of wood. I have other pieces of olivewood hanging that have been cored and they have not moved absolutely nothing.
 
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