Old Schon wood?
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Kingwood. The tree is small in diameter and the processed wood is becoming increasingly rare.
http://www.wood-database.com/kingwood/
As stated in the link, the Mexican version is known as Camatillo.
The example you've shown is Brazilian.
One of my favorite cue-building woods.
http://www.wood-database.com/kingwood/
As stated in the link, the Mexican version is known as Camatillo.
The example you've shown is Brazilian.
One of my favorite cue-building woods.
Schon
Years ago right after I got it I did some research and ended up finding someone who knew and asked Bob Runde what it was. I was told at the time it was "Narra" wood. I would say once you receive it from me to contact Bob before he retires and ask him again.
I was told several different types of wood that it could be but it never looked like anything I could find resembling it in pictures. Maybe KJ Cues is right but I am just going by memory of what I was told.
Good luck and hope you enjoy the cue.
Years ago right after I got it I did some research and ended up finding someone who knew and asked Bob Runde what it was. I was told at the time it was "Narra" wood. I would say once you receive it from me to contact Bob before he retires and ask him again.
I was told several different types of wood that it could be but it never looked like anything I could find resembling it in pictures. Maybe KJ Cues is right but I am just going by memory of what I was told.
Good luck and hope you enjoy the cue.
I won't say what it is because that is impossible to determine without scientific means. And, I wouldn't pretend to claim that Bob Runde doesn't know what woods he used.
All I can say is what it looks like to me. It looks like no species of Narra I have ever laid eyes on. It looks exactly like kingwood to me.
Although the color is right for kingwood, I do not believe it is. The grain is too uniformly spaced & perfectly straight. The color is also vibrant for kingwood in a cue that old. All things considered, I believe it to be "rosewood burgundy" colored Dymonwood, AKA laminated. Atlas used to sell it.
I would know nothing about wood and the first thing I thought was the same thing. It looked like laminated wood because everything was too straight and even.
I will admit that I now have some doubt as to it being Kingwood.
As pointed out, the spacing of the 'growth rings' is suspect.
I have Kingwood that has (lets call them growth-lines) that are that straight
and uniform as what's illustrated but not for the length of the forearm.
What's shown would suggest a laminate. Actually, the color is a little off also.
While the color of Kingwood will vary, particularly when finish is applied,
this appears to be just a little too red. I attributed that to camera and monitor.
I also now think that given a run of at least 200 cues, it could be considered production.
There aren't many that will use Kingwood in a production run; it's just too expensive.
I gave my best guess at the time. It's not cast in stone.
As pointed out, the spacing of the 'growth rings' is suspect.
I have Kingwood that has (lets call them growth-lines) that are that straight
and uniform as what's illustrated but not for the length of the forearm.
What's shown would suggest a laminate. Actually, the color is a little off also.
While the color of Kingwood will vary, particularly when finish is applied,
this appears to be just a little too red. I attributed that to camera and monitor.
I also now think that given a run of at least 200 cues, it could be considered production.
There aren't many that will use Kingwood in a production run; it's just too expensive.
I gave my best guess at the time. It's not cast in stone.
Good job fellows. I confess I never once looked at the forearm pic. I have some very uniform and straight grained kingwood (I love kingwood for coring dowels) that would pass for the sleeve pic, but the forearm is just too long to not show some variation if it was a solid piece of wood.
I had never heard of Schon using dymondwood.
I had never heard of Schon using dymondwood.
From.what I read, they made 200. And that implex joint makes it low.end.
Sorry, I meant economy model.
Back then, the stainless steel jointed Schons was the famous joint and it was the sheesh then.
Pros played with them without getting paid .
It's the same cue. He was using my pictures and I suck as a cameraman.