Question about domestic woods for cue making

macguy

macguy

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With a lot of threads about banned woods or hard to get exotic woods. Is there a decent list of domestic woods that a cuemaker could use suitable for cue making?

I am not talking about staining, for that all you need is maple, but nice looking woods with good cue making qualities.

I put this in the main forum and not ask the cuemaker to ask another question. As a buyer, would you at all lean towards buying an all American or at least North American built cue with domestic woods.
Kind of the "Buy American" hook that many manufactures like to use as long as the quality was there? Just curious
 
Nicely figured maple is always a good choice, but there are many others. Mesquite, Texas Ebony, Black Walnut, and Oak to name a few.
 
Purpleheart and a plus1 for Oak. Ebony, Purpleheart and Oak all play fantastic.
 
Cherry, Apple grows in general disarray so that looks cool. Anything made into veneer proabaly has promise.

But to answer the question if a usa sourced cue would hold any value to me, no. If it's pretty, wonderful. But that's about all that matters to me. I'm not concerned if the wood came from Bangladesh.

As a side note, the cue below is made from materials sourced in the usa. Simple, but nice.
 
Exotic wood....

On a world wide scale I would say the United States is limited in choices. Snake wood, Amboyan and Laotian burl, Ebony and the many rose woods, etc. are beautiful. But what we do have is all that is needed. Wonderful and beautiful old growth Maple from the colder climates. By it self it is beautiful in it's many configurations, curly, birds eye, etc. It takes a stain beautifully and it is hard to imagine a serious playing cue with out a bunch of old growth maple. All the rest is eye candy......
 
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