Ring billet material (Carmeli)

[SSDiver2112]

I am building a Kielwood shaft for a Carmeli cue and trying to match the rings. Any idea what materials are used?

I don’t have a picture of the cue right now, but same as this but with cocobolo. Rings are the same though.

Experimenting with some phenolic.

 

[j2pac]

Could be Elforyn.

 

[SSDiver2112]

Update: Here is the actual cue. I'm just inquiring if there is a known or at least common material used.

The white phenolic I used was not exactly 1/8" (0.125) it was 0.131-ish so I had to hand sand each strip to fit. I'll clean up the billet soon and make some rings to test out and see if they look ok with finish applied.

 

[j2pac]

Update: Here is the actual cue. I'm just inquiring if there is a known or at least common material used.

The white phenolic I used was not exactly 1/8" (0.125) it was 0.131-ish so I had to hand sand each strip to fit. I'll clean up the billet soon and make some rings to test out and see if they look ok with finish applied.


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I'm not a Cue-Maker. That being said, depending on the age of the cue, it might be ivory. If so, using Elforyn would be your safest/closest alternative. I think they sell Elforyn slab at Atlas Billiards.
Hopefully someone else can give you better information.