shaftwood...ash vs maple

bruin70

bruin70

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what are the playability differences between ash and maple? stiffness, hardness, flex,,,whatever one uses to determine optimal shaftwood characteristics.

thanks guyz
 
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bruin70 said:
what are the playability differences between ash and maple? stiffness, hardness, flex,,,whatever one uses to determine optimal shaftwood characteristics.

thanks guyz
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Many years ago, ash was the choice for ALL snooker cues, as reported to me by friends in the UK, and canada.

I prefer ash over maple. Ash has better memorie, at a smaller dia. It's more open grained than maple, it stays straighter than mapl, and you can feel the ball much better.

In my opinion, it plays much better than maple. However, these days most modern players want a clear, clean shafts, of maple. By wanting shafts this way it takes ash out of play. Clean, clear maple shafts are not as good as not so clear maple. The darker maple shafts were more heart than sap wood.Some will say that drying takes most of the dark stuff out of the wood and it's just as good as dark wood. I do not believe this for a second. Never will either.It might remove some stain, but it also weakens the shaft.

Yrs, back, we would of course play off the wall. We would always look for dark smooth one piece house cues. These were the best cues in the pool room.I sell very few ash shafts.
my opinion.
blud
 
I'd Like To Help You Sell Some

I sell very few ash shafts
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I'D BE INTERESTED IN A 30" ASH SHAFT, 3/8 10 PLAIN BROWN COLLAR, MICARTA FERRULE SOFT MOORI TIP. WHAT WOULD THE PRICE BE?
 
Make shaft price public

Please quote public as I would be interested as well.

Thanks
Ken
 
FAST_N_LOOSE said:
I'D BE INTERESTED IN A 30" ASH SHAFT, 3/8 10 PLAIN BROWN COLLAR, MICARTA FERRULE SOFT MOORI TIP. WHAT WOULD THE PRICE BE?
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$110

Sherm
 
blud said:
Many years ago, ash was the choice for ALL snooker cues, as reported to me by friends in the UK, and canada.

I prefer ash over maple. Ash has better memorie, at a smaller dia. It's more open grained than maple, it stays straighter than mapl, and you can feel the ball much better.

In my opinion, it plays much better than maple. However, these days most modern players want a clear, clean shafts, of maple. By wanting shafts this way it takes ash out of play. Clean, clear maple shafts are not as good as not so clear maple. The darker maple shafts were more heart than sap wood.Some will say that drying takes most of the dark stuff out of the wood and it's just as good as dark wood. I do not believe this for a second. Never will either.It might remove some stain, but it also weakens the shaft.

Yrs, back, we would of course play off the wall. We would always look for dark smooth one piece house cues. These were the best cues in the pool room.I sell very few ash shafts.
my opinion.
blud
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all the shaftwood i pick have dark reddish grain. i prefer that hit over the white stuff. so i have no problem dealing with the cosmetics of ash.
 
i always like maple for it's,,,,,,"zing"
bonds uses it for his bats....and are not all bats made of ash?

so my question is, what is ash's "zing factor"? or is it merely a solid strong wood. it's hard to tell with my snooker shaft, as it's measurements are vastly different from a pool cue's.
 
bruin70 said:
i'd like to send you some close-ups of my ash shaft so you can sell me similiar grained wood. ok?
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I will take a look at it. But best way to get a shaft like you want is to buy several blanks and pick what you want.
 
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