Snakewood Ferrule
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12ozCurl
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Well thats the thing....I dont stroke the ball hard at all. I know snakewood can be brittle, but if certian chemicals are used to fill the pores in the wood, the brittleness becomes just plain hardness.
I know I saw a cue not to long ago on here with a snakewood ferrule I just cant find it again
Snakewood would not be a good choice, the reason being that it is fragile regardless of how the wood is sealed/treated. There is a reason you don't see many snakewood cues in the pool hall.
snakewood = bad
i bought a piece of snakewood that was appx 20 years old, after a 5 year cutting and drying process i made the double refund cue. 2 years after it was made it developed a hairline crack and had to be resealed and refinished. most cuemakers will tell you that snakewood is a great looking wood that should not be used for building cues, its just too unstable, small inlays or points are sometimes o.k. if done correct. as far as a ferrule, i imho with the past experiences, it would be a very poor choice.
chuck
i bought a piece of snakewood that was appx 20 years old, after a 5 year cutting and drying process i made the double refund cue. 2 years after it was made it developed a hairline crack and had to be resealed and refinished. most cuemakers will tell you that snakewood is a great looking wood that should not be used for building cues, its just too unstable, small inlays or points are sometimes o.k. if done correct. as far as a ferrule, i imho with the past experiences, it would be a very poor choice.
chuck
My new Bob Thompson cue has a purple heart ferrule. I absolutely love this cue. Thompson is one of the best kept secrets in cue making, imo. Serious bang for your $ with one of his cues.
Mine is the cue at the top.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/Rugerfan/ResizeofRe-exposureofDSC_1209.jpg
Mine is the cue at the top.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/Rugerfan/ResizeofRe-exposureofDSC_1209.jpg
Besides being brittle
Snakewood is VERY heavy (more so than ebony I believe). Deflection would be enormous.
Snakewood is VERY heavy (more so than ebony I believe). Deflection would be enormous.
I remember see an interveiw with the maker of Bluegrass cues and him saying snakewood was his least favorite wood to work with.
This is an interesting topic, but I feel most cuemakers still, or should still, pick the materials for the various parts of the cue, based on performance. I happen to know a cuemaker who makes full-spliced blanks who doesn't like using snakewood or amboyna burl based on the difficulty to work with these woods and their playability. He will make them if you insist, but be prepared to pay double.
People have been building/playing with cues for decades using very similar techniques/materials. Why reinvent the wheel now?
People have been building/playing with cues for decades using very similar techniques/materials. Why reinvent the wheel now?
Snakewood? Yep...
I have several cues built of snakewood with snakewood ferrules. Any cue built with a wood furrule will deliver a softer hit. I wouldn't buy a break cue with a wood ferrule but I have never had any issues with any of the snakewood cues I own. Thompson does use various hard wood ferrule's quite a bit. I think it lends to the quality of the hit....
A few examples;
I have several cues built of snakewood with snakewood ferrules. Any cue built with a wood furrule will deliver a softer hit. I wouldn't buy a break cue with a wood ferrule but I have never had any issues with any of the snakewood cues I own. Thompson does use various hard wood ferrule's quite a bit. I think it lends to the quality of the hit....
A few examples;
WORD.
i'm not into hunting or bows at all...
but that thing looks effin sweet! more pics!
Snakewood is very dense, but deflection would NOT be enormous. Titan ferrule material is probably the lightest of the common ferrule materials, and that material is denser than snakewood. The ferrule materials used in cues are all much denser than the densest woods.
Snakewood would still be a terrible choice for a ferrule, just not because of deflection reasons.
Kelly
The bow was built by Norm Johnson of Blacktail bows. Go to his website and looks at the bow galleries. The guy is as talented a bower you will find and his current wait time is around 18 months. I own one of his "Snakebit" takedowns, named as the bow is built using snakewood.
http://blacktailbows.com/
I'm curious as to the general objection to wood ferrules. I know guys tend to build stuff to be bulletproof as to limit the amount of returns. Is that part of the reason? Cracking/durability? Or is it how they play?
Thanks!
http://blacktailbows.com/
I'm curious as to the general objection to wood ferrules. I know guys tend to build stuff to be bulletproof as to limit the amount of returns. Is that part of the reason? Cracking/durability? Or is it how they play?
Thanks!