Titlists with highly figured wood

[billiardcue]

Show us your Titlist with highly figured wood or unique wood.

Any Titlist - one piece house cue, 2 piece Hoppe, conversion by any cuemaker, whatever.

Only criteria is pretty wood.

I'll start with this cocobolo conversion - the cue started life as a 1940s house cue. They were $2.75 in the 1942 Brunswick catalog.

Notice the points are pointy on both ends and the veneer colors are nice and subdued. I'm not a fan of the gaudy purple and green veneers of the 60s & 70s.

Pictured is all 360* - 45* at a time.





The rest of the cue.

 

[ga9ball]

Titlist

Really pretty cue you have, just classic, with a twist at the butt!
Thank you for sharing!

 

[Fast Lenny]

You have a winner there.

 

[WildWing]

This thread needs some more action, so here's my Palmer C, which has a nice piece of wood. Maybe not incredibly figured, but I think it's a nice rich wood, probably rosewood. Let's see some more nice Titlists.

 

[jkmarshall_cues]

There must be more people. HELP!!!

jm (<:

 

[SLIM]

Walnut,

not the most highly figured wood, but very nice when it was finished.

SLIM

 

[SLIM]

Just a question.

billiardcue,

so you're saying that titlists before 1960 did not have purple & turquios veneers?

SLIM

 

[macneilb]

billiardcue,

so you're saying that titlists before 1960 did not have purple & turquios veneers?

SLIM

no, they all have the same colors, just the colors in the veneers of older titlists aren't as bright and vivid as the old titlists used water based dyes which tended to fade and not be as "loud" as the veneer colors in later titlists.

 

[SLIM]

no, they all have the same colors, just the colors in the veneers of older titlists aren't as bright and vivid as the old titlists used water based dyes which tended to fade and not be as "loud" as the veneer colors in later titlists.

i have seen some older titlists that the veneers were pretty vivid once the cue was turned down for conversion. Even with just some sanding an older titlist, that i am keeping as a one piece, veneers apear pretty vivid.

maybe our opinions of vivid differs.

SLIM

 

[Monstermash]

Not highly figured but pretty rare. Here is my PFD Ebony Titlist.

 

[Cuebuddy]

I have a rather unique one piece that I believe to be Brazilian rosewood.
I cant post pics for a couple of days...wait for it

 

[Cuebuddy]

Ok I think I can post pics now.

I am not an expert on wood identification and this is old wood and is oxidized but the colors are amazing. I can only imagine what it would look like after some 80 grit.

As you can see the veneer colors are bland at best but who knows what might come to life after a conversion.

 

[deadnutz]

Ok I think I can post pics now.

I am not an expert on wood identification and this is old wood and is oxidized but the colors are amazing. I can only imagine what it would look like after some 80 grit.

As you can see the veneer colors are bland at best but who knows what might come to life after a conversion.

The cue is beautiful, but I have to ask because I can't tell from your pictures. Are you 100% sure it's a titlist? If it is, it's one of the best I've ever seen. There were other companys making full spliced house cues back in the day though. A lot of those I've seen are highly figured. If it is a titlist you have a gem there!

 

[Cuebuddy]

The cue is beautiful, but I have to ask because I can't tell from your pictures. Are you 100% sure it's a titlist? If it is, it's one of the best I've ever seen. There were other companys making full spliced house cues back in the day though. A lot of those I've seen are highly figured. If it is a titlist you have a gem there!

Thanks, and yes I am sure although there is no label I have this.

 

[Cuebuddy]

You can also see it in this photo on the far right.

 

[deadnutz]

It's as nice as your going to find one, that's for sure. Very very nice!