Walnut for a full splice cue

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Muttonchops

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It takes a fine polish. Lot's of fancy rifle/shotgun stocks have some high grade Claro Walnut?

For the cue maker, is walnut easy, medium, hard to work with? Thanks
 
Not terribly hard to work, course the more figure the harder. Walnut is a tad on the light side, weight-wise for cues.

JMO,
Alan
 
I've used quite a bit of walnut - black walnut as opposed to claro - but it's great for pool cues. Hard, stiff, finishes out very fine. But as aphelps pointed out, it is light - which can be good.
My 2 cents,
Gary
 
It is on the light side but sure looks good.
 

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The first 4-point full-splice cue I ever built was American Black Walnut, just because that was the only "exotic" hardwood
available at the lumberyard in the population-1700 town I was living in at the time:

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Currently, all my 30th anniversary cues have figured Claro Walnut handle sections:

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TW
 
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Figured walnut is gorgeous and walnut in general easy to work with. Walnut is also one of the most stable woods around. Crotch cut walnut is some of the prettiest wood you'll find and it's right here in the USA. It is a bit on the light side, but that's just another excuse to core it, right? Of course, if a 16oz cue is your goal, walnut is a good route.
 
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