Where can i buy a snakewood for the handle????

LoReNz

LoReNz

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as the title says... i need a snakewood for the handle of the stick that im ordering.. thanks in advance!!

-lorenzo-
 
If ordering a custom built cue, wouldn't the builder supply it? Snakewood is not too stable, if he supplies it, he has to fix if any problems arise. If you supply, he may say you supplied a bad piece. in that case, hope your not paying alot for it. Good luck, just my 2.5 cents
Dave
 
Dave38 said:
If ordering a custom built cue, wouldn't the builder supply it? Snakewood is not too stable, if he supplies it, he has to fix if any problems arise. If you supply, he may say you supplied a bad piece. in that case, hope your not paying alot for it. Good luck, just my 2.5 cents
Dave
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Exactly!!!! Sounds a little fishy if the maker is wanting you to supply the wood. I would never use any customer supplied wood...only my own. ;)
 
Varney Cues said:
Exactly!!!! Sounds a little fishy if the maker is wanting you to supply the wood. I would never use any customer supplied wood...only my own. ;)
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The only time I've ever used wood supplied by the customer was when he wanted one of the titlists his dad had owned converted to a two piece. And then I used my own shaft blanks.

Any cue I make, starts out with wood from my stock so I know where it's been and hopefully where it's going.

Paul
 
Try this place they have some snake wood from time to time.
If you have no luck finding any I have a 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" X 30" piece that I have been holding since 1997. PM me if you would like this piece and we will talk price.
David
 
snakewood moves

i have made a few cues using cored snakewood for forearms and handles. in the last 5 years every cue has developed cracks. they can be sealed with super glue and refinished without many problems. the double refund cue is one such cue. it got a small hair line crack after 3 years. i would give it a lot of thought, is the look of snakewood worth the possible problems?
 
desi2960 said:
i have made a few cues using cored snakewood for forearms and handles. in the last 5 years every cue has developed cracks. they can be sealed with super glue and refinished without many problems. the double refund cue is one such cue. it got a small hair line crack after 3 years. i would give it a lot of thought, is the look of snakewood worth the possible problems?
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Many people don't seem to realize how hard it is to work with Snakewood. It is an extremely hard dense wood and may be the heaviest wood there is at 81 to 83 lbs. cu. ft. It takes 40 or 50 years to dry. When it is purchased it always is completely sealed in wax to keep it from drying out to quickly. I have scraped off the wax and while turning it I could watch the checks appearing in the end grain and the wood I was working with was 25 years old. At shows I look I've looked at many Snakewood pronged cues and in most, if not all of them, there were checks that were filled with black epoxy. A very unique wood but I'm not sure it is worth the headaches that come with it.

Dick
 
rhncue said:
Many people don't seem to realize how hard it is to work with Snakewood. It is an extremely hard dense wood and may be the heaviest wood there is at 81 to 83 lbs. cu. ft. It takes 40 or 50 years to dry. When it is purchased it always is completely sealed in wax to keep it from drying out to quickly. I have scraped off the wax and while turning it I could watch the checks appearing in the end grain and the wood I was working with was 25 years old. At shows I look I've looked at many Snakewood pronged cues and in most, if not all of them, there were checks that were filled with black epoxy. A very unique wood but I'm not sure it is worth the headaches that come with it.

Dick
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thanks guys for the advices. but i only wanted to buy the snake wood, because the cue maker gave me a quote of the cue with the snakewood and its 300 bucks more than the cocobolo that i wanted, so i figured that maybe the snakewood in the philippines is too expensive so what if i buy the wood here and mail it to him..

what do u guys think i should do? he is looking for a 2x2 ny 13 inches for the handle.
 
LoReNz said:
what do u guys think i should do?
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BUY AMERICAN!!!
Also...due to climate difference they cue may very possibly be not straight when you receive it. I've seen many from there that had issues.;)
 
Lots of RED flags here. I would say, back up, take a deep breath, and then reconsider.

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Snakewood (Unpredictable)
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Philippines (Climate)
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instability (Snakewood)
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inexperience (Yours)
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costs (Also yours)

Should you take another look at these factors and still decide to move forward, let us know how things work out and I sincerely wish you good luck.

Gene
 
Snakewood has no place in cues except as inlay or points if u ask me.
I knew of a local collector who had a cored snakewood forearm cue.
It shattered like glass one day.
 
ok. i give up! i'll just stick with the cocobolo. lolz. all of u guys convinced me and i thank you all for that... i appreciate it. thanks for the help! btw, dont worry, i'll post some pix of the cue when its done!
 
I am doing a snakewood handle cue right now for a friend. I guess if something would happen, I would expect him not to badmouth me about it. He is also aware of the instability of the wood. Still scares me to death. The handle blank was $75 alone. As far as Philipino cues, I think pay some more and have it done stateside. Trust me, the workmanship in some areas is pretty, but the stability of their builds is really suspect. Not all of it is their fault, they are building in like 90% humidity! Anyway good luck!
 
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