Wood Identification?

SSDiver2112

SSDiver2112

Escott Cues
I am working on a conversion cue. It is a Brunswick butterfly from I think the 1930s.

I am trying to identify the reddish brown wood that makes up the bulk of the cue. It is a very light wood and has a really nice chatoyance with the new finish.

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West Point 1987 said:
Not an expert, but it looks like Brazilian Rosewood to me.
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I do not have some Brazilian Rosewood but I have other rosewoods and looked at Brazilian on the databases and the color, grain, and weight do not match up.

Rusty Dutch said:
The color and grain would suggest it is
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Rusty Dutch said:
mahogany.
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mikemosconi said:
It looks like mahogany as also a lot of furniture in the 1930s/ 40s/50s was also made of mahogany.
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straightline said:
The dots suggest some kind of mahogany.
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I have some Mahogany and Sipo. And those look wrong too.

I forgot I still had a piece I cut off the butt.
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I agree this is a question for the Ask The Cuemaker forum.

My guess would be one of the palm species.
 
Brazilian rosewood is a very dark, closed grain wood. It might be Indian rosewood, but unlikely it is Brazilian.

Yucatán rosewood makes sense, considering the pitting and the grain pattern. There are those ash like arrow stripes on the butt, but you can find that in mahogany, too.

Would be interested to hear what you find if it is officially identified.
 
Definitely not Brazilian.

Antique Brunswick Butterfly Conversion Completed by Craig at Full Splice Billiards

Here is the latest cue that I completed for a local Customer. It is a two point Butterfly Spliced Brazilian Rosewood into Maple Antique Brunswick one piece cue. The cue is 59 1/2 inches long, and it weights 18 oz with one shaft. The cue has a 3/8-10 pin and no weight bolt, the cues shaft is...
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This Ned Morris conversion looks similar, but they call it Cherrywood. This is not Cherry, so it is either wrong or slang for something else.

Ned Morris custom Brunswick butterfly Cue

Price Drop $SOLD Ned converted this from an old Cherrywood full splice Brunswick butterfly house Cue, between 1912 to 1928. Ned turn this into a bumperless ivory Hoppel cue, ivory joint and both shafts have ivory ferrules, signed and dated by Ned. It's a real beauty, the price is $SOLD
forums.azbilliards.com

I have found some pictures out there, but none of them identify the wood.
 
SSDiver2112 said:
Definitely not Brazilian.

Antique Brunswick Butterfly Conversion Completed by Craig at Full Splice Billiards

Here is the latest cue that I completed for a local Customer. It is a two point Butterfly Spliced Brazilian Rosewood into Maple Antique Brunswick one piece cue. The cue is 59 1/2 inches long, and it weights 18 oz with one shaft. The cue has a 3/8-10 pin and no weight bolt, the cues shaft is...
forums.azbilliards.com

This Ned Morris conversion looks similar, but they call it Cherrywood. This is not Cherry, so it is either wrong or slang for something else.

Ned Morris custom Brunswick butterfly Cue

Price Drop $SOLD Ned converted this from an old Cherrywood full splice Brunswick butterfly house Cue, between 1912 to 1928. Ned turn this into a bumperless ivory Hoppel cue, ivory joint and both shafts have ivory ferrules, signed and dated by Ned. It's a real beauty, the price is $SOLD
forums.azbilliards.com

I have found some pictures out there, but none of them identify the wood.
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I have several of these cues and I have always thought they were Mahogany.

Here is a page that might be of value.

Mahogany Mixups: the Lowdown | The Wood Database

www.wood-database.com www.wood-database.com
 
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