Would you buy a cue with snakewood in it?

It needs to be stabilized.

I had a really nice laminated snake wood cue. Stunning and it didn't crack
 
would I buy a cue with snakewood?

yes I would. :)
 

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Stabilized snakewood - if it's cored I think it's fine.

I saw a Porper fancy magic wand made out of a solid piece of stabilized snakewood. A guy dropped it and it shattered like a piece of glass. It sure was a beautiful piece of wood though.
 
Nice photography gentlemen!

I've read, "it's not if, but when snakewood will crack". Do modern methods make that statement untrue?
 
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I think that the combination of ebony, ivory, silver and snakewood is one of the nicest combinations that can be designed for a cue- here is a Troy Downey cue from his Gabe Owen series back about 15years ago - I believe. Ebony nose- snakewood points and butt sleeve- all ivory and silver inlays- a stunning cue that plays as well as it looks- no evidence of any cracking- it is still mint!
 

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Too expensive of wood for the risk of cracking. It’s my favorite looking though.
 
I love the look of it. Here's my wife's Diveney sneaky pete: https://imgur.com/a/FHyOWpa

It's hard to capture the beauty of the cue on camera, the camera isn't dealing well with the bright lighting. The grain looks so good in person, like you could fall into it. There is a chip that is on the finish only on the butt, wife bumped it on something in tight spaces during league.
 
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I love the look of it. Here's my wife's Diveney sneaky pete: https://imgur.com/a/FHyOWpa

It's hard to capture the beauty of the cue on camera, the camera isn't dealing well with the bright lighting. The grain looks so good in person, like you could fall into it. There is a chip that is on the finish only on the butt, wife bumped it on something in tight spaces during league.
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Wow. Just wow.
 
Go back and take another look at the Tasc. The small, peppery looking figure is as good as it gets.
 
I found some more information about snakewood cue construction. In 2018, Eddie Cohen introduced the snakewood cue, whose pictures I posted earlier, to azbilliards in the "Cue and Case Gallery":

https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?p=6131631

In his post, Eddie Cohen described what steps he took to prevent the snakewood from cracking:

https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?p=6131631

Specially made radial laminated Snakewood forearm and buttsleeve. Forearm has purpleheart core. Very time consuming process to build the forearm and buttsleeve. Typically Snakewood is prone to checking (splitting from the ends) as a forearm or buttsleeve. This process allows the use of the Snakewood as the forearm and buttsleeve without the worry of any checking, while also maintaining playability.
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What is radial lamination? I looked more closely at the forearm, and the snakewood grain seems to suggest that the forearm is made out of strips of snakewood that run the length of the forearm. But, wouldn't the ends of those strips still be prone to checking?
 
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