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. . . to my cue collection . . . . . . is solid walnut. The shaft and core are American walnut, forearm and butt Circassian, and grip English - differing appearances from the same species. Buffalo horn rings, butt cap, and joint. How does it hit? At least...  

. . . along with half a dozen others that are just too gorgeous to play with competitively. I'd be beside myself if it were to get dinged up.

...it's also a tool. I hit golf balls off of rocky spots when necessary and they get dinged up. Have you ever seen Willie Nelson's guitar? It's a history of his professional life... ...  

. . . but the spectacular cues get trotted out only at home where I have complete control. One of the few times I've ever wanted to murder someone was when he took one of my cues to fish a ball out from under a table. 🤬

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. . . who knew? 😉

. . . this guy? 😀 Man, if I ran into him at a pool hall, I'd let him win. 😄 ...  

. . . with nine on order. And that doesn't include the ten or so I've given away to friends. Art

. . . have to be physically perfect in order for the cue to perform.

. . . which are going to be turned into grips for upcoming projects.

. . . in 2026 . . . nine on order now, Bob's plate is full. 🙂

However, I do know some about walnut. Does Circassian walnut gets so dark? Or what is the black looking wood on that cue? Thank you. Beautiful instrument, by the way. Awesome.

. . . but multiple applications of CA glue, the finishing agent, brought out the dark tones. The forearm and butt are Circassian walnut, the shaft American walnut.

. . . but I get the reference now. 😂

At the same time I am reminded about Musashi's quotes about weapons, two in particular: "You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter". "To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as n... 

. . . Musashi was named after, but after reading Miyamoto Musashi's Wikipedia entry it's at least possible it was named after him. The Wiki entry for the battleship indicates it was named after the province of the same name; if anyone reading this knows t... 

Just a case of homonyms

How many ounces?

. . . or second-lightest cue in my collection.

Always interesting cues you have there. So walnut is less stiff than Canadian maple, how has this affected getting shape on your object balls? Did you go with a larger diameter shaft or change the taper?

. . . > for breakers. (Snooker shafts are 11 and 9 mm.). The differing types of wood, though, aren't softer than maple - they're stiffer. Or, more precisely, tightly grained. If you look up 'tightly grained wood' the list would include every type Bob has ... 

Nice information, good to know.