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Who likes walnuts? The latest arrival . . .
. . . 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 as well as the other three walnut shaft cues I already have. On her maiden voyage last night I took three out of four bank-the-eight games with four, three, and two-rail shots on the 8, as well as a long one-rail bank and one-rail kick in those games.
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I think this one will go into permanent semi-retirement . . .
. . . 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.
I get it...but...
...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...
My players have their fair share of dings . . .
. . . 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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You mean . . .
. . . this guy?
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Man, if I ran into him at a pool hall, I'd let him win.
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Twenty-one so far . . .
. . . with nine on order. And that doesn't include the ten or so I've given away to friends.
Art
Your passion for these cues, and the game itself, is palpable. That is a beautiful piece of woodworking.
Not just beautiful woodworking, but precise, too. The joints and threads . . .
. . . have to be physically perfect in order for the cue to perform.
We found a couple of pieces of walnut burl in his stockpile . . .
. . . which are going to be turned into grips for upcoming projects.
Walnut burl grips . . .
. . . in 2026 . . . nine on order now, Bob's plate is full.
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Sorry, but I don’t play billiards and I’m ignorant about the sections of a cue.
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.
The deep brown walnut is English. It wasn't dark in raw form . . .
. . . 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.
Beautiful, but the title of the thread reminds me of something Harlan Pepper might say!
I appreciate the skills and craftsmanship
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 not knowing it sufficiently well".
"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 not knowing it sufficiently well".
I never knew what the battleship . . .
. . . 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 the definitive answer, please share it.
The reason I train with roughly a dozen cues with different shaft woods, ferrule and joint materials, and tips, is to understand their characteristics which in turn optimizes shot-making. The more I practice with a variety of cues the better I seem to get. Interestingly enough, a former pro I took several lessons from said precisely the opposite, that one should train and play with a single cue.
I wonder who's right.
Best,
Art