What other wood has been used as shafts?

[poolqjunkie]

What other wood has you seen/heard/tried as a shaft other than ash, maple, and pearwood?
Is there a wood called hornbeam or something like that that has been used long time ago?
Thank you.

[unclevit]

What other wood has you seen/heard/tried as a shaft other than ash, maple, and pearwood?
Is there a wood called hornbeam or something like that that has been used long time ago?
Thank you.

Seen a few with golden teak wood (Thailand's). Light but hardwood. Owner is a collector. Years ago

[jb134]

Hornbeam has been used, I've had a couple, it's a good hard hit. I've also heard of hickory being used but I've never had a game with one.

[ADR147]

to hornbeam you can add hickory

[gettingbetter]

Someone on here had a cue - can't remember who made it, but the shaft was some type of oak.

[totlxtc]

Purpleheart, Curly maple, Ebony has been experimented with, and i too have seen an oak shaft.

[poolqjunkie]

Wow, thanks a lot!.
Pearwood is very smooth and would it be correct to say that it was used mostly because of its anti-sticky characteristic?
What about hornbeam and hickory, is there some very unique properties of these shafts that people really liked?
I have never seen an oak shaft! I woud love to see a picutre. How does it hit?
Thanks you so much for all your knowledgable peopel out there.

[100-uper]

Bamboo has also been used in the past.

[cwtlim]

What other wood has been used as shaft?

I had a cue (back in the 70s) that was dark brown in color throughout. Could anyone tell what wood was used?

[YDJ]

I've got a lacewood/Silky Oak Cue

[totlxtc]

http://www.dragoncues.net/01-Mainpag...ustom_cues.htm

Scroll down to shafts and click on sample for pics and small description.

Craftsman cues have a couple of hornbeam cues fo sale:

http://www.craftsmancues.com/acatalog/Antique_cues.html

also see:

http://users.skynet.be/billard.billiards/cue.htm

[ste bed]

i have seen a few with a shaft made out of greenheart

[bkpaul]

Willow has been used.... way to whippy I would imagine for most... easy to straighten !

[cocked hat]

Pearwood

There's a shop in Tenby selling knick-knacks to the ladies. It's donkeys years old and running from top to bottom of the four floors, is a beautiful Pearwood balluster rail. Polished by a million hands, including some of yours I suspect, it is the slipperiest, most beautiful piece of wood in the whole world.

I'd love to take a saw to it and bring five foot home.

[poolqjunkie]

Thank you so much. I have never heard of never mind seen a lacewood shaft, that is really something you can learn everyday I guess.
Dan, thanks for the link, truly appreciated.
Was Bamboo really used in a cue that someone actually used to play snooker with? I saw one from Brother4 here on the forum but I thought it was made just for fun.