Main visual differences between steamed pearwood and maple?

[narl]

Can anyone clue me in on what to look for between pearwood and maple? On the lookout for a mannock, theres one on the bay at the mo, its listed as pearwood but to me looks more like maple. Are they visually very similar in terms of grain?

Found an old ebay ad with this pic, says pearwood in the listing but to me that looks more like maple:



That being said Mattys cues also seem to have a grain similar to this and i think theyre of the pearwood variety

[ADR147]

steamed pearwood has a pinkish hue to it.

[narl]

steamed pearwood has a pinkish hue to it.

Thats what i was thinking too going by other threads but suppose its hard to see from pictures. I thought the grain would be a telling factor, but apparently theyre similar.

[ADR147]

it is easy to see - trying to find a picture!

[100-uper]

I believe that Mannock's with a Maple shaft are relatively rare. I sold one a few years ago for £350, which at the time was a premium on the pearwood.

[snookdevon]

Bit like this you mean DSC00122.jpgDSC00123.jpg

[YDJ]

Here is a steamed pear shaft

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[ADR147]

not sure about that does not look quite right to me - its not a mannock the splices are too think for B&W's ?

[ADR147]

Bit like this you mean [ATTACH=CONFIG]9290[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]9291[/ATTACH]

this is ash just grain filled differently.

[YDJ]

not sure about that does not look quite right to me - its not a mannock the splices are too think for B&W's ?

ADR, my pictures are definately steamed pear, your right it is not a mannock or B&W as I made it

[snookdevon]

Surprised myself there ADR as im sure mine was pearwood.

[DeanH]

ADR, my pictures are definately steamed pear, your right it is not a mannock or B&W as I made it

Hi YDJ, I think ADR was talking about the pictures from snookdevon, not yours
Any more piccies of other cues you have made you care to share?

[ADR147]

ADR, my pictures are definately steamed pear, your right it is not a mannock or B&W as I made it

lol ah ok - so it's a new cue more or less.

[ADR147]

Surprised myself there ADR as im sure mine was pearwood.

n no thats ash.

[narl]

So whats peoples opinions of the cue in the OP? Think im gonna give tony glover a shout on it as he apparently worked on it at some point redoing the snakewood front splice.