Pernambuco wood

[jonnylovessn8ker]

Anyone have tried using pernambuco as main butt splices?
After some basic research, my understanding of this wood is that its mainly used for the bows for string instruments.

[MikeWooldridge]

yes.

it look sh*t.

it's actually a lovely wood, very orange, and i used it once to splice a whole butt instead of ebony. looked terrible. just like the cheap splices you see on old machine spliced cues.

would look ok in small sizes, spliced over ebony, but no more than that.

i still have a little of it, but i have not used it for 20 odd years.

[jonnylovessn8ker]

You still have that cue?
I recently came across a fountain pen made of it, the texture was fantastic.

I thought it comes in that dark brownish orange like all violin and cello bows do?

[shanerayner28]

Pernambuco wood

by any chance do u no wot the wood is called on my cue
Check out this photo from Snapbucket: http://pbckt.com/p0.US8vPa

[jim evans]

it looks like a maple but it could be mango

[shanerayner28]

Pernambuco wood

it's not maple it's yellow in colour

[jim evans]

it could be mango then have a word with dave coutts he will tell you

[shanerayner28]

Pernambuco wood

my mate got the wood from Trevor white and Dave did the work on the cue

[jim evans]

ask trev then

[jonnylovessn8ker]

I thought it looks sth like this? Its the same shade/color you see in musical instrument stores around.

[MikeWooldridge]

maybe, but just took a pic of what i could find and mine looks like this:

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quite orange as you can see.

the ebony/pernambuco combo was a 'tiger stripe' idea i had about 20 years ago (!) and still have in the workshop....

would look good as a front splice.

i also did one of these with ebony and pequia which is a very yellow wood. looks equally good in the combo form.

[eaoin11]

by any chance do u no wot the wood is called on my cue
Check out this photo from Snapbucket: http://pbckt.com/p0.US8vPa

Don't know the exact term but I think I saw something like this on the craftsman cues website and they called it hologram wood. Think it was on a cue by King Cues or Phoenix, forget which one.

[Particle Physics]

maybe, but just took a pic of what i could find and mine looks like this:

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quite orange as you can see.

the ebony/pernambuco combo was a 'tiger stripe' idea i had about 20 years ago (!) and still have in the workshop....

would look good as a front splice.

i also did one of these with ebony and pequia which is a very yellow wood. looks equally good in the combo form.

That sandwich of black and orange you've glued together, what do you do with it next, or how do you cut it for splicing please?