What kind of wood is this?

[narl]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USED-3-4-A...item257621ca98

Secondary splicing is very eyecatching to say the least.

[cueman]

masur birch, its a very distinctive and looks nice under different kinds of lighting. Not my cuppa but very flashy for the show off type player!

[narl]

masur birch, its a very distinctive and looks nice under different kinds of lighting. Not my cuppa but very flashy for the show off type player!

Suprised judd trump hasn't got a cue made entirely of it.

[fred.england]

Hmmmmm a bit too bling for my liking...........

[cueman]

I've seen another Parris cue like that at a tournament earlier this year. Young lad called Sean Hopkin who is being sponsored by Shaun Murphy has an identical cue in 1 pc. Its very nice but as I say just not for me.

[DeanH]

Does not look like Masur (or Karelian) birch to me; very pale, more white than light gold then mine and the streaks are darker (near black than dark gold) and more widely spaced than I have seen before.
Could be wrong though

[jim evans]

easy sort one of the lads who knows john ask him will be interesting to find out

[billabong]

It looks like the ash is as white as the splice. . Could the picture be slightly over exposed too ?

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[narl]

It does look like masur birch if you use the cuebuilder, however the colour in that looks like more of a cream colour. Probably the camera flash making it look lighter than it is.

[pottr]

I quite like that to be honest.

[ADR147]

Does not look like Masur (or Karelian) birch to me; very pale, more white than light gold then mine and the streaks are darker (near black than dark gold) and more widely spaced than I have seen before.
Could be wrong though

it is karelian birch - an idea stolen from oldgit and myself who did it first!

[narl]

it is karelian birch - an idea stolen from oldgit and myself who did it first!

You sure? I dont think that wood selection is even on the cue builder. Masur Birchwod is though.

[ADR147]

You sure? I dont think that wood selection is even on the cue builder. Masur Birchwod is though.

it's the same thing different name - we imported it from Finland and were the first people to put it on a cue. yes very sure it was because i have a Sgian-dubh made of it which gave us the idea.

[DeanH]

it's the same thing different name - we imported it from Finland and were the first people to put it on a cue. yes very sure it was because i have a Sgian-dubh made of it which gave us the idea.

Can we see a photo of this Sgian-dudh cue please?
cheers

[jrc750]

Can we see a photo of this Sgian-dudh cue please?
cheers

Lol, it's not a cue
It's a knife carried by people wearing kilts i believe
http://www.rainnea.com/sgian-dubhs.htm