African blackwood

[tomeestrings]

Hi has any of our top cuemakers ever used African blackwood ? I have been shown some and it looks the business but reluctant to use it !! Dont think it sits well with the puritan cue die-hards . Curious !!

[DeanH]

Do a search (entire post) for blackwood or mpingo (I think is its other name) and you will hit some other threads where I think this wood has been used.

[tomeestrings]

Yes I think thats the correct name for it !! I just wondered wether some of our jet black splices were in fact Mpingo ??

[flame]

Keep well away.

[tomeestrings]

Hi , just curious , can you expand on that reply ? Is it natural health problems it can cause or just pants to use ?? regards

[danam1]

http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/da...tml?sort=3&o=2

[flame]

sorry for not explaining,the pieces i worked with, the grain was so twisted in direction,and with it being so hard a wood(literally)tearout was bad.

Hi , just curious , can you expand on that reply ? Is it natural health problems it can cause or just pants to use ?? regards

[Qubit]

My main cue has blackwood splices. I personally quite like it, hard to show up the difference in photos though, seems to have more depth to it, but is often not a uniform black.

[DeanH]

My main cue has blackwood splices. I personally quite like it, hard to show up the difference in photos though, seems to have more depth to it, but is often not a uniform black.

what make? any piccies

[tomeestrings]

Cheers Flame , know what you mean !!! One of my famous make cues is being a bit silly with tearout

[danam1]

sorry for not explaining,the pieces i worked with, the grain was so twisted in direction,and with it being so hard a wood(literally)tearout was bad.

I found it to be one of the nicest woods I've worked with. The finish was unbelievable!

[aucott80]

My Steve grice cue is made of African Blackwood. Steve recommended it as I wanted something slightly different to ebony - absolutely love the cue :-)

[tomeestrings]

I think you just have to treat it with lots of respect and take tiny bits off it . lol

[flame]

i probably got a bad batch,

I found it to be one of the nicest woods I've worked with. The finish was unbelievable!

[raymo147]

I've used it and its horrible to plane and very brittle.
Cues can however come up really nice with it.
It's a bit heavier than ebony also.