Jim Black Cues - The Northy part of Ireland

[fredkite]

Jim Black Cues - The Northy part of Ireland

Leave Jim alone, he's busy with my cue

[walkerpool]

I still would like a 3/4 Jim

[Wayne G]

Hey Jim hope all is well. Have done anything new on the cue front recently ? I always keep and eye out but not seen anything for a while, perhaps u have been busy with work and that. Hope to see some more of your work soon and probably not the only one.

Ditto that. Hope everything is good with you. Still loving my cue.

[dave121260]

Leave Jim alone, he's busy with my cue

Haha. That's good to hear look forward to seeing it

[fredkite]

Should be here soon , i'll post some pics when it arrives.

[JimB]

Thanks chaps ... yea sorry I haven't been posting lately but you guessed it right, normal day job has been keeping me busy, then life creeps in a demands some of my time as well, we all know how that goes but as time allows I've been working away on cues and repairs, I didn't release or appreciate how many local cue repairs land on the doorstep once word gets around that there's a cue builder in your area lol.

Anyways here's a couple o' customer cues I finished just before Christmas.
This one is a bit different in that the shaft was Birdseye Maple with the figuring running the fully length of the cue, photos don't really do it justice, viewed physically the Birdeyes are very 3D and look like water drops on the wood.







And this one is a blend of Ebony and Pale Moon Ebony.





Currently working on Fred's.
Oh yea ... Happy New Year

[Anderson Ho]

Extremely beautiful cues .....

[winphenom]

Beautiful cues and great worksmanship Jim. Could you kindly elaborate a little of your thoughts on how different birds eye maple plays against a normal maple please? Its quite interesting to see such a cue. Thanks and cheers mate.

[JimB]

Beautiful cues and great worksmanship Jim. Could you kindly elaborate a little of your thoughts on how different birds eye maple plays against a normal maple please? Its quite interesting to see such a cue. Thanks and cheers mate.

Just plays and feels the same as plain maple to be honest, it's mostly a visual thing.

[winphenom]

Thanks very much Jim for the insight. Cheers.

[jykl2119]

Just plays and feels the same as plain maple to be honest, it's mostly a visual thing.

Would the cue be more expensive as I am assuming birds eye maple cost more than plain maple.

[JimB]

I only charged an extra £30 for this one.

Birdseye Maple is not rare but it's not always available in longer lengths without paying premiums for a full figured plank from the wood merchant, I got lucky with this plank when I bought it, rough cut it didn't look as though there was much going on so a nice surprise to get this shaft.

[fredkite]

Couple of pics from Jim of my new wand.

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[narl]

Thats a big old butt

[itsnoteasy]

Is that 23 inch to the top of the splices? I like it!