coco bolo

[LWB]

Does anyone have any examples of cues with straight grain coco bolo?

[poolqjunkie]

What is "straight grain" cocobolo?

[LWB]

coco bolo is just a type of wood, I think it looks a little like kingwood

[poolqjunkie]

I know what cocobolo looks like, but I have never seen any with straight grain. So, I was just wondering.
Kingwood on the other hand has much straighter grains.

[LWB]

Have a look at this, the definition of straight is used a bit loosly...

http://www.songofthewood.com/Wood%20Choices.htm

[poolqjunkie]

Have a look at this, the definition of straight is used a bit loosly...

http://www.songofthewood.com/Wood%20Choices.htm

I see. I personally like cocobolo with lots of swirls and figured grains, very well polished. It reminds me of a picture of flames.
I just have never heard of the term straight grain cocobolo, thank you for explaining this to me.

[LWB]

The first of me seeing this was just browsing through samples of wood after looking at one of the cues on the Trevor White thread (page 4). The way he's made the cue you have a horizontal and vertical grain next to eachother and it looks amazing. Just thinking it might look even better with different types of wood. I was thinking cocobolo and king wood.

[keith auld]

have a look on www.cuemaker.co.uk - the 1st. cue on the home page is cocabola also look on page 2 and you'll see a variety of cues not made in ebony - in particular there are some bloodwood, snakewood and rosewood

[keith auld]

also on the same website www.cuemaker.co.uk on page 1 - 3rd cue from the left where it says 'cues with extensions' is a handmade maple shafted cocabola spliced cue with solid plain cocabola butt and matching small extension

[LWB]

Pretty nice Keith, you custom build too?

[keith auld]

all the time

[LWB]

I could quite happily sit around all day designing cues in my head for a living, infact that is what I do at work anyway so I've already achieved my goal! lol. Now I just need to get a design built