Best wood for a front splice?

[Griff1]

Looking to gather thoughts on best single veneer and wood splice to go on an ebony butt. For me either sycamore/maple and tulip wood, or purpleheart and olive wood.

[DeanH]

thuya burr or snakewood
or my fav masur birch* my fav
starts bright gold over time goes to burnished gold
my avatar image is of my mini-butt of solid masur birch



*sometimes called karelian birch, iow masur tree coming from the karelian region.

[Nifty50]

Olive wood is very nice when new. Mines got a bit grubby after a while. Purple heart is nice. Difficult to decide as there’s so many to choose from and so many variations of the same wood. The butt is obviously the part that gets a lot of sweaty hands on so maybe going for a darker wood would be a good idea although some woods look better as they age. I’ve sold on my olive wood cue now. Wish I hadn’t. Was lovely. Had added a thin blue veneer. If you look at the Mastercraft Cues website they sell a cue called an Eclipse. Mine was similar with a blue veneer.

[DeanH]

here is my snooker cue and marchign mini-butt
Karelian Masur birch
not the best photo, a bit dark than real-life

[fkhan]

here is my snooker cue and marchign mini-butt
Karelian Masur birch
not the best photo, a bit dark than real-life

Wow looks great. My playing cue has the same birch I always wondered what your avatar was about.

[trying]

Personal taste I guess, for me, single front splice of thuya burr on a thin 'white' veneer but I've never found one, not that I've looked that hard and I've come to prefer a plain ebony butt.

[DeanH]

Wow looks great. My playing cue has the same birch I always wondered what your avatar was about.

the avatar is the mini butt for my pool cue and is made off 100% masur brich and came from the same block of wood as the splices on my snooker cue and m-butt
I did not know at the time of purchasing either cue but Dan told me one of the times I met up with him

Here is said pool cue and the mini-butt.

Griff1 - the front splice on the pool cue is Red Amboyna

[fkhan]

the avatar is the mini butt for my pool cue and is made off 100% masur brich and came from the same block of wood as the splices on my snooker cue and m-butt
I did not know at the time of purchasing either cue but Dan told me one of the times I met up with him

Here is said pool cue and the mini-butt.

Griff1 - the front splice on the pool cue is Red Amboyna

Nice looking cues.

[fkhan]

It's down to preference really. I like birds eye maple, masur birch, tulip wood, plain black ebony among others.

[DeanH]

It's down to preference really. I like birds eye maple, masur birch, tulip wood, plain black ebony among others.

LOL you are right, everything in snooker (cue sports generally) is down to personal preference!!!!

[Griff1]

the avatar is the mini butt for my pool cue and is made off 100% masur brich and came from the same block of wood as the splices on my snooker cue and m-butt
I did not know at the time of purchasing either cue but Dan told me one of the times I met up with him

Here is said pool cue and the mini-butt.

Griff1 - the front splice on the pool cue is Red Amboyna

Looks lovely, though not sure I'd be laying a cue down on a paved drive 😱😱

[DeanH]

Looks lovely, though not sure I'd be laying a cue down on a paved drive 😱😱

LOL that is what Dan did and I did ask him, he said he did it very getnly and never damaged any of his cues

[Greg M]

A dark red padauk with a double maple veneer for me. I have one on my Peradon and it looks fantastic.
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[Nifty50]

A dark red padauk with a double maple veneer for me. I have one on my Peradon and it looks fantastic.
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Lovely…… custom made.