White hornbeam bar blank for cue 40x40x800 mm Billiya

The bar (blank) for the cue is made from the Carpathian high-mountain hornbeam, as this kind of hornbeam surpasses all others in all characteristics.

The workpiece is dried using a special technology that allows you to dry the hornbeam to a moisture content of 6-8%, while the density increases by more than 10% with the removal of stress inside it.

The hornbeam is ideal for making cue sticks and is traditionally used in the manufacture of Russian billiards shafts, as it has high flexural strength, medium stiffness and impact resistance, and high splitting resistance. It lends itself perfectly to staining and polishing with the formation of a very beautiful and smooth surface. It adheres well, which is important in the manufacture of a cue.

Color from white to light beige. Density 750 kg \ m³. Brinell hardness 3.5 kgf / mm2. The hornbeam grows in Europe, Asia Minor and Iran, also grows in the Caucasus, in the Carpathians, in the Crimea, in Abkhazia. Fresh wood deteriorates easily, but after proper processing and prolonged drying, it becomes durable and acquires new properties, hornbeam becomes harder than oak.

In addition to cues, musical instruments, veneer, turning products, and floor coverings are made from hornbeam wood. Even before the invention of light metals, hornbeam was used in the aircraft industry. Including from the hornbeam, as the only wood resistant to vibration, propellers were made.