Stick 196: Outer Darkness
Butt & Joint Protector: $1175
Matched BurcHowdy & Joint Protector: $675
This is some of the famous maple from Alpaca Luke’s. We tromped the woods, I with chainsaw in a backpack. He showed me a log so far gone there would have been nothing left of it after so much time rotting, had it not started out four feet wide. I cut off a big nub that could have been a burl or broken limb, wiped away the sawdust, and cried. “Any chance I could get some of this?” “The whole thing’s yours. Take it.” Of course, without a Chinook helicopter there would be no “taking it.” But I cried some more genuine gratitude, and we carried out as much as we could.
What’s with the name? Outer Darkness is where Jesus sends the wicked, “where there will be weeping, and gnashing of teeth.”
I was thinking of calling it Sinners Burning In Hell, or Eternal Conscious Torment, or any number of names that actually sound pretty satisfying in today’s politics. The Gaboon Ebony has brown flames that look like souls and match the hellscapes burning in the forearm and butt sleeve.
But I like to keep things on a bright note, and Outer Darkness almost sounds like a quiet place to nap.
Either way, heads will turn twice. First when you unsheathe Outer Darkness, then when you wield her.
–Clayton
Woods Used: Spalted & Stabilized Maple. Gaboon Ebony
Butt Length: 30″
Core: Hickory
Collars: Phenolic
Probable full cue natural weight: 18-20 oz.
Pin: 3/8-10 mod; radial
Glue Date: 7/13/26
Earliest Finish Date: 2/27
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Add an Extension:
- 3-6″ Like-Design: $450
- 7-12″ Like-Design: $500
$1,850.00
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