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Shagbark Hickory Cue Cores
Quick View$99.00The core Character Cues builds on. Sold by the Three. Guaranteed Straight.
This is the core design used by Character Cues: a full shagbark hickory spine, stepped so it drops straight into the holes most builders already cut. ¾” for the first 20 inches (butt sleeve / handle). ⅝” for the remaining 10.5″ (forearm).
Those diameters accommodate material cored with Sterling gun drills — the tools most cue builders already run. A working fit for the shop standard.- ¾” × 20″ for the handle / main core section
- ⅝” × 10.5″ for the forearm / forward section
- 30.5″ overall so you have length to tenon, trim, and finish
Why Shagbark Hickory?
True hickory is among the hardest, densest, and strongest hardwoods in North America — stiffer and tougher under impact than hard maple. That is why Character Cues runs a full hickory core as standard: a firm, solid hit and a spine that can carry figured, spalted, or stabilized outer wood without giving up structure.On the table, hickory plays firm and sends loving feedback — the hit Character Cues is known for.
Specs
SpeciesPremium Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)DesignThe core profile used by Character CuesFitSized for Sterling gun-drill cored material (¾” / ⅝”)Profile¾” × 20″ then ⅝” × 10.5″Overall length30.5″ProcessMulti-pass turning — more than a dozen cyclesStraightnessNever wandered. Protected and sealed in. Guaranteed.WeightRange Averages 6 oz per core
The turning story
These were not problem blanks brought to heel. The wood was selected straight and stayed straight. Every pass was conservative: center preserved, heat kept down, geometry confirmed. More than a dozen turns locked that condition in — a finished core whose straightness was protected, not repaired. What you receive is a shop-ready stepped core at the diameters your Sterling-cored forearm and handle expect (please verify your inner diameters will work), with Character Cues geometry built in and the original line of the wood still intact.
What cue makers get
- A proven design. The same stepped hickory core Character Cues builds around.
- A shop-standard fit. ¾” and ⅝” sized for Sterling gun-drill bores used by most builders.
- Less fitting, more building.
- Perfect stock, protected. Multi-pass turning that sealed in straightness. Guaranteed.
- Save your bits, blades and lungs! The core work is done.
Character Cues geometry. Sterling-ready sizes. Straight from selection to the last pass.
Fine print
Cores are construction blanks. Final tenons, rings, joint work, and finish are the builder’s.
Hickory hits firm — match taper, tip, and outer woods to the player.
Store dry, support full length, and acclimate before final turning.
Fit assumes standard ¾” / ⅝” Sterling-cored material; always confirm your actual bore before glue-up.
Every single dowel placed on rollers and verified perfect before shipping.SOLD BY THE THREE | $99
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Stick 194: Broken
Quick View$1,375.00Butt & Joint Protector: $975
Matching Purple Heart break shaft: $400
BurcHowdy Joint Protector:
$75(Gifted)Total: $1,375
Wavy purple heart tenoned for a spalted/stabilized box elder butt sleeve
Monthly payments. No interest. No automatic bank draft.
Woods Used: Spalted & Stabilized Box Elder on solid purple heart tenoned to a dowel for the butt sleeve.
Butt Length: 30″ without bumper
Core: Purple Heart
Collars: Phenolic
Probable full cue natural weight: 22-23 oz.
Pin: 3/8-10 mod
Glue Date: 5/8/26
Earliest Finish Date: 9/26
CAFETERIA STYLE: email me at Cl*****@***********es.com if you’d like to purchase this butt with any of the following. I’ll protect the page for you and change the listing and price to include the items you’d like to purchase. To discuss on the phone, email first. 🙂
Low Deflection Shafts:
- Carbon Fiber: $450
- Black BurcHowdy (torrefied low deflection black birch shaft): See current pricing on the BurcHowdy page)
Break Shafts:
- Purple Heart Shaft: $400
- Osage Orange: $400
- Hickory: $350
Wood shaft: (any species, w/ matching ring) $350
- Maple
- Black Birch (recommended)
- Ash
- Sassafras
- Walnut
- Hickory
- Honey Locust
- Beech
- Cherry
Matching wood joint protectors: $75 each
Extensions:
- 3-6″ Same Wood: $250
- 7-12″ Same Wood: $300
- 3-6″ Like-Design: $450
- 7-12″ Like-Design: $500
Rated 5.00 out of 5 -
Stick 87: Scorch
Quick View$775.00Spalted/Stabilized Black Cherry Red Rot and Oven-Scorched Mothy Oak BUTT with JOINT PROTECTOR: $775
Woods Used: Black cherry red rot, maple burl (red rings), mothy oak.
Butt Length:
Earliest Completion Date: 9/24
Currently available pins and collar diameters:
- 3/8-10 pin; .84″ collar
- Radial pin; .85″ collar
- Need something else? I might be able to accommodate. Ask.
A word about shafts:
I build shafts out of ten species and carbon fiber. My advice is this: if you have a shaft you love to use, buy this butt to match that shaft. If you’ve heard of a famous shaft that you’d like to try, buy that shaft to match this butt.
However, if you’re into the art of it and want to have fun, try something new, and make your Character Cue fully badass, consider one of my ten species or carbon fiber with a like-wood decorative ring.
Read about the different species here: https://charactercues.com/comparing-10-shaft-wood-species/
Shafts: (with decorative like-wood ring)
- Carbon Fiber — $450
- Purple Heart — $400
- Maple — $350
- Birch — $350
- White Oak — $350
- Cherry — $350
- Walnut — $350
- Sassafras — $350
- Ash — $350
- Hickory — $350
- Black Locust — $350
Like Wood Joint Protector: $75 each
Like-Build Extensions:
3 -6″ — $250
7 – 12″ — $300
To add a shaft, joint protector or extension, please email me at Cl*****@***********es.com.
I’ll set this page up to reflect the cue as you want to purchase it, and password protect it for you until you do so.
