Description
So what exactly is Canarywood?
I’ve learned to go to the Wood Database for all my questions. The following is their text, and I encourage you to check out their site in depth. Lots to learn.
Common Name(s): Canarywood, Canary
Scientific Name: Centrolobium spp.
Distribution: South America (from Panama down to southern Brazil)
Tree Size: 65-100 ft (20-30 m) tall, 2-3 ft (.6-1.0 m) trunk diameter
Average Dried Weight: 52 lbs/ft3 (830 kg/m3)
Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): .65, .83
Janka Hardness: 1,520 lbf (6,750 N)
Modulus of Rupture: 19,080 lbf/in2 (131.6 MPa)
Elastic Modulus: 2,164,000 lbf/in2 (14.93 GPa)
Crushing Strength: 9,750 lbf/in2 (67.2 MPa)
Shrinkage: Radial: 2.4%, Tangential: 5.6%, Volumetric: 8.4%, T/R Ratio: 2.3
Hello, I’m Clayton Lindemuth, the grit lit author responsible for the Baer Creighton series and more. I started building cues as a way to keep the creative engines going while waiting on the muse to strike, and now I spend almost all my time in the shop. I focus on spalted, live edge, and burl cues that I build from hardwoods I harvest, process, and stabilize myself, drawn from the woods around me in Hormtown, Pa.
I use cue building processes learned from masters of the industry. Video courses, books, mentors, and forever testing new methods. Learn about my building process from my YouTube channel and be sure to subscribe. One of my first 1,000 subscribers will win the spalted cue, Fanfare for the Common Blue.
I will work to my utmost to ensure your cue is how you want it and that our relationship is always warm.
Problems? This cue comes with a lifetime warranty and a 14 day return/refund policy.
Feel free to use the payment plan if purchasing this cue before completion.
I’ll consult you before building shafts to be sure to meet your preferred specs — collar material/color, tip diameter, ferrule color, material, that sort of thing.
–Clayton