Butt & Joint Protector: $775
I made my second limited edition batch in response to a request that I do more out of non-dyed stabilized wood. All of the Beatitudes butts began as a single piece of spalted wood long enough to be both a forearm and butt sleeve. Some were long enough to also offer an extension as an add on, if wanted. The Beatitudes Limited Edition have product numbers from LE149 to LE156. The grain in each contiguous piece is aligned even when the pieces are not contiguous, as when there is a ring set or handle in between. All of the designs were dictated by the wood itself, as my cuts were placed where I could get the straightest sections to work with.
Woods used in the batch: Oak, maple, apple, walnut, yellow birch, black birch burl, black cherry red rot, and of course, all on shagbark hickory cores. I harvest rotting wood from around where I live in western PA, dry it to zero percent humidity, and stabilize with Cactus Juice resin. The resulting material is significantly more dense than the original wood was — that’s why I can use a soft wood like walnut or cherry and have it produce a hit like hard maple or some other dense wood.
BLESSED ARE THE RECONCILERS is a dumb luck fluke. I had wood stabilized for a batch of 7, but when I started layouts I realized the black cherry red rot wasn’t dark enough to use for bold contrasts. Some sticks need bold contrasts. I went to the heater where I keep punky wood ready to stabilize, grabbed enough walnut for one small cook, which basically fits in 2 toaster ovens, and stabilized a batch of walnut. All the other butts in the group were pieces set aside because they were a long single piece and had so much activity in the grain and spalting, I knew they’d deliver. But when I cleaned up the walnut after the cook I realized that two of the pieces were contiguous. The walnut I have is such a gnarled, beautiful mess I have to cut out parts of a pool cue section by section. These two pieces must have slipped my mind to set aside. They are separated by black birch burl. Brass rings.
–Clayton
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Woods Used: Spalted & Stabilized Figured Walnut, Black Birch Burl
Butt Length: 30″
Core: Shagbark Hickory (firm hit)
Collars: Phenolic
Probable full cue natural weight: 18-19 oz.
Pin: 3/8-10 mod; radial, or QR
Glue Date: 6/17/25
Earliest Finish Date: 1/26
CAFETERIA STYLE: email me at Clayton@charactercues.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. 🙂
Butt $700
Carbon Fiber Shaft $450
Purple Heart Shaft: $400
Wood shaft: (any species, w/ matching ring) $350
- Maple
- Birch
- Ash
- Sassafras
- Walnut
- White Oak
- Hickory
- Honey Locust
- Beech
- Cherry
Matching wood joint protectors: $75 each
Extensions:
- 3-6″ Simple: $250
- 7-12″ Simple: $300
- 3-6″ Like-Design: $450
- 7-12″ Like-Design: $500
