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Pool Cue Shafts made from Old Growth Timber Some RAVEN shafts are made from old growth maple. These Hard Rock Maple shafts are made from logs that were cut from Northern U.S. and Canadian old growth forests in the 1800s and early 1900s. The logs sank to the bottom of the Great Lakes where the icy waters and low oxygen content have perfectly preserved the logs until divers salvaged them. Under conditions like these wood does not rot. This wood from these sunken logs is sought after by the finest craftsmen worldwide and made into musical instruments, fine furniture, artistic pieces and occasionally shafts for top quality pool cues. The wood is expensive and hard to come by. At this time it is only available (by special order) for custom cues priced at $1000.00 or higher. Eventually we may be able to make it available for replacement shafts. For many years top pool players have lamented the fact that most shafts, of more recent vintage, were made from wood with as few as 6 to 8 growth rings per inch. Most RAVEN shafts are made from wood with 10 to 20 GR per inch. Select RAVEN shafts will come from wood with 20 to 30 GR per inch. Old growth salvaged logs typically have GRs in the 20-50 inch range, but it is more than just the number of rings. The old growth wood itself may be nearly 500 years old with very fine grain and more even texture than wood logged today. To RAVEN Cues Home Page