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The cue in the image would cost ￡325, and yes, I do grade my shaft timber, although not into A - AA - AAA and so on.
图片里的球杆价格是325英镑，是的，我的确给前肢木材有分等级，但不是A - AA – AAA之类什么的。
The way I grade it is purely by requiring a premium price for those customers who specify a grain type, or pattern in their shafts. The timber in these shafts is not necessarily any better than standard shafts would be, but, they may display a more definite or specific arrow / chevron pattern. At times, it could be argued that people will request a grain pattern over and above the actual strength of a shaft, causing them to choose a shaft purely based on appearance, which can be a mistake.
我分级的方式完全是根据客户对前肢的纹路图案具体要求收取不等的溢价而已。这些前肢的木材不一定就比标准杆前肢要好一些，只是看上去会有更清晰独特的箭纹图案罢了。人们对纹路的要求超过对杆力的要求时常会引起争论，因为他们完全单纯地靠前肢的外观来选杆，这是错误的。
The problem we cue makers have (especially those of us who actually do build our own cues) is that it's very very difficult to source the kind of quantity of timber which will display these characteristics when cut into the round shaft form. Even the very best looking square blanks of ash can and do show some defect or grain distortion when they're cut into rounded shafts. It can be very disheartening and annoying when this happens, but it's the nature of working with a natural material like timber.
我们球杆制造商面对的问题（尤其是我们这些自己亲手做杆的人）是，当木头切割成圆柱状前肢后，要找到如此多数量的这种特别纹路的木头是非常非常困难的。即使那些最好看的块状白蜡木在切割成圆柱形前肢后也会出现如纹路弯曲等瑕疵的现象。当这些情况出现时的确令人很沮丧和懊恼，但对于从事像木材这种天然材料工作的人来说已是司空见惯了。
All of my timber is selected by me, in the board / plank form, which is then cut into squares of 1.5" by 1.5" by 59" long, which is then graded again. Only the best of those selected square blanks gets turned into shafts, and even then, they mainly do not have the kind of perfect grain people are often searching for.
我的所有木材均由我自己亲自从木材处于木板形状下挑选出来，然后切割成1.5X1.5X59英寸规格木条，而后再次分级。只有那些精选的木条才会被用来做前肢，即使这样，它们大部分还是无法达到人们对完美纹路的要求。
When you take this into consideration, perhaps it becomes clear why the likes of Hunt & O'Byrne or Hunt and Osborne now, or John Parris, actually charge the enormous premium prices they do for their so called "best of their range" 'Ultimate' or 'black plate' type cues. It's simply due to those cues having the best materials used for them, and is not because they are any better than much of their other cues, and that's a fact.
当你意识到这些的时候，就会明白为什么像Hunt & O'Byrne或现在的Hunt and Osborne，还有John Parris，他们所谓的‘最高级’，‘终极’，‘黑牌’级别的球杆会那么贵了，事实上他们也是收取了更昂贵的溢价而已。很简单，这些球杆贵是因为使用了最好的原材料而不是因为它们真的就比其它球杆好用多少，但事实的确如此。
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发表于 2011-4-27 10:53:09
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