Custom CueMaker Challange

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TomHay

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Right at 6 months ago I sponsered a Cue Maker Challange. I supplied like Fronts and Butt Sleeves as seen below. 3 People took the challange. 1 had some health and equipment problems, he did however get it 99% finished and sold but since it was not finished I don't feel it fair to be voted on.

I for one am very impressed with both. If I missed pictures etc both Cue Makers are allowed to add more pics.

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CueMan
digdug

Supplied Front and Butt Sleeve

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Both are amazing but digs is a bit more uniform where as cuemans seems to have a lot going on.
 
i like very clean cues

i am not a big fan of cues with a zillion pieces of inlays, i personally prefer cues made just of wood, and showing the beauty of the grain. BUT having said that i can only imagine how many hours went into chris's cue, how much design work and hours of making each cut perfect to match the next.

we dont all love the same designs, but we can all respect the craftsmanship that goes into making such a cue.

very well done chris.
 
I can't rightly choose one over the other
and would be very proud to own either.

Very Nice Work, Gentlemen.
 
I like them both and would love to have either one of them. With all the time and precision that Cue Man put into his cue that cue came out awesome. The very same can be said about dig dug. But if I had to choose just one I think it would be dig dug I just think sometimes simpler is better. I just want to say thank you to all of the guys that participated and to congratulate all of them as well. Big Thank you to Tom Hay for coming up with the compaction.
Best of luck to everyone Jacob
 
I thought I would put up a post showing exactly what everyone started with. I am not going to vote as if I were at a show and they were side by side I would go nuts on which to buy. These guys put a lot of Heart into these and it shows. It took guts to agree to build, there was zero room for ooops, no doovers.

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First I would like to thank Tom for doing this. Yes it took guts because
any mistake would have been disasterous. It took so muck thinking
before doing anything. I estimate at least 500 hours total in this cue.
The copper bands inside of the ivory inlays are only .022 thousands wide.
This cue is also #23 so there are also some first in it.
Thanks again Tom , Doug
 
Hightower Diamond Scepter

Here is a description of what went into the cue. I call it the Hightower Diamond Scepter. Instead of just going with the original 16 points I expanded it to 48 points and backed them up against each other to create a v-groove diamond pattern. This is the first time I had seen this done in a cue and with it being in the cuemakers section originally I figured the cuemkers would appreciate the difficulty in executing this design.
Then we inlaid 20 genuine accent diamonds inside nice sterling silver settings in between the veneer diamonds. We also inlaid the joint, butt plate and points with numerous inlays of Ivory and Abalone. This cue has our new 5/16-10 joint pin.
 
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I truly feel both cues should go up for Cue of the year, it would be no shocker to see one win.

You both did functional art to its finest.:thumbup:
 
While I tend to like the aesthetic balance of Dig's cue, the level of difficulty in Chris's cue gets my vote.
 
Doug builds a great cue. This is just another example of what's coming out of his shop. Awesome job Doug.
 
AcuraHeel said:
What's the significance of Jacoby in this contest cue thread? I'm confused
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lol, I think he was maybe just thinking out loud ;)

A lot of people already know Cuemans work but maybe you should share a few pics of your Beasly cue so they can see some of what else Doug does.
 
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