Do yourself a favor and think about trying to come up with an additional $300 and contact apool_shark about the Bob Owen cue he has for sale for $800.
The cue has a Spanish bull wrap, flat ivory joint & two 13mm shafts weighing over 4 ozs......Bob makes amazing cues that have a wonderful feel to the hit and
the acoustics also sound great too. You won't be disappointed with the play of Bob Owen cues and hopefully you'd also like Hoppe design cues like pool-shark's.
Matt B.