Hard to be sure, but looks like an 18 thread pin.
Please post a clear photo of the tenon sticking out of the buttsleeve, the part where you removed the buttcap
Yes, it does look like an 18 pin.
But Scruggs did work at Joss.....
I think we are "in the family" here with Joss/Scruggs/Stroud...but the attachment of the butt plate is maybe telling...as is the 18 pin.
Style, materials, design. etc...scream Joss-like....but I do wonder if it is not...
Ring at A joint, above the wrap, is exceedingly rare for Joss.
Maybe the bumper tells something...but bumpers can easily be changed.
The weight bolt and the bumper bolt may reveal something more than just the bumper itself.
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And yes, Scruggs did work at Joss, but tended not to do the very same designs, especially with these window types. In that respect, Tim went a bit his own way on cues, if you exclude plain four pointers.
You know something also? The shaft joint rings also look like Ernie, but nothing else about this cue does.
Could be another rabbit hole... We've been there...
All the best,
WW
True, the ring at the A joint for Joss usually matched something else in the cue, i.e., the pattern in the buttsleeve, and the inlays in the points. This one is dashed, doesn't match the other motifs.
True.
And rings in that location of any kind, even on the fancy early Joss cues, are rare.
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Funky. Lots of design possibilities.
I can't see it being a Joss unless someone replaced that buttcap. That being said, It's odd that we all leaned towards Joss within .0001 seconds when we saw the first picture. It's like all of the folks who have been working with and admiring this stuff forever and day all play the mental "I can name that cue maker in 5 seconds game."
I agree that it does appear to be a 5/16-18 pin and the quality is pretty good from the pictures. Definitely not TAD. Never seen a Gina with that treatment on the buttcap and it just doesn't say Gina to me. What about a Tillis? I've only seen one in person ever.