i had gone to meet edwin in Manila in March 2008 and we started on a project together... here is an excerpt of one of our emails:
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i'm sure that you've seen the amboyna slabs in the Bandido's Cues thread. I went up to the mountains back in 2004 to personally pick those amboynas. I do have all the colors that the amboyna naturally comes in and the best and rarest ones are the reds with orange swirls which at times do exhibit some golden eyes.
The samurai warrior, that rode on the dragon, is fighting a monster that was terrorizing a village. That solid piece is 31mm in diameter with a 19mm threaded hole. It has been as you see it since 2002 so it should be aged and stabilized by now since I keep it in my temperature and humidity controlled room.
Yes it does have a matching carved ivory joint that has a Japanesewarrior face and a koi. I plan to make some joint rings with shuriken shaped ivory inlays and the number of points depend on the number of inlays ie. 4points for 8 shuriken ring inlays or 6 for 12.
I also plan to build it with 4 shafts.
"8 horses", as seen on page 1 of "Bandidos Cues" was bought for X,000.- by my Japanese dealer and was sold for an undisclosed amount to a Japanese collector. With the scrim detail and more complicated carve and scrim work on "Kintaro", I'm asking US$XX,XXX.- for this.
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the solid piece he is referring to was first featured in :
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=186&page=16
post no. 232
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unfortunately, he did not get to finish the cue.
thanks to the efforts of Jhun ( blowfish ), i now have the unfinished cue in hand.
i am not quite sure what to do with it. but for now, here is what would have undoubtedly been one of his greatest cues....
Mr Edwin Reyes' Kintaro Cue.
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i'm sure that you've seen the amboyna slabs in the Bandido's Cues thread. I went up to the mountains back in 2004 to personally pick those amboynas. I do have all the colors that the amboyna naturally comes in and the best and rarest ones are the reds with orange swirls which at times do exhibit some golden eyes.
The samurai warrior, that rode on the dragon, is fighting a monster that was terrorizing a village. That solid piece is 31mm in diameter with a 19mm threaded hole. It has been as you see it since 2002 so it should be aged and stabilized by now since I keep it in my temperature and humidity controlled room.
Yes it does have a matching carved ivory joint that has a Japanesewarrior face and a koi. I plan to make some joint rings with shuriken shaped ivory inlays and the number of points depend on the number of inlays ie. 4points for 8 shuriken ring inlays or 6 for 12.
I also plan to build it with 4 shafts.
"8 horses", as seen on page 1 of "Bandidos Cues" was bought for X,000.- by my Japanese dealer and was sold for an undisclosed amount to a Japanese collector. With the scrim detail and more complicated carve and scrim work on "Kintaro", I'm asking US$XX,XXX.- for this.
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the solid piece he is referring to was first featured in :
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=186&page=16
post no. 232
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unfortunately, he did not get to finish the cue.
thanks to the efforts of Jhun ( blowfish ), i now have the unfinished cue in hand.
i am not quite sure what to do with it. but for now, here is what would have undoubtedly been one of his greatest cues....
Mr Edwin Reyes' Kintaro Cue.
