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First and foremost, let me say that this is an EXTREMELY nice playing cue. It is a full-splice, and has a very firm hit, and the MasonH micarta ferrules finish it off perfectly. It is very smooth, and it moves the cueball around nicely.

This is a very unique cue that Alex Brick built from a John Davis full-splice blank. It has very subtle inlays that you have to pay close attention to in order to see, but it adds to the cue. Also, it has a brand new textured black leather wrap by Cory Barnhart. The cue has a sweet cocobolo forearm with four points and a butt sleeve of purpleheart. There is a cocobolo/PH diamond in each of the points, and the butt sleeve has a nice cocobolo window in it. This cue is straight, together or apart. It is in very good, played condition...no dents or dings, just some bluing of the shafts/tips.

Specifications:

-Butt: 15.3oz
-Shaft 1: 3.7oz, 13mm, 3/4" micarta ferrule, Everest tip
-Shaft 2: 3.7oz, 13mm, 3/4" micarta ferrule, layered tip
-Flat-nosed brass 3/8x10 pinned, wood to wood joint
-Black phenolic joint collars with white railroad track rings
-Very nicely figured cocobolo forearm
-Four even, razor sharp purpleheart points with 4 sharp, even veneers, natural, green, purple, natural.
-Each point has a purpleheart diamond set in a cocobolo diamond
-Textured black leather wrap (just done by Cory Barnhart
-Solid purpleheart butt sleeve with 4 cocobolo windows
-Black phenolic butt cap with the white railroad ringwork, and the "AB" logo

SOLD!! Thanks!

Joe

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Info from the 3rd Edition, Blue Book of Pool cues:

John Davis:
Maker of pool cues from 1964 to 1975 and 2005 to present in Chicago, Illinois.
John Davis has been a tool and die maker for most of his career. Following high school, John entered the tool and die field as an apprentice and has worked his way up to Shop Lead Man at Finzer Roller in Chicago, Illinois. John had a number of hobbies back then, one of which was pocket billiards. In the early 1960s, John visited Burton Spain´s shop to have his Hoppe cue repaired. The two hit it off and soon began a partnership that would span many years. With John´s knowledge of machinery and Burt´s experience in woodworking, the two of them made a great team. John built many of the custom machines and fixtures used in their cuemaking process. Together the two turned out beautiful handmade custom cues and supplied blanks to many of the world´s top cuemakers, including George Balabushka. In 1970 Burton Spain took a break from cuemaking to fix up some Greystone houses he and his father had bought. John purchased the business from Burton Spain and continued on his own until 1974. During that time, John continued to build blanks for cuemakers while concurrently building his own cues. In addition to cuemaking, John had a full-time job and a new family, all of which took a toll on him. As a result, John sold the cuemaking business back to Burton Spain in 1974. Although John stuck to his full-time job as a tool and die maker, he and Burton stayed friends and golf partners until Burt´s untimely death. For the next 30 years, John separated himself from cuemaking but never completely abandoned the notion of returning to the craft he loved. In 2004, John decided to get back into cuemaking and started to build his new cue shop from scratch. Some of the pieces of equipment John set up were the very machines he used back in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Several of the machines were acquired from Joel Hercek, who was retooling his shop and sold many of the items back to John, including a shaft machine John and Burton had built in the 1960s. The future looks bright for John Davis. He is starting back up where he left off and already has a following for his traditional cues with timeless designs.

Alex Brick:
Maker of pool cues from 1996 to 2002 in Memphis, Tennessee, from 2002 to 2003 in Old Hickory, Tennessee, and from 2003 to present in Madison, Tennessee.
Alex Brick has been playing pool for over 40 years. He learned to use machinery in his high school shop class. Alex´s brother is a carpenter, and Alex has helped him over the years. He learned about cuemaking from his college friend, Bill McDaniel. Retired, in 1996 Alex started making cues part time out of a shop in his house. Alex was influenced by David Kersenbrock´s ideas on cue making and has tried to emulate the stiff hit of David´s cues.
Alex had to move his shop into a local pool room in 1998. In 2002 he moved to Old Hickory, Tennessee and worked running a CNC router in a furniture factory. In 2003, Alex went to work helping long-time friend Joe Blackburn at JOB Billiard Pro Shop. Alex can now be found working at JOB Billiards in Madison, Tennessee.
Alex likes to use distinctive silver joint rings, but never metal joints. Old Brick cues are signed on the forearms, followed by the number of the cue for the month and year. Brick cues made since 2000 can be identified by the AB logo with a circle around it.
He is currently buiding only five or so cues per year.
Brick Cues are guaranteed for life against manufacturing defects that are not the result of warpage or abuse.
 
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Alex Brick a very under rated builder. I won one of his cues on the raffle. Very very well built cue, lots of attention to detail. I could not find any flaws of any kind. Shafts were very good, nice hit. Would recomend to anyone. Jim
 
Here's a great deal!This is a lot of cue for the money!I'm sure it won't last long and good luck with your sale!!:thumbup:
 
The mind-control, ah, I mean subliminal suggestion, works every time. This cue has been SOLD!! Thanks,

Joe
 
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