I would like to thank Marshall, for spending time on the computer and the phone,with me last night. Lets just start with Joint protectors- I was blown away-coffee wood,ivory, safires. I have koa wood statues, banana wood figurines.(from Hawaii) Hand carved Ivory elephants, letter openers in the shape of alligators of ebony with ivory tails. from(africa in the 70's) Soap stone figures,hand carved as well. All displayed in our home. Collected from around the world. And here Marshall is doing this carving for cue joint protectors-wow-,right here in the USA , sure beats the competion out of the water. I can't say enough about the non-traditional looking cues- I have been reading Bill Strouds comments to cuemakers to step it up a notch- This guy has set the bar very high for himself already. He is using multiple splicing technics. His website should include 5 languages. German,English ,French,Spanish and Russian. Because he will be well recieved in all these country's and perhaps more! His cues will have several unique features. Superior Craftsmanship,Exotic hardwoods and quality materials,hand selected to create some of the finest and most attractive cues being made today. sign me up for 1-mark