My first cue finally finished

HIRUN526 said:

Well I just completed my first cue. When we were in Vegas in 2006 for the BCA tournaments I mentioned to Dennis(Searing) that I always had wished that I could have built my own cue and he said " Let's do it", the rest is now history. I began construction on June 24, 2006 @ 10:15 am and finished April 22 2008 @ 7:43 pm. All I can say is what a wonderful adventure. I had like no craftsman skills in the beginning....Dennis taught me step by step and explained what to do and the rest was in my hands.

Initially I was going to build a four ebony point flat faced Ivory jointed cue and it just began to evolve into my Dice Cue. It is Lucky # 7, all inalys are one and six in the cue.

All white in the cue is Ivory and the silver is pure silver.
The forearm has an ebony remill and three veneers. I went with three shafts with matching joint caps and medium Moori tips.

Cortland Irish Linen wrap coutesy of the Pechauers.

Dennis made all of this possible and his encouragement and support was amazing. I am very appreciative of Dennis letting me do this in his shop and his guidance and friendship.

My thanks to Darth and JazznPool and Big John Horton for kicking around some ideas. My thanks to Gus Szamboti the reason I fell in love with cues,Barry Szamboti,John Showman, and Bob Manzino for inspiration and sharing of their cue building knowledge.

Thanks to Nick Serdula for showing me how to post the pictures.

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Thanks, Scott

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Excellent

Enjoy it pal

Berny

HIRUN526 said:

Well I just completed my first cue. When we were in Vegas in 2006 for the BCA tournaments I mentioned to Dennis(Searing) that I always had wished that I could have built my own cue and he said " Let's do it", the rest is now history. I began construction on June 24, 2006 @ 10:15 am and finished April 22 2008 @ 7:43 pm. All I can say is what a wonderful adventure. I had like no craftsman skills in the beginning....Dennis taught me step by step and explained what to do and the rest was in my hands.

Initially I was going to build a four ebony point flat faced Ivory jointed cue and it just began to evolve into my Dice Cue. It is Lucky # 7, all inalys are one and six in the cue.

All white in the cue is Ivory and the silver is pure silver.
The forearm has an ebony remill and three veneers. I went with three shafts with matching joint caps and medium Moori tips.

Cortland Irish Linen wrap coutesy of the Pechauers.

Dennis made all of this possible and his encouragement and support was amazing. I am very appreciative of Dennis letting me do this in his shop and his guidance and friendship.

My thanks to Darth and JazznPool and Big John Horton for kicking around some ideas. My thanks to Gus Szamboti the reason I fell in love with cues,Barry Szamboti,John Showman, and Bob Manzino for inspiration and sharing of their cue building knowledge.

Thanks to Nick Serdula for showing me how to post the pictures.

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Dennis thanks for everything and you made a dream come true.
Dennis you are the man,the myth,the legend.

Oh, by the way it plays like.......awesome, moves the cue ball like real great and the hit,feel and action perfect for me, the Ivory joint has a real nice soft smooth hit and crisp at the same time.

Thanks, Scott

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Cuemaster98 said:

I wonder why Dennis would put his logo on the cue if the cue was made by his assistance? Doesn't make sense unless Dennis actually work on the cue. Never the Less, it's definitely a steal since the cue has Dennis Logo. I'm sure the cue was constructed with Dennis wood and material.

Hi Duc,
Thank you for the compliment. The reason the "S" logo was put on the cue is for one main reason, if I didn't put an "S" on how would the current owner know where to go if anything was needed regarding this cue? I also decided early on that the "S" would mean that the cue was built, or converted in my shop. My signature means the cue is built 100% by me. If you don't see a signature then it started out as some type of pre-made blank, or built with my help. No signature, not 100% me.
Regarding this cue mentioned, Jim was a good friend of mine, and He helped me for a long time mostly doing prep work for me. After working with me approximately 4 years He wanted to make a cue in hopes to learn more, and make a little extra money I said OK, and in the end we worked together over the next few years and made I believe 5 or 6 cues. I showed Him what to do, and I watched. What He couldn't do I did for Him.
For the record those cues Jim, and I made are the only cues plus one in progress now that was not made or put together 100% by me. The cue in progress now is also signed by the person whom I'm helping to build His own cue, not signed by me.
I hope this clears up any confusion.

Sincerely, Dennis

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