Sorry for the delay in responding...
Think i saw a Dave White cue on ebay probably sometime in the last 12 months maybe that was the one you bought? I remember bookmarking it but i rarely bid till the last few seconds and i wasn't around come the crunch time.
No, it’s not the cue I bought, but I did find that listing when I was researching David White cues later on. The cue you’re talking about closed at £287, were you prepared to go that high?
I bought my cue locally from one of the people that plays in the same Snooker League as I do. Going by that listing, I got a pretty sweet deal – as I mentioned, I paid $100 for the cue, a Blueray extension, and a Peradon case.
All the cue needed was a bit of TLC. The ash shaft was very dry and the cue was covered in years of grime. If I remember correctly, it took four or five coats of oil to get all the dirt off it, and before the wood stopped taking any more oil.
As you say, you can get a good deal buying a used cue. But it’s good to be able to handle the cue before you pay for it. I’d be a little hesitant to purchase a used cue on Ebay and then hope that when it arrives that the seller hasn’t passed off a crooked piece of junk.
I'd never heard of him but now seem to recall he was from Southend and is now retired.
Yes, thats what I gather too. I posted a query on TSF and one of the members there said the same thing.
Tell me, have you any idea how the butt end was finished on White’s cues? The cue is missing the bumper and I’d like to make sure that what I replace it with is in keeping with the way the cue originally looked. There's about a 1/4" threaded hole that goes into the ebony butt, do you know what'd fit it?