Cool find Richard. I see more and more carom cues abandoning the wood pin joint for piloted joints. By the picture it looks like a radial pin. With the Euro down I might talk my wife into letting me buy one of these cues. I had a Hanbat Kentauros model which had a similar radial pin joint.
They are nice looking.
I dig your Quote on R. Maddow. It gave me quite the chuckle!!