LibraryFool77 said:

I personally think having a cue built custom is like getting a Tattoo. I’m not getting one unless I have researched and feel your worthy of my life investment. I want to take pride in the cue builders and artists I select. If I was an artist, I’d appreciate knowing I was appreciated for my art.

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One is not necessarily in line with the other. Some like cues as an art object, for those cues like Black Boars come to mind, and while Tony made cues that were artwork, I never hit with one that played well.

Then there are other cue makers that made cues that are ok looking, but the art of them is in their playability characteristics. Early Scruggs cues, basic 4 pointers, Bob Frey, Lomax, I could go on, makers whose cues are more about function than form. It’s all what you’re buying the cue for. I always found it comical to see players that had mediocre games, but their cues are outlandishly overdone with a million inlays and rings and exotic wraps. Perhaps it’s a compensation thing.

garczar said:

Looks like they made it for six yrs. Could have changed the aprons for simplicity/cost.

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The one in the OP looks much simpler than the online pictures of Viscounts. The entire side skirt appears to be a single piece without a corner piece, and there is no separate bottom part. The radius at the top of the skirt is much larger than the (usual) Viscount. I'm thinking knock-off.

He gave me permission to post.

iusedtoberich said:

All things considered he must be happy as anything he cashed in a stacked field pro event.

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I'm sometimes floored by how awful the money is in pro pool.

In a field this large and deep, a guy has to play incredibly well to even offset costs. I've mentioned this one time prior (and I know that sponsors can help, which I doubt this guy has), but to make the top 128 gets you back approximately the entry fee. The top 64 make a lousy $1,000. To win anything worth considering income you have to make the quarter-finals ($7,150). Sure, making $4,000 for 9/16 sounds reasonable, but after costs, that's jack squat.

With that said, I'd be thrilled to cash. Not for the money but for getting through Round One and having some bragging rights.

iusedtoberich said:

All things considered he must be happy as anything he cashed in a stacked field pro event.

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He beat a 520 and a 610 to make the cash. That wouldn't even win a weekly tournament.