Jon Turner said:

the two on the right look like purpleheart and the two on the left look like mahogany to me.

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I presume you are referring to the first picture of the wood at the butt.

What about the wood at the other end below the tip?

fish2 said:

What are their lengths are they still straight?

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Lengths of the wood pieces are 57". There are no ferrules on the cues. The length is measured to tenon tip.
There is some wobble to the cues.

Butt widths for the 16, 17, 18, and 19 oz cues are 1.35", 1.37", 1.39", and 1.39" diameter, respectively.
Diameter below where ferrule would fit: 12.1, 12.3, 12.6, 12.5 mm, resp.
Tenon: 6.5 diam.x14.6mm length, 6.5x11mm, 6.2x13.1mm, 6.6x14mm, resp.
Diameter at the first splice on cue at about 12" from butt end: 1.22" for all cues.

Nogbert said:

for sale?

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Yes. I'll PM you some pics

jbart65 said:

... The word 'ass' has been around a long time. No disputing that. But the construction of the phrase "masses are asses" definitely has a modern tinge, not an 18th century one.
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The phrase is apparently a modern paraphrase. It slips off the tongue. What Hamilton apparently did say does not slip so well. The source of the paraphrase appears to be, in part:

All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born, the other the mass of the people.... The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the government. They will check the unsteadiness of the second, and as they cannot receive any advantage by change, they therefore will ever maintain good government.

-- Alexander Hamilton