Rocky Tillis used to check out old house cues that have been in use for years. He would buy them from the pool room when he found ones that met what he was looking for. He then cut out the part with enough meat and turned them down for shafts. He made me a sneaky Pete one time and I got to admit it was one of the best playing cues I ever owned.
I was just thinking about this and found it interesting. Rocky was an interesting guy. I used to talk for hours with him when I'd be in Tampa and he would be at Baker's pool room. He always had stuff in his pockets and some new interesting idea for a joint or ferrul or something.
I remember the joint on that sneaky Pete was different in some way. I just can't remember exactly what whether the screw was in the shaft or what.
I came back to add this, I do remember one thing, the steel joint, even though it was a sneaky Pete it had a steel joint, was only about a half an inch long.
