Ebony Dufferin Cues and a Girly Bonus

All three of those conversions are sweet but that one with the wrap is right up my alley. I prefer wrapped cues (sweaty and greasy skin) and points without veneers. Hell, that's one of the reasons I traded my Dayton Hoppe with veneers for a Nitti four pointer without veneers. The Dayton was probably "worth" more. But they both hit great and I liked the looks of the Nitti more.

Team Names Not Allowed

Not sure how it started, but to be fair, banning "All Balls Matter" might be considered a bit uptight. Most of the older banned names are sexually suggestive.
Oh, I'm not saying it some of them aren't ridiculous. But that's coming from someone who isn't really "offended" by anything that isn't an insult aimed squarely at me. Even then, if it's from someone I don't know or care about then it's doesn't mean anything to me. But everybody is different. And if not being able to name my league team whatever I want is the worst thing that happens to me on any given day, it's been a good day.

As far as the old ones being sexually suggestive, it's still about liability, brand image, and trying not to offending anyone. I mean, 99% of these leagues are played in bars. So it's not like anyone should be worried about kids seeing them. It's so grown adults hanging out in bars aren't offended (oh, the irony...) and that getting put out in the media and tarnishing the brand.

Got tips for making tenon by hand?

I just have to throw this in here. I can't remember where I seen it but years ago someone had a pencil sharpener type tendon cutter. I hate to even say this but I think it was Eddie Wheat. I believe this use to be a common tool for house cues.

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Ebony Dufferin Cues and a Girly Bonus

I have been into ebony Dufferin Cues recently and picked up another one from a member here that just came a few days ago. That's the third one in the pics. Original butt conversion said to be Baxter, piloted 5/16x14 stainless collar, with short wrap added later possibly by Theewen, Jerry R shaft with ivory ferrule. Frankencue. In any case the work is very nice. I grabbed some pictures today but I had been playing with them and realized when I pulled them up on my PC I should have wiped them off. That ebony sure does show the hand smudges! Oh well, it's the real world. Here they are. Anything you see on the finish is just hand smudges. Yes, they play very nice.

Any thoughts on a more presentable bumper on that first cue?

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Bonus: My daughter was plating pool with me today. She hand made this purse with her art on it, so I set up this shot with the purse. It is fully lined with pockets and compartments inside and two handles that clip to the D rings, and it has a shoulder strap that buckles to each end that is not in the picture.

I think she needs to make me a butterfly case.


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