Does This Annoy Anyone Else? (Long)

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I was on another pool forum a couple of months ago (I know blasphemy) & I saw a post about custom cue pics so being that I love to look at other people's cues I clicked & saw some great looking cues but, and it's a big but every single cue shaft had been sanded within an inch of it's life with only about an inch of the original layer of wood left @ the bottom of the shaft.

My question/pet peeve is why do people who upwards of $300 on a one of a kind custom cue just get it and take the beauty out of it by sanding it down to make what should have been a one of a kind cue into nothing more than a fancy bar cue.

In my opinion by doing that you are not only ruining a cue but you are taking all the hard work the cuemaker has done & basically throwing it out the window, it really is annoying.
 
As long as it's their $$$ they're spending on their cues, I don't really care what they do with them. Now me, I prefer a playing shaft in the 12.5-12.75 diameter range. If I ordered a cue to be made, I'd specify to have the shaft turned to those specs. If it comes with a finish on it, I'm taking some fine grit sandpaper to it immediately as I like the feel of bare wood (after a good burnishing of course). I am NOT a collector.

I am astonished at the adoration that some people give to a piece of wood turned on a lathe. It's like a baseball card for cryin' out loud. Is it REALLY worth all the $$$ it could fetch on the market? I don't think so.

If I do ever sand down a shaft to the point of uselessness (which I don't anticipate doing), then I'll just go shopping and buy another. This fuels the billiards economy. More people should try this :thumbup:!!!

Maniac
 
Maniac said:
As long as it's their $$$ they're spending on their cues, I don't really care what they do with them. Now me, I prefer a playing shaft in the 12.5-12.75 diameter range. If I ordered a cue to be made, I'd specify to have the shaft turned to those specs. If it comes with a finish on it, I'm taking some fine grit sandpaper to it immediately as I like the feel of bare wood (after a good burnishing of course). I am NOT a collector.

I am astonished at the adoration that some people give to a piece of wood turned on a lathe. It's like a baseball card for cryin' out loud. Is it REALLY worth all the $$$ it could fetch on the market? I don't think so.

If I do ever sand down a shaft to the point of uselessness (which I don't anticipate doing), then I'll just go shopping and buy another. This fuels the billiards economy. More people should try this :thumbup:!!!

Maniac
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I have to disagree with you completely about a cue being like a baseball card.
A top cue maker puts his soul into making the nicest and best playing cue he can. It is called functional art. I guess you wouldn't want the Mona Lisa painting either. After all its only some oil paint on canvas. Now baseball cards are a picture that are reproduced thousands of times.most collectible cues are 1 of a kind. Big difference.
 
Heck I've gotten shafts from ppl who wanted new tips put on that had a 12.75mm ferrule which tapered down to 11.5mm right past the ferrule.
 
bobroberts said:
A top cue maker puts his soul into making the nicest and best playing cue he can.

I guess you wouldn't want the Mona Lisa painting either.
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If a cue maker only makes ONE cue in his lifetime, then maybe, MAYBE he puts his soul into it. If he makes NUMEROUS cues, then he can only put a PIECE of his soul into each one. And FWIW, I think the term "puts his soul into it" is too strong a term for something as useless to anyone but serious poolplayers as cuemaking. A person's soul is a lot more serious than anything pool-related imo.

And no, I wouldn't want the Mona Lisa either. Never have seen what the fuss was over some canvas and oil paint. I'm obviously a collector of nothing :sorry:.

Maniac
 
Maniac said:
If a cue maker only makes ONE cue in his lifetime, then maybe, MAYBE he puts his soul into it. If he makes NUMEROUS cues, then he can only put a PIECE of his soul into each one. And FWIW, I think the term "puts his soul into it" is too strong a term for something as useless to anyone but serious poolplayers as cuemaking. A person's soul is a lot more serious than anything pool-related imo.

And no, I wouldn't want the Mona Lisa either. Never have seen what the fuss was over some canvas and oil paint. I'm obviously a collector of nothing :sorry:.

Maniac
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Well by you're posts it's obvious that you have never been in a top cue makers shop. Plus if you wouldn't want to own a priceless masterpiece speaks for itself.:rolleyes:
 
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