Fully Cored Plain Jane Player by Esoteric Cue

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Rick Geschrey
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Hi,

Here is one of my Esoteric Cue, Fully Cored Plain Jane Players with Bacote Forearm, butt sleeve with Big Leaf Curly Maple wooden handle. 30 stitch sterling silver decor rings. SOLD

Butt 14.5 oz
Shaft 3.9 oz with Juma Ferrule

Some of the engineered features of my cues are:

Fully Cored Cue built on a 29" maple dowel

Stiff Hitting 13 mm Parabolic Shaft into a modern pro taper seasoned since 10/05

Parabolic Tapered Butt Geometry

Flat Face Joint with big pin 3/8" x 14

Garolite Shaft Insert

All cues are handcrafted using my "in house" QA/QC Program with Statistical Process Control

Thanks for looking,

Rick Geschrey
Cue Maker

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speedy5963 said:
Very nice cue sir, craftsmanship appear to be excellent in the finish!
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Hi,

The polyurethane finish clear is some awesome stuff used for concept cars at the auto shows and goes for of $ 350.00 per gallon. Pricey but I believe it is well worth it.

The quality remains well after the price is forgotten.

Thanks for noticing I have spent over 7 years of my life tweaking the art of finishing, wet sanding and buffing. There is always room to get better.

As for my picture taking, once I get my light box set up to present cues, I am sure that more of the deep scratch-less luster, not just the shine will be revealed.

Thanks for the kind words.

Rick
 
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player52 said:
Very nice cue, smells like a player.
Fully cored- so there is not a joint, or...?
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Hey Player.

There is no A-Joint as far as a connection with an A-Joint bolt. This begs the question of the loss of the extra weight for that bolt within the cue. My answer to that was to engineer a weight and balance system whereby the fulcrum of the cue or balance is based on a weight bolt epoxy embedded behind the joint pin.

The back weight bolt is not for adding weight per se but only acts as a compensation weight bolt to tweak the fulcrum back a little if that is the player's preference. My cues are designed and engineered to be forward balance about an inch or so forward of what is considered to be standard within the industry today. If a player wants a more conventional fulcrum within the weight and balance envelope, he can add a 1/2 oz. bolt to move that moment arm aft in a minute or two. This is rarely done as once they play with my set up, they usually leave it alone.

I believe that rear weight bolt pockets are generally not something that should be messed with by the player because the cue maker who built the cue used it to balance his cue if he used it in the first place. Since my forward weight bolt is behind the pin, my cues give the player the ability to control a fulcrum within a 1.5 inch area using the design of the compensating rear bolt.

In my opinion, the shaft contour is the number one feature or reason for the cues hit. The construction of the butt and the material use there are a close second for sure. To get the "Monster Hit" the cue maker must be attentive to both these features.

Some of the old school cue makers who were known for the great hit of there cues all had great tapers to their shafts too be sure. I feel that the other feature was the heavy nose that was felt because they used the heavy metal joint.

I am a proponent of the flat face joint with the big pin and have been inspired to cue making by the work of Harvey Martin & David P. Kershenbrock. By adding this forward weight bolt to my fully cored cues, I think I have been able to get the big pin flat faced cue with the extra weight in the nose with out the metal joint.

JMO of coarse,

Rick Geschrey
Cue Maker

This picture reveals that my point grooves are cut after the forearm is installed on the dowel with no A-Joint bolt. Epoxy was filled into the engagement mill grooves in the dowel (shown below ) before the sacrificial material is turned and the A-Joint is faced before the ring and handle is joined to the dowel.

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What thickening material are you using for the epoxy Rick and what clear finish costs 350.00 a gallon? Would that include activator and reducer as well?
 
Hi,

This cue SOLD yesterday and is going to it's new home in Toronto.

Thanks to all of the inquiries and kind words about my cues.

Because of the recent Cue Show in Chicago we have over 15 Custom Cues ranging from $ 650.00 to $ 2,250.00.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Rick Geschrey
Cue Maker
 
scdiveteam said:
Hi,

The polyurethane finish clear is some awesome stuff used for concept cars at the auto shows and goes for of $ 350.00 per gallon. Pricey but I believe it is well worth it.

The quality remains well after the price is forgotten.

Thanks for noticing I have spent over 7 years of my life tweaking the art of finishing, wet sanding and buffing. There is always room to get better.

As for my picture taking, once I get my light box set up to present cues, I am sure that more of the deep scratch-less luster, not just the shine will be revealed.

Thanks for the kind words.

Rick
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Fully understand the cost of materials as my father paints cars and I use the materials on model cars. Nothing like a nice house of kolor kandy with some Sikkens clear over it! Great work, I look forward to seeing more and hopefully trying one of your cues someday.
 
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