I purchased,,,no, rather i ''pounced'' on a ''dayton'' from a fellow ebayer a couple of years back early one snowy morning from a fellow az'er.....
It's an all hand cut wrapless multi exotic wood that boasts a spalted maple handle with cocobolo and olive wood points and the reverse done in the butt,,,,
flat face wood to wood joint and it hits incredibly well,,,!
Playing up in montreal one night, i was approached by a custom furniture wood worker who asked me about it,,he was so enamoured by it he asked if i'de be back the next night which i told him i would be,,,he came in the following night with his camera and snapped away with delight,,,
since then,,i picked up a spalted maple at the 2008 ''hopkins''...yep, can't go wrong with paul,,,,
oh,,,,one last thing,,,he actually returns phone calls and delivered an extra shaft for me 9 days before the promised date,,,,,,
class act that dayton guy,,,,!!
,,,,,,,,,,,alan,,,,,,,,,,,!!