Dale Perry Cues
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Thx for the smartxxx answer.
Maybe I have been under a rock, but I have some manners. I asked a simple question. No reason for jerkwad replies.
Maybe I have been under a rock, but I have some manners. I asked a simple question. No reason for jerkwad replies.
White1,
Use the search engine here with Dale Perry. You will find a number of threads about his cues. People are bitter because his once, modestly costly cues have greatly decreased in value. Somewhere over the last 5-10 years he developed an E Bay business. The cues are very cheap and likely made in the Orient rather than Jacksonville. He pretty much ruined his name.
phil
Use the search engine here with Dale Perry. You will find a number of threads about his cues. People are bitter because his once, modestly costly cues have greatly decreased in value. Somewhere over the last 5-10 years he developed an E Bay business. The cues are very cheap and likely made in the Orient rather than Jacksonville. He pretty much ruined his name.
phil
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from the ebay listing...
"This is a brand new 1st quality Dale Perry Cue. I made and signed this cue in my Florida cue shop. I am a ACA Certified Cuemaker.
All DP Cues are Handmade by Dale Perry In the USA."
"This is a brand new 1st quality Dale Perry Cue. I made and signed this cue in my Florida cue shop. I am a ACA Certified Cuemaker.
All DP Cues are Handmade by Dale Perry In the USA."
DP high end cues are a thing of the past. The eBay cues are worth $100. Totally different cue than his original stuff. I have a DP quality cue and a few eBay cues. I feel his eBay cues went downhill. Mine did. Loose rings, shafts nick easily.
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Dp
I was told DP was a hell of a cue maker, that being said all the ones I have been getting in for repair reminded me of the cues out of china.
Plastic inlays falling out and the glue failing..................................
Ferrules, joint collar butt sleeve, all coming loose.
I really didn't care for the shaft wood.
Over all IMO DP cues are made really cheap pretty much like a cheap Chinese made cue.
I would rather buy a 40.00 dollar McDermott Lucky cue...................
I also wouldn't stock DP cues because of the glue issues I have seen .
I was told DP was a hell of a cue maker, that being said all the ones I have been getting in for repair reminded me of the cues out of china.
Plastic inlays falling out and the glue failing..................................
Ferrules, joint collar butt sleeve, all coming loose.
I really didn't care for the shaft wood.
Over all IMO DP cues are made really cheap pretty much like a cheap Chinese made cue.
I would rather buy a 40.00 dollar McDermott Lucky cue...................
I also wouldn't stock DP cues because of the glue issues I have seen .
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Ok, let me state this. To say made in America, or any country of origin, the product is imported in an unfinished or not ready for end use state. As example, from the shoe business, the toplift is the piece that protects the heel on a woman's shoes where it would strike the ground. Without it, a woman could not walk in the shoe. If you make the entire shoe in China, ship it to Italy and apply the topflight, walla it is made in Italy. Sick, yes, customes law, yes.
Applicable to cues, I suspect a cue could arrive without a ferrule and tip, or without a just a tip for that matter, and apply here. I would bet the new, ebay Dale Perry cues are not 100% made here in Jacksonville.
I guess people are just jealous.
I had quite a few friends bought DP cues.
Not only they are pretty, they also provide solid feels.
The cues are well made and well worth the $100.
I am not saying it is better than any thousand dollar cues, but it could be as good as any other cues less than $500, especially if you through in an ob/predator shaft with it.
I had quite a few friends bought DP cues.
Not only they are pretty, they also provide solid feels.
The cues are well made and well worth the $100.
I am not saying it is better than any thousand dollar cues, but it could be as good as any other cues less than $500, especially if you through in an ob/predator shaft with it.
There are always going to be "jerkwad" replies when you talk about Dale Perry.
At the this point the fact that guys are stuck with $1300 Dp cues now worth a couple of hundred, is just part of the Dp legacy.
There have been numerous service and workmanship issues on Dp cues.
Once they are fixed and tuned up a little, they play OK.
Personally Dp cues are just too butt ugly to play with, even for a hundred bucks
I concur with what you said. However, in the 90's, Dale was up and coming. He was making cues selling for $1000 up to $2500. He was getting positive press and reviews. I moved to Jacksonville in 1996 and in spring of 96 went to his shop and wanted his very best cue. I have previously posted it, use search. Ebony, ivory, snakewood, 8 points and lots of inlays. I paid $2500. I also had him made a two shaft break jump cues. Both used unilock joints.
The cues were solid. I donated the expensive cue to help a pool player with medical expenses and it was sold on his behalf. The Break jump is for sale now ( for cheap) because I found an X Breaker. My DP break jump was fine, but I used a McDermot Break cue out of habit until I found the X Breaker.
Selling $200 cues, it would be hard to do all the inlays and stuff in his small shop with just a helper, and make a living. They can not be totally made in USA>
MalibuMike
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Good Question!
I just asked the same thing and all I got was opinions. Doesn't anybody know where these cues come from? Florida? China?
I just asked the same thing and all I got was opinions. Doesn't anybody know where these cues come from? Florida? China?
http://www.dpcues.com/page/481899732
I can't answer your question , here is a web page , the dates on the pictures are relatively recent , don't know when they were taken . There are usually about 12-15 cues on his Ebay store . Doesn't seem unreasonable that he could do that many cues in a couple days with parts made , he may work ahead .
We bought several of Dale's cues quite a few years ago. This was long after he FKed his dealers up by mass producing them for EBay. So, weren't the expensive ones.
Yet, sold a few and kept a couple. Have had great luck with them, altho, it would seem as of late, people were having problems with them.
Like, almost falling apart in your hands. Like someone mentioned, do a Search for his cues on AZ. Should be a few days of reading pleasure for you.
But, if you have a 100 to spend, try an Auction. The worst that could happen is that you
start wishing that you would have invested the 100 in Beer instead.
Yet, sold a few and kept a couple. Have had great luck with them, altho, it would seem as of late, people were having problems with them.
Like, almost falling apart in your hands. Like someone mentioned, do a Search for his cues on AZ. Should be a few days of reading pleasure for you.
But, if you have a 100 to spend, try an Auction. The worst that could happen is that you
start wishing that you would have invested the 100 in Beer instead.
Dp
I looked thru the link you provided .
Straight up 95% the cues in the link didn't look anything like the DP's I have gotten in for repairs.
Some of the cues in the link actually nice.
The ones I got in for repairs looked like wal-;mart cues........................................
and they all had 5/16 pins.
I looked thru the link you provided .
Straight up 95% the cues in the link didn't look anything like the DP's I have gotten in for repairs.
Some of the cues in the link actually nice.
The ones I got in for repairs looked like wal-;mart cues........................................
and they all had 5/16 pins.
Cues
I wished I could of seen one, I know of a few respectable cuemakers that praise DP for or being a good cue maker..
I wished I could of seen one, I know of a few respectable cuemakers that praise DP for or being a good cue maker..
"Also, Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYOzUHnPJvU
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They look like the ones on his EBAY store pretty much. Think they are 3/8 x 11 .