WOW. Looks GREAT. I've always said Schmelke does great work.
Just recently (2 weeks ago) they became a dealer for Magic Chalk.
So, with that being said, the first box of Magic Chalk is on the house. It will keep your new cue a lot cleaner as well
Just PM your name and address.
If you like the chalk, then just buy it from Schmelke going forward :thumbup:
Same deal for anyone else that buys a NEW Shmelke, show your pic and I'll send out a free box of chalk from now till end of May. Could be longer but gotta see what kind of "hit" I'm gonna take first![]()
And before someone asks, yes, if you buy a Schmelke directly from Seyberts or Billiards Warehouse, same deal still applies![]()
Hi. Does this deal still apply?
Here is a pic of my new Schmelke that I got today. It is a very interesting cue. It is a reverse rosewood full splice into straight maple at 17oz (butt 12.6 shaft 4.4) that has a very thin butt taper as well at 1.18 at bottom of wrap. Great balance, pretty forward. 5/16' 18 joint.I asked for a custom modified pro taper (12.6mm) based on a scaled back version of the Treadway taper, at 15 thousandths graduation at 10" and 40 at thousandths at 16". They did not get the taper right, it came with a conical taper the is 50 thousandths at 10" but the amazing thing is that it hits pretty great. It is very solid and crisp, very low deflection. With the taper it is pretty stiff but not dead feeling at all. It makes a great sound. Uses the Tomahawk ferrule material at .5" as well which is crisp and stays clean. Will call them about getting the correct shaft, but will keep the one it is has first impressions are very strong.
I did not really care about appearance much, but the cue is quite elegant and pretty. Martin at Superior Cues provided me a really nice Spanish bull leather wrap which looks and feels great.
It was an experimental cue to try and capture the magic my stolen Judd had and there is a good chance the experiment works. Off to league to fire some bullets under pressure.
Will do full review when I get the other shaft.