Got this awesome Tascarella/Balabushka shaft in the mail

[ideologist]

Broken badly in shipping, so I harvested the usable parts. It was cracked almost in half anyway, no saving it.

 

[greyghost]

Broken badly in shipping, so I harvested the usable parts. It was cracked almost in half anyway, no saving it.

It’s a match looks like. Broken and short ended....send it to me I’ll jump in the middle, it’ll be 15/16ths of perfect


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[ideologist]

It’s a match looks like. Broken and short ended....send it to me I’ll jump in the middle, it’ll be 15/16ths of perfect


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I cut the broken section out, it really cracked, I think an elephant stepped on the box

 

[HawaiianEye]

Did you take a picture of the container it was shipped in?

If is was bought from Pete, I'd like to see how they package their shafts for shipping.

I almost ordered one a couple months back.

 

[cuesblues]

Glad to see you found a use for it
Install a jump tip and have Pete Sr. build a jump handle.
You will be good to go

 

[deanoc]

sorry to see your loss
what a bad break

 

[ideologist]

Did you take a picture of the container it was shipped in?

If is was bought from Pete, I'd like to see how they package their shafts for shipping.

I almost ordered one a couple months back.

The container was mostly intact, but I could see it took a big hit. Like a really heavy crate fell directly onto it. Maybe a super heavy tube would have worked better, but I was more than satisfied with the packaging. From a private seller, and no hard feelings or doubts in the packing at all. I wasn't exaggerating when I mentioned it seemed like an elephant stepped on it.

Ah well, a primo ferrule and collar are still beautiful in the gallery. I'm going to put them in a new shaft to go on my old cue.