In my opinion the V-TEK dampening system took some of the feel out of the shaft. It definitely is a little stiffer than the 314-2. I've found if you install a kamui black super soft and cut it very short like down to 3 or 4 layers. They play pretty good.
I bought an old Hightower lathe and in the box there are some black layered tips that have TS stamped into them. I've installed all kinds of tips and have never seen these.
Rick said the cue was made around 1987 and probably one of the first twelve cues he made. It is not a jump break. The cue was just refinished by Rick and has three shafts one is new made by Rick. The butt weighs 15.1 shafts are 12.75 to 13mm and 3.6 or 3.7 $650.00 OBO Trades will be considered...