FS…..Josh Treadway wrapless merry widow player, cool inlays in handle section
Cool wrapless merry widow player. Bubinga forearm and butt with a segmented birdseye maple handle. Handle had some neat ebony wrapped bubinga diamonds and ring segments. Box rings throughout the cue are bubinga and...
FS….Jim Buss cocobolo 6-point with veneers, leather wrap, nice older cue!
Jim was the cuemaker that helped Josh Treadway get started and when Jim retired, Josh took over his shop. This is a 6-point high/low configuration with maple, mahogany, blue, black veneers. Signed and dated 2005 1-of-1 in...
FS….ebony into tulipwood Dan Dishaw, great woods, index stitch rings, linen wrap
This tulipwood is super nice in this cue, good deep color and figure all around. Dan builds a real nice cue and this one is a sweet example. Forearm tulipwood is cored with maple. Veneers are black and white on the...
FS….Steve Lomax BEM Merry Widow w/ inlaid rings and elephant hide wrap
Really sharp players cue here. Some nice dark birdseye and pretty inlaid ring sets in all positions. Modified 3/8-10 flat face joint. 1/2” ferrules on the shafts, bet this one plays super!! Out of a collection I’m selling...
Very cool post, would love to see some pics of those. I have Toby’s hoppe style Gus Szamboti that he played with throughout the mid-late ‘80s and ‘90s.
For Sale……brand new Universal Cue, LF01, Legacy Series with upgraded carbon fiber Nova shaft. Very impressive playability here, higher end custom quality at a fraction of the price. Standard 58” cue, 19.1oz, 12.4mm shaft. Radial joint. Comes with joint protectors and box. PM with any questions...
Most are > 1500 nowadays,,,,sadly that number doesn’t get you very much anymore from a well established maker, with proven pedigree, high quality, and hit
Treadway, J.Bender, Exceed, Capone, Vigus, Durbin, Black, Beasley, McWorter, Owen, Shelby Williams, pfd/Drexler
and Richard Black at the podium talking about his special collection build.
The high-end custom cue market is alive and well. It has always been a niche market, and it has definitely changed some over that last handful of years with the recent popularity of CF shafts. I suspect it will change some more before it’s all said and done.
Change or go extinct, and all of us...
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It’s been a few short months since the International Cue Collectors Show (ICCS) was held in Chattanooga. We hope everyone has been happy and healthy. After a very successful first (for us) event, the...