Here is a Brazilian Rosewood blank from Abe's shop that deserves the right project someday. .880 at the joint and 1.440 at the other end with what looks like phenolic and Iv. rings in the middle. 28.5" long. Was acquired from Lucky after he bought much of the contents of the shop. It will be...
Highly recommend:
Danjon Mfg. Corp in Cheshire CT
https://www.danjon.com/ Tel: (203)272-7258
Absolutely spectacular service and products. They specialize in deep hole drills and core drilling. Custom sizes (ie: .627 x 16L w/ .750x3 shank) available with or without a tapped for air...
For decades now the source of much of the finest materials available for us to build the cues you all enjoy so much has been Boone and Eric at Bell Forest Products in Michigan. They unfortunately were the victims of a robbery last week at the SBE and lost a considerable amount of money. Please...
In no particular order:
"Gentleman" Jack Colavita
Jimmy Caras
Dallas West
Ralf Souquet
Boston Shorty
Jimmy Matz
Florida Bob
Jose Garcia
and for variety: Big Steve....... possibly considered an outside choice.......but a legend all the same.
just my musings.....
I just returned from spending the afternoon at Sandcastle watching the tournament. Congratulations to Ed and his staff at Sandcastle for hosting a really great event.