For your consideration is a 27 year-old Randy Mobley Purple Heart Merry Widow signed 1998. This cue is definitely not new but amazingly has no dings or scratches, the Joint and Butt Cap show some fading and signs of wear. Otherwise the cue is in excellent shape. As Randy often does he adds a...
Does a lot of work with John Showman and worked with Ron Haley before he passed.
Here is some more info on Todd in this thread about the collaboration cues he and John Showman made together.
https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/just-a-tease.540571/
I respect your opinion, but disagree with this statement. Have you played with a Tascarella, Tim Scruggs, Black Boar or Schon with a steal joint? All these cues play great and are still very relevant in the cue sales market.
Thanks
-don
Technically I know that if the cue screws together tightly the joint shouldn't matter, but I will only buy cues with 3/8-10, 3/8-11, and 5/16-14 piloted joints. I just have not cared for how cues played that have Radial, Uniloc, and 5/16-18 flat face joints.
I remember a Jensen cue where he made the four points look like flames using bright orange cocobolo inlayed into Ebony. Between Ribdoner, Joe Salazar, and me we owned that cue six or seven different times each. LOL Good Times
Here is a unique Gilbert that Andy made for Dan at Shooter's in the late 1990s. I have borrowed it from Dan off and on through the years when I was between cue swaps. LOL