TAD-1 Tigerwood Big Pin is Rare (picture)

When I zoomed in on the picture of the pin the joint definitely looks like something other than ivory. I see patterns not grain. Cool old cue, I bet it is a good player.
 
I am not that great a player now, maybe I was much better in college? Of about a dozen high end cues including several other TADs and brand new TAD shafts made a few months ago, this cue plays among the best. My friend who is consistently a break and run nine ball player is also impressed with this cues overall performance. I am getting new 13mm by 30 inch shafts made for it; however, it maybe pretty hard to make it play better than its current 10.8mm by 29 inch original shafts. They play very stiff and have a longer taper than standard TAD shafts. If the new shafts don't play as well because too much has changed in the design, I may ask Fred to copy the current shafts exactly so I have clean new shafts. I have only two cues that make me play better. This is definitely one of them. The contact feel and ball control is just a little bit better than everything else I have. It is also the ugliest condition cue I have, but you can tell it was somebody's main cue. It has seen many hours of play. Says a lot about the cue. It came from Japan, I'm hoping it doesn't warp from the drastically changing environment. Goncalo Alves hopefully is very warp resistant. If the shafts warp, I can get them replaced, but if the butt warps, I will mourn the loss. I am not getting the butt refinished to reduce the opportunity of warping the butt.
 
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