Art Cantando4 Points most probably Rosewood into BEM with propellers and dots design which is one of my favorite. The cue has a gorgeous genuine lizard wrap and ivory ferulles.
I am feeling happy and lucky that I was able to find one of Art's masterpieces in brand new, unchalked condition.
Art built some of the nicest cues that are fantastic players too. His sense for aesthetic was amazing.
About Art Cantando
Art played a lot of pool when he was a teenager. When it was time to make a living , he went into the car repair business with his family. He then started his own succcessful bussines. Along the way he learned leather carving and he carved animals on gun cases and holsters and the like.
Whenbhe retired, he decided to pursue another field, cue making. His goal was to build a good playing cue. He talked to Barry Szamboti, who he knew, and who put tips on cues for him. Art brought a lathe and began doing his own tip work and this led to making cues which he started buiding in 1997.
Art owes his success to friends Tony Scianella from Black Boar, Jeff Prather and most of all Barry Szamboti.
Enjoy the pics!
