Falcon Cue

[Rtoron]

It wasn't a cue.

Ok, I must have misunderstood. Thanks, Ron.

 

[Matt_24]

Ok, I must have misunderstood. Thanks, Ron.

No worries!

 

[Chopdoc]

Rtoron,

This cue previously belonged to me. I came to own it through a trade deal with another collector, and it was NOT cheap. It was marketed to me as an F24 prototype. The collector I dealt with sells a lot of very expensive cues and has a good reputation so I have no reason to believe otherwise. I had a very nice transaction with him.

This F-24 has a non-standard joint material (these were released in steel, but the joint is an bone-esque material). The inlays are gorgeous. They are not ivory. The leather wrap is very nice, and the cue plays great.

It has no logo on the cue anywhere. You don't see many F-24s for sale (the pic you posted above is one I owned a decade or more ago). I ended up trading this cue, with a collection of cues, to our mutual friend you are dealing with, for something extremely special. I still have a bit of trader's remorse because every cue in this package was really nice.

This cue was made in the canadian plant. I'm sure there were not many of the F-24 manufacturered and every "good" FALCON appears to be in Europe. These have a lot of work in them. They were the "high end" model of that initial catalog. The FALCON sold cues cut and pasted above above are in no way what this cue is. As many would say, it's worth what someone would pay. Well, I paid (in trade) several thousand dollars, plus. It was worth that to me. I think it's an exceptional cue, and something special for your collection.

Really cool.

That post, and this thread, had me looking at Falcon cues again. Although I found them cool, I was never attracted enough to snag an example of one for my collection. So, I finally did.

Nothing so special as that prototype, but not a bad example, and in excellent condition with original Falcon JPs. It's a late 90s model.

Falcon V-7 in the Victoria line. Also found in the Ambassador line as marketed in Canada.

 

[PDX]

I have done the forensics on this cue and have determined this is an ivory cue not bone or synthetic. It passes the black light test, proper grain test and end grain Schreger markings. Under the black light ivory mineral markings show up in 2 places on the butt cap. The joint shows end grain Schreger markings plus proper grain structure. The ferrule also shows the same characteristics. The inlays pass the black light test and are super clean. There is no pitting in them like would appear in bone. I think this is an Ivory cue. I have built cues over 30 years and this is my conclusion.

As far as I know, Falcon only used camel bone which has a different density than cow, which has a different density, hence the reason it looks different from conceptual bone. Falcon did not use ivory due to any potential legal complications when shipping cues over borders.

 

[maha]

looks good and if hits good then it is worth buying only for the value you put on having a good hitting cue.

if you want to pay up for looks or a name that is a totally different pricing for a cue. and is very subjective.

i have a balabuska that hits as good as any cue ever. but as just a playing cue 500 bucks top. you pay more for the name.