sad to see the ebony titlist CUT. just plain sad. sad. sad. i recently sent ryan(RATCUES) at meullers a willie hoppe titlist to redo. he redid the joint, replacing the old brass joint with SS, replaced the joint rings, adding a silver ring. the butt was butt ugly(pardon the pun) making it look sharp. finally he wrapped with brown crocodile leather. butt is still fat, still full splice. love it, mayget it turn down some time in future.