I can explain a bit about short wrap.
The blank is so solid (heavy) that if we keep it full spliced as original, the butt alone might be 19oz. Give that we didn't want to core it in order to keep the characteristic of tulipwood, the other way is to chop off a section and replaced with a much...
This cue is built by Catcues Chen at XinReally Custom Cue, and based on an Andrew Rounceville cocobolo-tulipwood blank. Catcues Chen has being a cuemaker for 21 years as the first in Taiwan, and still one of the best up to the present. You can look up his works on Facebook with the keyword...
Very good story, and the cue. I have a newer (2004) Black bushka, and I love its style and color very much. Even though the inlay work is not so accurate and aligned as modern CNC’ed cues, the retro and elegant style is very unique and attractive.
My top-8 list of cue makers are still active and progressing, with great balance in playability and aesthetics:
Pete (Jr.) Tascarella,
Ron Haley,
Joel Hercek.
Randy Mobley,
Larry Vigus,
Michael Vollmer,
Joshua Treadway,
Ed Prewitt.
Thanks for the thread and the comments from every kind and nice person, and OP for bringing it up.
I enjoy this thread just like reading Harvard Business Review. It's a quite educating material for new collectors like me.
-Terence