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    Cooktown Ironwood with Quilt

    thanks guys,the pin is 3/8-10 black G-10 and the weight came out at 19oz natural. Eric you are probably right about the wood.i figured either Desert ironwood or maybe even in the Ipe family of ironwoods.it has that same grain pattern.i am looking forward to hitting some balls with it actually.
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    Cooktown Ironwood with Quilt

    super rare Cooktown Ironwood cue with 5A Quilted maple handle.very hard to capture the figure of Quilted maple in pics,so i did as good as i could,but the figure is constant throughout the piece.the Cooktown Ironwood comes from a tree that is 19% moisture content as soon as the cut it down.it...
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    Chester Krick Butterfly...

    yes,both Diveney and Crick mad/make great playing cues,which should be a cue makers best attribute.they also make nice looking cues but to me the way the cue plays is much more important.
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    Mandrels

    3/8-10 will also settle for the high grade steel ones that have gotten too small for whoever owns them
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    Wanna trade ar15 lower for???!!

    good luck with the search.
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    Wanna trade ar15 lower for???!!

    i am in Tennessee and just always thought fully autos were illegal unless you have class 3. i did happen to have possession of an MP5 many,many years ago.that gun was sweet.i still miss it.hard to believe a 9mm round could ever be that accurate. i sent you a PM
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    Wanna trade ar15 lower for???!!

    all that being said.is that price of $942 you have listed retail or wholesale or what?how much are you looking to get out of it in trade? i am interested and i have a cue almost done i might be willing to trade if you are interested. i am not the best known cue maker here by any means but if...
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    Wanna trade ar15 lower for???!!

    in poolplayers defense i did watch a rather long documentary on rifles in history and they basically trashed the M-16 saying that when the soldiers got their batch of M-16's shipped to them in Vietnam that they were getting killed left and right b/c of the gun constantly jamming with even a...
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    Another balance point question?

    i have also run some independent testing of my own and people seem to be able to tell when there is 1oz or more added directly to the butt end of a cue. on cues with basically the same balance points guys have been able to immediately tell which cue is all natural weight and which cue has...
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    Wanna trade ar15 lower for???!!

    how does the shipping to a liscensed FFL work? how much would i need to spend to have it operational? not quite sure exactly what lowers means?
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    Chester Krick Butterfly...

    that bankroll in the top photo looks a lot like mine currently.:(
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    Isn't a metal bolt inside a forearm a wedge?

    i'm sure Gus would have used West systems had it been around,but yes hide glue is actually better than people think.i would use it over the poly glues.
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    Refinishing the butt...

    great advice here,though i use 800 grit instead of 600.i was turned on to this method by a friend and it really has been much easier since i started doing it.
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    Refinishing the butt...

    automotive clear coat is the best i have tried.after you paint it,wet sand,then buff,then polish.
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    Isn't a metal bolt inside a forearm a wedge?

    not a bad philosphy
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    Looking for Brazilain rosewood

    thanks and we have a deal,if i win you got a piece coming your way. i think you are right on the reasonable pricing.good Brazilian really shouldn't cost an arm and a leg.i think $100 bd/ft is fair for the seller unless it is something spectacular.i have on occasion found very good Brazilain at...
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    Mandrels

    anyone have any ole carbide mandresl that they don't use anymore,maybe too small now.i am looking for .820"
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    My Cochran

    i really like those inlays.i am not generally a fan of inlays,but those are very tasteful and original looking,which in itself is rare in cues these days.
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    Best layered tip?

    mine was a soft.feels perfect to me and so much spin i honestly couldn't believe my eyes. try the softs next time Ho.
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    Isn't a metal bolt inside a forearm a wedge?

    me too and i weight 220.it was scary but it worked.not sure i would try it with a burl handled cue though. looks like you and i finally agreed on something.:thumbup:
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