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Strong point! Martin style! Does anyone know who inspired Martin? From what I understand about him, every cue was different. The cues were made for the player truly custom. Didn’t he measure and watch how a person played before he made a cue for them?

Let’s call them Widow cues, unless someone has a better name. It would be interesting to know if they are different in construction, guess that would depend on who built it. I remember seeing a chart on AZ showing who mentored who, I’ve done a few searches and couldn’t find it again. I do...

I have a copy, I’ll look back through but don’t remember seeing who learned from who.

Hello all, Been think about how we got to where we currently are with cue design. To my knowledge there are two different styles of cues; 1) Balabushka style 2) DPK style I’m sure there are other cue styles, but those two stand out as vastly different in most ways. Does anyone have a graph on...

I’ve owned a few throughout the years, recently sold my 81 Hustler and loved that cue. I have three now with a fourth being built. The Hustler has an Ivory joint big pin, it is a good playing cue, all the cues I’ve owned of his have played good, some better than others. My player now is a big...

Uhh... maybe. Out of curiosity... why wouldn’t you just put a soft tip?

Still available!

Lol, NO. There is only a handful of builders that can command those prices.

He will get back with you, some folks don’t use the inter webs every day, I realize that is an odd statement in this day and age but nevertheless true. Good luck with the cues, he has some of the best available. JCM

I’m 35 and have been collecting cues for about 10 years (or so). My father was a player and had a couple cues from someone I consider a master, growing up that cue was always something I held in pretty high regard. When I was old enough (had a good enough job) to afford a custom cue, it was one...

Richard Black cues. Considering how many cues he has made I rarely see them for sell on here, eBay has a couple that have been there for awhile.

That guys ring work is always awesome! I’m a sucker for Widow style cues and these two are some of the nicest examples I’ve seen in a very long time! Thanks for sharing with us!!

Wow! That is a stunner. First time I’ve heard “Chicago style” but it sure is nice.

I think your price is fair, right now anything that is over $1,000 is very difficult to get a fair price on. Cue/Case market is very soft for higher end stuff. If I had the cash I would snap this beauty up! One of my favorite style of cases. GLWS!

He is still making cases, can’t help with the contact info.

Black is still working, semi-retired, really only working on big cues.

Looks familiar! Great cue, GLWS!

Point taken, I’ll file this one away under “Jon’s dumbass ideas”. Thanks for the input, it is truly appreciated!

Is there a difference in hit with a brass pin vs a ss? I agree that Damascus would be nice to see used more, very cool look and the patterns are limitless.

Just as a “for instance”, if a maker uses a steel pin in the A-joint. Do you think there would be a difference between a brass one and a SS one? I’m not saying you are wrong and I respect the work you do. But, if choosing different woods for the butt affect the cue, I’m assuming different...