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Nice cues. Good thing about ebony Dufferins, is they're a lot easier to find than ebony Titlist blanks. Plus, you have the option of finding those with the butterfly splice section. Nice looking.

It does look new, but are we sure that leather wrap wasn't done by George originally?

Nope, Luther did not do a slip stroke. He did hold the cue high up on the wrap area, which you are seeing. But no slip stroke with Luther.

First two are the best. The first is the oldest. 68 to 72? Possibly. Looks like the first two have the original KU bumpers. One of them has a replacement shaft. No telling how good the shafts are, and no telling whether any of them roll straight. But a refinish would not hurt the earlier...

They were very good in the 1970's. Unfortunately, this isn't the 70s.

Very cool. That's his famous Balabushka he's holding.

Rockville, Maryland, if it was the same one.

Do yourself and everyone a favor. Withdraw your order. You're not used to this, and it sounds like you're a pain in the ass customer.

Some of the early ones had Cortland linen. Yes, it can be refinished, and wrap saved. Should it be refinished? That would be up to you. Proficient could save the wrap and save the buttplate. Joss would replace both wrap and buttplate. Would recommend Proficient over Joss.

Yeah, I see what you mean. Couple of possibilities. One, the wood next to the ring shrunk a bit, and two, some finish tends to flake off of some metals sooner than it flakes off wood. Could be a combination of the two giving it that look. In older cues, that's character.

Yes, aluminum shouldn't swell either.

Very unusual cue, that's for sure. Didn't know your nickname was Squirrel. Wasn't there a Tuscaloosa Squirrel too?

Nice cue. Assuming the rings are nickel, they didn't likely swell, but rather the surrounding wood shrunk just a bit. That happens more in dry climates but can happen anywhere depending on climate control.

Buy it.

Nasty looking joint pin. No weight bolt, just air. Screams of Asian knockoff of something. You pay your money, you take your choice. Good luck.

Not easy to tell in this case. However, the logo is quite thin and uneven. The brass collet inside the shaft were usually more rounded than what your picture shows. Also, by 1999, Scruggs sneakies usually had a small joint collar of some kind, but probably some plain ones were made as well...

Especially since it has his handwriting on the back, yes, people would bid on it.

Cancel your internet service. That will easily get you enough money in no time for a cue repair.

Nope, standard 3/8 X 10 thread, but not the kind that Scruggs used.

Comcast has it. In the mid-Atlantic it's channel 4082.