I haven't looked at this thread in several days because I thought it was more of the same, but every post of goldenchildmvp's that I read, all I could think of was...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RvNS7JfcMM
Ouch.
<-- played with a RAT cue yesterday for 4 hours. Will not do that again, because you just cut me too deeply.... The reminder every time I think of that cue now will be like opening an old wound...
I figure I'll go ahead and throw it out there since it's a bit obscure...
His name is Alex Alpert out of the Greater Boston area... He's on the newer end of cuebuilding, but I contacted him after seeing this cue that I'm certain many of you remember...