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I have thought it was a possible safeguard for the butt cap. We know if you drop the cue on the bumper, sometimes the momentary expansion of the bumper can split the butt cap. But I never felt strongly about that idea. He could have used it for temporary fitting, to hold the bumper in with...

Even if so, why bother with the tape? The bumper is screwed on and the gap is negligible, of no functional concern.

I wouldn't expect it to significantly adversely effect value. Depends on the buyer. Surely they will use it to try to knock the price down. But what's $50 off a $10 or $20k cue? The provenance will be a lot more important, overall condition, and things like original shafts. He didn't make...

LOL! I was about to ask how you could tell the difference between age and whatever you said he did. I was skeptical. Internet myth? It's too late. Someone will read your post, without reading the follow up, and quote it on Reddit. Someday a historian will find it and it will become an...

Wow. I know about the tape on the originals. He hardened them? I learn something new every day. They get stiffer with age anyway. If you're not careful they get rock hard and need softened again

Pretty much. And that's what it's down to with things like these bumpers and original Cortland. People that have them don't want to waste them. Don't be surprised if a cue maker has Cortland and won't install it or sell it to you unless you have the "right" cue for it. Heck, there are a...

I don't think it's high. We pegged them at $50 in 2018, so it's easy to figure they are worth more now.

:eek: OMG...that made me a little sad. The brown KU bumper on my Joss is a bit worn and banged up, but I have an NOS replacement for it if I ever get the cue refinished. I remember I talked to Dan Janes around 1991. I was ordering a cue. I also ordered some other stuff. When I asked...

I had several people ask me what I thought they are worth. I haven't looked at the current market but I will say here exactly what I told several others privately. In April 2018 I included 12 bumpers, without the box, in a trade deal with some other stuff like Fellini keys and a tooled Sam...

Exactly.

I have more than these, this is a sample pic. I also have two complete repair kits of different eras that I hesitate to break up or sell. I am not selling in general, but if approached with the right cue that needs a bumper I might. And, I have had stuff like this packed away for...

Yup. 👍

Beautiful but looking for no veneers.

Bump! Let's see some burl!

Beautiful. I dig the cue. But the inlays are too much as far as what I am going for. That cue with zero inlays would nail what I am looking for. Thanks so much for showing it to me.

Yup.

Yes indeed. But these aren't so old. It looks to me like they have 2 or 3 dimension sets they work from for these. Of course there would still be variation. These cues span from the early 90s up to about 10 years ago by the way. So what I am saying is that in their production they probably...

There are NOS originals around. I have some. I traded a full box and a tooled Engles case a few years back for a nice original first catalog Palmer. Colored bumpers for early McDermott cues are a lot harder to find. I have spools of #9 too. No, not for sale. Materials are still around...

Wow. I remember something like that but I didn't think it was Fellini.

Nice Bender! I prefer BEM, but that's a beauty.