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Wow, the way things are going, this thread is probably on the chopping block, ready to be locked at any moment...:shrug: Flex

While it's true anybody can go and delete their posts, I just thought it unusual the original poster would delete his original post, and all his subsequent posts in this thread, and checking another thread or two appears to have done the same thing there. BTW, I wish Mr. Wadsworth well. He sure...

A quick nickel is better than a slow dollar! Mr. Wadsworth, the gentlemen who do such a great job making cues and retapering shafts and changing balance points and listening to people like those mentioned in the above, very interesting posts, are charging what the market will bear, from what I...

When I came online a few minutes ago to check up on things on AZ, and came to this thread, what did I find but Mr. Wadsworth's posts in this thread to all be deleted, with each one replaced by "Removed from forum". We all can read what he posted, for more than one post in the thread quotes his...

If you take a look at their website, you can get an idea of what their operation is like. Scott Lee wrote about a tour he took of their facilities. Here's what he wrote in this thread: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=54702&highlight=schmelke All their wood is kiln dried and...

Ok, now I get it. You're going to mass market a cue made by you called Silver Straw or Silver Wheat or something like that, and have us believe it's a custom cue? Will you offer any special combinations of woods in the butt and forearms or will they be a stock item, look alikes but numbered. If...

Yes, that's the one.

Yes, 4 weeks, maybe even a little bit less. If you should decide to order a cue from them, you can't go wrong by calling them to discuss it. While you can order the cue with several customizable features online, if you want something really special, such as an unusual combination of butt stock...

No, it's not a Predator shaft. Schmelke Cues made it specially for me. While it has a 1/2 inch ferrule, the shaft is solid, and not drilled out under the tip, as Predator shafts are. Flex

Check this out too: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=white+diamond+tip&category0= Flex

One of the things I have noticed in this sub-forum is that some cue makers seem to have an excess of testosterone and like to really get ballsy. When that happens, guess what? Every man has that hormone too, and when someone is challenged with a gruff response, insults, belittling comments, and...

The Predator 314 is 12.75 with a pro taper; the Z shaft is 11.75 mm and has a conical taper.

It feels great. Not whippy at all, at least not to me. The best way I can describe the feel of the cue when striking the cue ball with force is that of solidity, intense and pleasurable vibrations coming up the shaft and into the butt and into my hand. Someone once said it felt like they were...

That's way too light for the cue to be able to perform force follows and some other shots well, as least from my experience. Good luck to the owner. Of course if they never need to really put some oomph into a shot, it may work out for them. As for me, I like the added oomph a heavier than 12...

Not at all. Just trying to find out what kind of money a good cue maker should expect to make.

You've gotten me thinking, and I decided to figure out what my recent acquisition costs me over the time period you've specified. I ordered a fully custom cue from Schmelke about 6 weeks ago, and it came in about 2 weeks ago. I specified gaboon ebony in the butt, a full splice into a straight...

It's an even better value if you can get just what you want not for $1000, but say, $200 or $250. Obviously, it all depends on what features the cue will have. All those fancy inlays and rings and ivory ferrules and joints and butt caps and such aren't free. Mr. Wadsworth, it seems to me that...

Was the weight of the cue in the normal range?

Just voted, Joey. 11 mm here. Flex

When I had Ed Young in Chicago make a shaft for me, he had me try out four or five different tapers of shaft. I gave him the guidelines and he went at it. Beautiful shaft. After a certain time, I decided I wanted a different taper on the shaft. He took the original shaft and retapered it, at my...