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First... the smart ones Second.. Market is always changing Younger players are being brainwashed, much in the same way we were in the 70's and 80's. Once you get in their heads that this joint is better, this shaft is better, this tip is better, this chalk is better etc... It all becomes excuses...

Only to the buyer. All the theories on cue hitting, piloted steel being "dead". This is all just opinions. If the buyer likes 3/8 flat faced, for whatever his/her belief, then they will probably not like a steel jointed cue, so to them, it is a detriment and vice versa. Everything someone says...

Overnight, 4x4 Square, 4" OD PVC sleeve or Cardboard tube work fine, and fits a 4x4 box. I have never had an issue with UPS Overnight. Any of the overnight carriers except, USPS should suffice. Depending on the cue, watch the weather. 2 day shipments or longer, only ship on Mon/Tues, maybe Wed...

Well as someone else said in this thread, it is not rocket science. I do recommend getting the best possible cuesmith on board for the work. Hopefully there are guys that will admit to mic'ing the SW taper, and being able to replicate the taper on their machine. You can argue the type of finish...

The online version is now eBay.. 🤣 JV

Gotcha... might not be the fanciest but it is super-duper rare. As far as no joint rings, no Delrin, this is about as sneaky as you are going to see. JV

Same cue as in the Abbott photos. JV

Ponzi scheme to payback debts... Bernie Maidoff the cuemaker JV

Well if you want a new Scruggs you will have to resurrect Timmy like you resurrected this thread. JV

Ebony full splices were heavy, as were Brazilian rosewood. The train of thought is that the splice appearing under the handle was to allow a maple sleeve to lighten the cue and extend it for rings etc... This makes sense, IMHO. Spain covers some of this in his booklet along with A-joints and the...

Thanks for the replies... this is a Balabushka, with a Spain blank, incase I didn't make that clear. The original point of my post was it pays to PAY people with the knowledge to appraise and look at cues. JV

All true.. to be honest we didn't need the x-ray to verify the maker. The back-end assembly did that in as long as it took to get the bumper off. We were 99% before we removed the bumper just based on general experience. We did the x-rays before the restoration to see if it had an A-joint, and...

Couple of things... This is why you pay people to ID cues AND write LOA's. This is a full splice Spain Brazilian rosewood cue. There is no joint under the wrap, it is a true Spain splice. The colors are the only ones we have seen with black, orange, purple and natural. It was purchased at the...

All of them... just ask anybody. JV

There is never a time when the buyer OR the seller is unprotected. Use G/S payments, great for the buyer. Use F/F great for the seller. There are as many bad buyers as there are bad sellers. I have had people hold cues hostage to "renegotiate" when everything was presented up front. Nothing...

My Gus and Toby Sweets Gus... Adversarial a few times in the 80's... He came down from Spring valley a few times to play my uncle. JV

I can say this, Miz and Martin had the fanciest ones I had seen as a kid. Other than this one, the one I saw sell had the simple veneers over the butt cap. My uncles second cue was a rosewood four pointer. His fanciest was the one he sent to AZ, if had mitered windows and some wood trim rings...

Gus Szamboti.. first cuemaker I ever met in person. Of course being 13-14 years old, I hadn't a clue. I just knew he was considered the best. Almost everyone I met while traveling with my uncle had one. Of course when the rooms you go to are frequented by Hopkins, Mizerak, Martin, etc.. you are...

Double black, mahogany, natural is so Gus.. with the maple / ebony stitch as well. JV

Any custom cuemaker could make a wood shaft anyway you asked. Now you are dealing with a CF shaft. Looking at the Viking website it appears that the shaft in question, goes conical after the 18" "Pro-Taper". You need to ask yourself do you think 18" is better than 12-14". IMHO if you are paying...