I spent some time today hitting with this cue again- Really wanted to be able to rate Scott Gracio based on many other higher end cues that I had personally experienced- include here Andy Gilbert, Richard Black, Southwest, Mottey, Skip Weston, Mike Capone - All very, very nice cues that i have owned at one time- Gracio is rght up there in playability folks - being as objective as I can- his cue is now my first choice as a player, but this cue that i won is more for collecting - just too nice in design to bring into a gambling or tournament game room - will be cased for most of it's life- Now considering buying a Gracio player if i can find one that i like. Just want to post this for info purposes only. This cue has a solid ivory joint, ivory ferrules and a layed tip that looks to be an original Moori medium.