I'm not questioning the quality, but at that price, I'm sure a lot of us are curious as to whether these butts and shafts are really custom made in his own shop, or do you think he gets them made for him overseas?I think I paid $139 for the one I got, and I think that my have been with free shipping.
I bought it just for the hell of it to see what kind of cue they actually were to be selling so cheap.
I loved the look of the butt of the cue I had. It wasn't cheap or flashy looking. It had some simple black inlays and the wood was a really nice dark brown with black grain and it had a black wrap with brown specks.
The cue was well balanced and the weight was good. I ordered it at 19 ounces and Dale through a couple extra weight bolts in for free that would bring it up to 19.5 or 20 ounces.
I got the standard shaft with the long pro taper and the wood seemed to be kind of grainy and wouldn't slick up real good no matter how fine a sandpaper I used. It had quite a bit of deflection, too. I think the cue would have played much better if the shaft would have been better quality.
For the price, the cue wasn't a bad deal at all and probably better than a lot of deals. I know a couple guys who use Dale Perry butts and REVO shafts.
If I had some radial shafts with plain black collars that would fit those cues, I wouldn't mind ordering another one just to get the butt. The only radial shafts I have are the Murray Tucker shafts that go with my custom Sneaky Pete and those rings would look funky with a non-matching Dale Perry butt.
I sold the Dale Perry to a guy in Hawaiian Brian's for exactly what I paid for it. I probably could have gotten a bit more, but all I wanted was my money back after a chance to experiment with the cue.