What does a cuemaker do when using another cue as a blank? Is there always an asterisk next to the new cue. For example, will it always be “SugarTree using a Schmelke blank” or can it just be called a SugarTree?
Blanks?? nothing but trouble.
No.Care to elaborate?
What does a cuemaker do when using another cue as a blank? Is there always an asterisk next to the new cue. For example, will it always be “SugarTree using a Schmelke blank” or can it just be called a SugarTree?
No.
(Alright, I misspoke)
What I should have commented, if you're going to build a blank, then go
the extra mile and get a good blank , a very good one.
Arounceville, az member arounceville makes a super cue blank.
Possibly the best I've ever seen (i could be wrong).
Thanks Eric...wasn’t trying to offend. I just don’t know anything about blanks so I came to this forum to learn; I love the one Izzy Molina asked about. As always, your work is top notch. I may buy it as my 3rd SugarTree.Redgardless if I use my own blank or somebody elses, I have to make the cue. When it comes out of my shop it's a Sugartree. I know of maybe a ten full splice makers on the planet, and only three of them sell blanks to other makers. Three. That leaves at most seven makers who's sneaky you see are made using their own blank. Every other maker in the world gets their blanks from one of the three who sell blanks. Of those seven, most are obscure, relatively unknowns. A couple are legendary veneer full splice traditional cue guys. Point being, there just aren't many sneakies in existence made entirely in one shop. So when you see a sneaky for sale how often do you see it listed as the maker's sneaky made with so & so's blank?
When you see a sneaky by Olney, Szamboti, Searing, Diveny, Omen, Scruggs, Nitti, Wayne, Schick, etc., etc., etc., are they listed with an asterisk denoting the blank maker? Of course not. So why should my cues be held to a different standard?
I'll say it again. If it comes out of my shop, it's a Sugartree.
Thanks Eric...wasn’t trying to offend. I just don’t know anything about blanks so I came to this forum to learn; I love the one Izzy Molina asked about. As always, your work is top notch. I may buy it as my 3rd SugarTree.
What does a cuemaker do when using another cue as a blank? Is there always an asterisk next to the new cue. For example, will it always be “SugarTree using a Schmelke blank” or can it just be called a SugarTree?
George Balabushka, who might be the most famous cue maker of all time, did not make his own blanks .
George Balabushka, who might be the most famous cue maker of all time, did not make his own blanks .
Working a blank you did not make can sometimes be more demanding than one you made yourself. Following behind someone else is not as easy as the uneducated think it is.
I have noticed that giving credit to the original maker of the blank has a lot to do with adding or subtracting value based on precieved notions of quality. If a maker uses a Schmelke or a Prathers blank he is way less likely to give credit than if he was to use an arounceville blank. IMO it should make no difference who made the blank if the end product is up to standard. Having said that if you start with a very elaborate blank where a huge part of the look of the cue is in the blank then it is almost a crime not to give credit to the original maker of the blank.
I have heard the same about repairs, rebuilds, and restorations. Can be more difficult than primary construction for similar reasons, plus the cue is already at finished size etc.
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