WTB Road Worn, Battered, Nicked Sneaky Pete
I could buy a new SP and "distress" it but I thought someone may have one in a closet or corner.
The more it looks like a beat-up, one piece house cue the better but......
I want it to be a good player.
Please, no nicks on the stroke zone of the shaft.
A True Sneaky Pete.
Real splice, not painted.
Weight Bolt
Bumper
No butt cap.
No rings.
No fancy points.
No name showing. Could be placed on the joint faces.
Players, J&J, McD S1, Fury, ?
Thank You
Classic "house cue" type sneaky characteristics.
1. No joint collars of any kind. Must be wood to wood. No wood tone or wood color phenolic rings either.
2. The wood to wood should be machined/turned well, to be as seamless as possible.
3. Shaft wood matching the butt as close as possible is another big plus.
4. No butt caps. House cues do not have butt caps. They are wood all the way to the bumper. A sneaky is trying to mimic a house cue. This is always forgotten.
5. No exotic woods. It can be plain as a house cue, but bocote or cocobolo will ruin the effect.
6. True house cues style points. That means no veneers, no extra-long points, only 4 points - not 5 or 6. Using the house cue type splice.
7. No inlays of any kind anywhere.
8. No long ferrules, or unusually short ferrules (like OB classic or i2). House cues don't have Meucci length ferrules.
9. No wraps of any kind.
10. No fancy or unusual bumpers. There's some leeway here, could use a Schon style bumper and be fine. Maybe a Meucci style one too which is used on some Player's cues. However, the big and large ones house cues typically have is best to maximize the effect.
11. Extreme length pro-tapers, or very low diameter shafts with very long tapers is visibly different and obvious is not recommended. Can still go with a long pro taper, just avoid the pencil shaft profiles.
12. Avoid super high luster finishes (like that of high end custom cues). They are not a good thing, in fact ...too clean of a cue is a give away also. If you are like myself, and keep a cue immaculate and clean, it will always look different and odd. Some dings and dents in the butt, a more matte finish, and some blue on the shaft is a good thing. High quality finishes really stand out, which is why cuemakers put a lot of effort into them. That's not what you want.
13. A nice touch, is the addition of a stamping on the butt's forearm indicating the cue's weight just like house cues have.
However, the days of house cue sneaky petes being sneaky are pretty much over. The house cue sneaky isn't totally obsolete yet. Still does fool some people.
I could buy a new SP and "distress" it but I thought someone may have one in a closet or corner.
The more it looks like a beat-up, one piece house cue the better but......
I want it to be a good player.
Please, no nicks on the stroke zone of the shaft.
A True Sneaky Pete.
Real splice, not painted.
Weight Bolt
Bumper
No butt cap.
No rings.
No fancy points.
No name showing. Could be placed on the joint faces.
Players, J&J, McD S1, Fury, ?
Thank You
Classic "house cue" type sneaky characteristics.
1. No joint collars of any kind. Must be wood to wood. No wood tone or wood color phenolic rings either.
2. The wood to wood should be machined/turned well, to be as seamless as possible.
3. Shaft wood matching the butt as close as possible is another big plus.
4. No butt caps. House cues do not have butt caps. They are wood all the way to the bumper. A sneaky is trying to mimic a house cue. This is always forgotten.
5. No exotic woods. It can be plain as a house cue, but bocote or cocobolo will ruin the effect.
6. True house cues style points. That means no veneers, no extra-long points, only 4 points - not 5 or 6. Using the house cue type splice.
7. No inlays of any kind anywhere.
8. No long ferrules, or unusually short ferrules (like OB classic or i2). House cues don't have Meucci length ferrules.
9. No wraps of any kind.
10. No fancy or unusual bumpers. There's some leeway here, could use a Schon style bumper and be fine. Maybe a Meucci style one too which is used on some Player's cues. However, the big and large ones house cues typically have is best to maximize the effect.
11. Extreme length pro-tapers, or very low diameter shafts with very long tapers is visibly different and obvious is not recommended. Can still go with a long pro taper, just avoid the pencil shaft profiles.
12. Avoid super high luster finishes (like that of high end custom cues). They are not a good thing, in fact ...too clean of a cue is a give away also. If you are like myself, and keep a cue immaculate and clean, it will always look different and odd. Some dings and dents in the butt, a more matte finish, and some blue on the shaft is a good thing. High quality finishes really stand out, which is why cuemakers put a lot of effort into them. That's not what you want.
13. A nice touch, is the addition of a stamping on the butt's forearm indicating the cue's weight just like house cues have.
However, the days of house cue sneaky petes being sneaky are pretty much over. The house cue sneaky isn't totally obsolete yet. Still does fool some people.
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