The cue is exactly 58" from ferule tip to butt cap. Ferule is 1" long ivory. Bumper to leather tip measures 58 1/2". The butt has a small lift at the joint when rolled not to bad. The shaft has a wobble but the tip does not leave the table when rolled. When the cue is assembled it rolls straight. The shaft has that same bit of wobble and the joint does lift a little bit but the tip never leaves the table. The butt weighs exactly 15 0z even. And the shaft weighs 4.1 oz. The Cortland line explains why the wrap finish has some of that textured feel. It isn't as smoothe as linen wrap. This cue shoots pretty awesome I might add but I don't plan to play with it much. I really appreciate you taking the time to give me all of this information. Is it possible to have someone confirm it? I heard Bob Frey worked with or for Tim Scruggs many years ago when Tim first started the company? I would love to have all the information on this cue. It's funny because lately Ive been looking for a Tim Scruggs cue and it's possible all along I've had one and didn't know it. Lol
The list of potential makers would be few...I always thought early Scruggs from his first couple years was a strong possibility. His cues were unmarked then. Look at the stacked, dashed rings at the joint...Scruggs made them like that...who else did them like that then? I was in elemetary scheool so IDK. Maybe some old timers will chime in. With the ivory ferrules you know it's not junk.
Copied from the Blue Book of Cues
"In 1978, Tim decided to start making cues of his own. He went to visit with another young cuemaker, and friend, for many years. After this visit, Tim returned to Baltimore to set up shop. Bob Fry, a friend of Tim´s since the sixth grade, offered to help Tim to start making cues. That same year, Tim Scruggs Custom Cues was founded in an old meat storage building on the outer edge of Baltimore.
Early Tim Scruggs cues were similar to the cues he was making at Joss, but they were unmarked. Soon his cues developed their own unique style, and began a series of ongoing improvements. By the early 1980s, an intertwined "TS" was being stamped on the Delrin butt caps. All of Tim´s cues had ivory ferrules until 1985, when he started experimenting with other materials, eventually settling on melamine, with ivory being an option until 1997, when it became standard again."
