So i was at Zen's shop yesterday and he told me he bought a new toy for signing his higher end cues (strictly so..). First thing that came up my mind was he's doing some fancy inlay of his name so i was thinking some fancy high tech CNC that he's got.
Then i told him i happen to have a fancy Zen with me..wasn't sure if it was fancy enough to be signed by him though :roll eyes:
Anyway i told him that i'll add the signature when my cue was due for a refinishing then he said why wait and that he could do it in less than a minute...that was when i thought he must've been pulling my leg and that so called new toy was surely a Sharpie or some permanent marker...
Decided to let him have his fun and that's when he went tattoo artist one me..
A little gold dust later, lo and behold, I've got a perfectly hand signed cue by Zen.
Not sure if it's balls or talent(i'd say it's a little bit of both..) but he was technically carving/drilling into the finishing and he can't do it too deep as to go into the wood but deep enough to create a nice indentation for the gold filler...i thought he would at least sign over in pen first then use that tool so that he could erase and restart if it didn't look good but he went straight at it.
Anyway i think it looks real cool. Definitely one of the coolest signature i've seen around.
Then i told him i happen to have a fancy Zen with me..wasn't sure if it was fancy enough to be signed by him though :roll eyes:
Anyway i told him that i'll add the signature when my cue was due for a refinishing then he said why wait and that he could do it in less than a minute...that was when i thought he must've been pulling my leg and that so called new toy was surely a Sharpie or some permanent marker...
Decided to let him have his fun and that's when he went tattoo artist one me..
A little gold dust later, lo and behold, I've got a perfectly hand signed cue by Zen.
Not sure if it's balls or talent(i'd say it's a little bit of both..) but he was technically carving/drilling into the finishing and he can't do it too deep as to go into the wood but deep enough to create a nice indentation for the gold filler...i thought he would at least sign over in pen first then use that tool so that he could erase and restart if it didn't look good but he went straight at it.
Anyway i think it looks real cool. Definitely one of the coolest signature i've seen around.