John Davis blanks

Jbyrd

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Does anyone know if John Davis signed his blanks? I have a chance to buy a cue is a full splice signed J. Davis 11-10 under the bumper. Nothing else on the cue as to who may have finished it. It’s a sneaky with 3 veneers. Any ideas on worth? Thanks for any info.
 
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Princecues

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John did make some complete cues. A picture of the signature would help, but he usually signed them by hand under the bumper. If it was a black buttcap he usually signed them in white and vice versa. So that sounds about right.
 

jasonlaus

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Does anyone know if John Davis signed his blanks? I have a chance to buy a cue is a full splice signed J. Davis 11-10 under the bumper. Nothing else on the cue as to who may have finished it. It’s a sneaky with 3 veneers. Any ideas on worth? Thanks for any info.

It's probably a cue/cuemaker that would make no sense to do a knockoff
 

Steppo

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Does it look something like these.
 

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PRED

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If it is signed under the bumper then he made the cue.

I am looking for a JD blank, PM me if you have one f/s
 

alstl

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Free advice - buy it.

Why can't I stumble upon something like this?
 

Black-Balled

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As I recall, there was a standard established by Davis, as to whom he allowed to finish his blanks into cues.

I'd think one can be reasonably confident that if you hold a finished Davis blank cue, the work was done by a competent individual. And then you do have sight and touch, as further confirmation of item's quality.
 

tenfttall

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As I recall, there was a standard established by Davis, as to whom he allowed to finish his blanks into cues.



I'd think one can be reasonably confident that if you hold a finished Davis blank cue, the work was done by a competent individual. And then you do have sight and touch, as further confirmation of item's quality.



Mine is coming from Rick Howard very soon!



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jasonlaus

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As I recall, there was a standard established by Davis, as to whom he allowed to finish his blanks into cues.

I'd think one can be reasonably confident that if you hold a finished Davis blank cue, the work was done by a competent individual. And then you do have sight and touch, as further confirmation of item's quality.

His blanks are being sold to whoever will buy them.
 

garczar

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His blanks are being sold to whoever will buy them.
"Were" is more the operative word. Not many left. Martin is staring to sell out on some popular combos. Andrew Rounceville is gonna be the guy in the future for killer blanks.
 

Type79

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As I recall, there was a standard established by Davis, as to whom he allowed to finish his blanks into cues.

I'd think one can be reasonably confident that if you hold a finished Davis blank cue, the work was done by a competent individual. And then you do have sight and touch, as further confirmation of item's quality.

Hardly.

Ex. Dave Sutton built a cue from a John Davis blank.
 

Black-Balled

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His blanks are being sold to whoever will buy them.

Believable...bit I am sure I read something at some point that made me recall that.

Perhaps it was early marketing, or based on once sparse supply.

I dunno. Liked the blanks, not enough to buy one though...
 

alstl

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Cues make from his blanks are great cues but in terms of rarity his full cues will be more valuable I would think.

The other two who make blanks for Balabushka were Gus and Burton. Look what their cues bring.
 

jasonlaus

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"Were" is more the operative word. Not many left. Martin is staring to sell out on some popular combos. Andrew Rounceville is gonna be the guy in the future for killer blanks.

Rounceville has been the guy for a while.
 

jasonlaus

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Believable...bit I am sure I read something at some point that made me recall that.

Perhaps it was early marketing, or based on once sparse supply.

I dunno. Liked the blanks, not enough to buy one though...

Much better choices out there.

It's more the name than the quality - when compared to some newer guys
 

gehawe

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John made good blanks and also finished cues.

Although the playability of the blanks are really good (IMHO), some blanks are better and some are not so symetrical.

The finish of my John Davis cue is below the standard of other good cue makers. I have a rare double full splice cue (mde from a Davis blank), finisherd by PFD - and that's what I call a good finish.
But I have a selected and really good Davis blank left. I will get it finished in a few years.
John was a very nice guy, I liked him a lot.

Gerhard
 

cuesblues

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I just got the cue from Eddie Cohen.
Long splice ebony John Davis blank
The blank was perfect

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