Varney Cues said:
Just replaced a tip on one of our members McDermott shaft. They long ago used a lot of uncapped fibre ferrules like on older house cues. This material is no longer available. For the past many years they were using an uncapped & threaded linen base ferrule...much like Ivorine 3. This was all fine. But now...I see they are currently using a cheap plastic capped ferrule similar to Meucci.
Anyone else notice this?
Partner, I sell and also re-tip a lot of McDermott Cues from my Pro-shop. I have seen exactly the same thing a couple of times.
However, the use of this material is not done on a regular basis. I originally thought that maybe they were only using it their lower end cues, however, I have also seem them on $1395 - $2000 McDermott cues.
I contacted my sales representative and he told me that this material was new, and was not being reordered because of the problems with it.
Lately, during the last 3 months I have not seen this problem on the new cues that I am receiving. I re-tip (Le Pro, Water Buffalo, or elkmast) new cues as a service to my customers for free when they purchase a new cue, because a lot of people do not like the Triangle tip that comes with the cue.
If you see anymore of them on new cues, please PM me because I also hope that they stop using them.
Manwon