10 x Merry Widow blanks for sales!!

Cuemaster98

Cuemaster98

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Hi Guys,

I have a few batches of these older merry blanks for sales...all of them are oversize and have been air dried for nearly a decade now. The are high quality blank that were made by Falcon in the early 90's for a company.

I have a mix of 5 with phenolic butt sleeve and 5 with maple butt sleeve. I used to have over 500 of these blanks and they are nearly are sold out with the few that I've kept for doing conversion. I have about 30 to 40 of these left in my inventory. These butt are .980" plus at the front and 1.29" plus at end of the butt sleeve. $600.00 shipped for 10 of these blanks.
Actual pics of blanks are shown...I took pics of 2 set available.

Set I:
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http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/3/9/5/3/2/webimg/408551052_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/3/9/5/3/2/webimg/408551032_o.jpg

Set II:
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http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/3/9/5/3/2/webimg/408550971_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/3/9/5/3/2/webimg/408551017_o.jpg


Any questions, please PM me.
 
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Well I am confused ... the photos you have posted show butts that seem to be made like most pool cues are made.
Forearm joined at the "A" joint to a handle with a butt sleeve and rings.

Are Merry Widow butts really made that way?
 
WilleeCue said:
Well I am confused ... the photos you have posted show butts that seem to be made like most pool cues are made.
Forearm joined at the "A" joint to a handle with a butt sleeve and rings.

Are Merry Widow butts really made that way?
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Meaning, you believe Merry Widows are one-piece butts.:grin:
^Those are plane jane butts to me too.
 
duc is first rate all the blanks i got for him where great actually all of our dealings have been great good luck with the sale
 
I don't know, Merry Widow to me is an any plain jane cue with a solid forearm with no inlay and solid butt sleeve with no inlay. Generally on merry widow you have ring work at ABCDE position. These blanks are really solid and used for high quality production cue....perfect for CNC inlay works (I sold hundreds of the blanks over the years). I will have photo of actual blank hopefully tonight...exact same blanks just not the one pictured.

Regards,
Duc.


JoeyInCali said:
Meaning, you believe Merry Widows are one-piece butts.:grin:
^Those are plane jane butts to me too.
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Cuemaster98 said:
I don't know, Merry Widow to me is an any plain jane cue with a solid forearm with no inlay and solid butt sleeve with no inlay. Generally on merry widow you have ring work at ABCDE position. These blanks are really solid and used for high quality production cue....perfect for CNC inlay works (I sold hundreds of the blanks over the years). I will have photo of actual blank hopefully tonight...exact same blanks just not the one pictured.

Regards,
Duc.
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The butts look good Duc, ready for tapering down and inlaying.
I would have bought one or two but I have so many other projects waiting for my time.

Built two of the three green veneered full splice butts I bought from you a while back ... they sold fast! Saving the last one for a special project.

I always thought a Merry Widow was a one piece butt with the wood running from joint pin to the bumper.
Could have joint and butt rings and even a wrap but still just one solid piece of wood.
 
WilleeCue said:
I always thought a Merry Widow was a one piece butt with the wood running from joint pin to the bumper.
Could have joint and butt rings and even a wrap but still just one solid piece of wood.
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Way back when it was a one piece butt, but like many things in the billiard cue world, the term has evolved. Now the terms "Merry Widow" and "Plain Jane" are interchangeable probably because no one in their right mind makes a one piece butt anymore.
 
Well actually, there are a few companies still doing the 1pc handle because as you well know, it costs more money to cut wood apart and then glue it back together again.
 
cuesmith said:
Way back when it was a one piece butt, but like many things in the billiard cue world, the term has evolved. Now the terms "Merry Widow" and "Plain Jane" are interchangeable probably because no one in their right mind makes a one piece butt anymore.
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Thanks Sherm ... I thought I was losing it ... you just confirmed it. <grin>
 
cuesmith said:
Way back when it was a one piece butt, but like many things in the billiard cue world, the term has evolved. Now the terms "Merry Widow" and "Plain Jane" are interchangeable probably because no one in their right mind makes a one piece butt anymore.
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Bill Hagan sure did make some sporty ones. :)
 
JoeyInCali said:
Bill Hagan sure did make some sporty ones. :)
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Actually most of the cues Bill Hagan made weren't exactly one piece butts either. He used to cut the wood lengthwise, run the pieces through a jointer and sometimes reverse the direction and glue them back up. It's a pretty old woodworking technique that he felt would help keep them from warping, but frankly it didn't help much. Not to knock his work, but I have seen a lot of them with warped butts. It's often hard to see the glue joints, he usually partially hid them under points and with the darker woods it was also difficult to see. Bill was originally from Ohio and we ran into each other once in a while and I worked on a bunch of his cues over the years. Bill was a tool and die maker with GM and he built his own pantograph that he used for all of his inlay work. He did some very nice work with it!
 
Hi Guys,

Actual pics are now updated. I have 2 sets available via the pics in the first post.

Regards,
Duc.
 
cuesmith said:
Actually most of the cues Bill Hagan made weren't exactly one piece butts either. He used to cut the wood lengthwise, run the pieces through a jointer and sometimes reverse the direction and glue them back up. It's a pretty old woodworking technique that he felt would help keep them from warping, but frankly it didn't help much. Not to knock his work, but I have seen a lot of them with warped butts. It's often hard to see the glue joints, he usually partially hid them under points and with the darker woods it was also difficult to see. Bill was originally from Ohio and we ran into each other once in a while and I worked on a bunch of his cues over the years. Bill was a tool and die maker with GM and he built his own pantograph that he used for all of his inlay work. He did some very nice work with it!
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First and foremost BUMP for a great guy and some beautiful blanks!

Secondly, thank you for the history on Hagan's cues. I couldn't figure out for the life of me why anyone would make a cue so dark that you can barely see the craftsmanship put into it. Thanks Sherm.
 
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