The good friend of mine has got his new DBK cue, so we met together to test it. It's the top cue on the picture. Plays very nice.
Also my cue (second from top), his old cue (third from bottom) and the amazing number 100 annivesary cue.
They are all hard hitters, especially with hornbeam shaft (all cues on the pic have it). The older they are, the harder they are: new taper isn't so hard, because Dmitry goes LD, too.
Good feedback and action.
I have one and got one that's more billiard taper (extremely stiff hitting) and one hornbeam one that is more pool taper. Both play good and the butt gives very good resonance/feedback.
I play with wrapless cue so the oil finish is fine with me and the cue stayed straight (so far) in very humid condition in Singapore.
I actually like the style on the top cue ... very understated beauty.