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qbilder

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Here's one of the few cues I have been working on lately. Been at this one for quite a while, though simple in design. The materials & overall design changed at least a few times before cue was completed, but it was a fun cue & the gentleman who ordered it was very patient with my "less than lightening" speed :) It's shedua forearm with eight heartwood birdseye points, handle & scallop flies in the shedua butt sleeve. The rings are shedua/maple checked with shedua & maple & black accents. The buttcap is canvas phenolic chosen to match the color of the shedua, and the joint collar is fossil bone. One of the shafts is old growth from a giant old maple I cut in north Wisconsin several years ago. The cue is custom ordered, not for sale, and i'm not accepting orders, just sharing pics :)

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Awesome

I will take it Eric :wink:

Just kidding Buddy .... but it is stunning Mate.

Love your Artwork and even more the Playability of your Sugartrees


Berny
 
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qbilder said:
It's shedua forearm with eight heartwood birdseye points, handle & scallop flies in the shedua butt sleeve.
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Just a Question Eric .... is this the same wood that was used in this Cue ??

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Thanks.

Berny
 
Berny, your PJ cue is made of an odd, unique piece of East Indian rosewood for forearm/butt & bark inclusion birdseye maple handle. I have picked through literally thousands of pieces of rosewood from numerous suppliers, and never seen anything like that one, or since. I have a section lefty over that i'm shipping to Alton so he can make J/P's for you.

The shedua in the 8-pointer is not nearly as rare, but is very nice nonetheless. It's also called, "African walnut". I buy only the curly & mottle figured stuff, as it would otherwise be kinda ugly. It's another wood you gotta dig through piles of to get the good stuff.
 
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qbilder said:
Here's one of the few cues I have been working on lately. Been at this one for quite a while, though simple in design. The materials & overall design changed at least a few times before cue was completed, but it was a fun cue & the gentleman who ordered it was very patient with my "less than lightening" speed :) It's shedua forearm with eight heartwood birdseye points, handle & scallop flies in the shedua butt sleeve. The rings are shedua/maple checked with shedua & maple & black accents. The buttcap is canvas phenolic chosen to match the color of the shedua, and the joint collar is fossil bone. One of the shafts is old growth from a giant old maple I cut in north Wisconsin several years ago. The cue is custom ordered, not for sale, and i'm not accepting orders, just sharing pics :)

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Thats a badass cue.:thumbup:
 
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*yawn* Another Sugartree. Whoop whoop fizz fizz. :boring2:

*LOL*

Nice cue Eric. Real. Your 8 pointers are the real deal. Beautiful stuff.
 
Nice variation of the scallop cue ...

Is this cue for sale? How can I order one? :duck:
 
qbilder said:
Berny, your PJ cue is made of an odd, unique piece of East Indian rosewood for forearm/butt & bark inclusion birdseye maple handle. I have picked through literally thousands of pieces of rosewood from numerous suppliers, and never seen anything like that one, or since. I have a section lefty over that i'm shipping to Alton so he can make J/P's for you.

The shedua in the 8-pointer is not nearly as rare, but is very nice nonetheless. It's also called, "African walnut". I buy only the curly & mottle figured stuff, as it would otherwise be kinda ugly. It's another wood you gotta dig through piles of to get the good stuff.
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Thank you very very much for the Details about my Cue and your kind cooperation with Alton to build the Caps for this unique masterpiece.
I really appreciate that. :smile2:

Berny
 
Jazz said:
Nice variation of the scallop cue ...

Is this cue for sale? How can I order one? :duck:
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Gonna cost you some cold beer in Mexico & a couple fine senioritas :grin-square: I'll hang a hammok between cocobolo trees & forget about the world for a few days. Yup, for this low introductory price you can have any cue i'm capable of building :wink: Move now while supplies last!!!
 
cuemasterpieces said:

Thank you very very much for the Details about my Cue and your kind cooperation with Alton to build the Caps for this unique masterpiece.
I really appreciate that. :smile2:

Berny
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My pleasure :) I built that cue for me just before the BCA nationals last year. I don't let wood like that go out of my shop for just anybody. It was never intended to be sold. I seen the guys from tar had a suite where they were trying to promote action & were pretty much working for nothing, just the love of the game. So I gave them the cue so they could sell it, trade it, or whatever they needed to do in order to help their effort. I understand it was used to fund some new high end camera equipment, so I feel good about it. When I learned you had the cue, I was pleased. I have never met you but have heard only good, so i'm sure the cue is in a good home :)
 
Great-looking wand.
But, you know those yellowish shafts are no good.
Lemme buy 'em off you .
Or trade you some Japanese market white shafts. :)
 
JoeyInCali said:
Great-looking wand.
But, you know those yellowish shafts are no good.
Lemme buy 'em off you .
Or trade you some Japanese market white shafts. :)
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:grin-square: I'd trade 1000 whities for 100 brownies, any day of the week. As I say this I know in the back of my mind i'm currently processing some of the hardest, densest, strongest shafts I have ever had & they are naturally white, only faint yellow & no brown. The things cut like delrin, peeling away rather than dusting or chipping, leaving glass smooth surface. Heavy, too. My typical shafts average 4 oz. & these things are much more dense. Funniest thing is they were cut in southern Indiana close to the river, not Michigan or Canada. Traditional kiln dried but white & super stable. Blows away anything I have ever gotten from UP Michigan.
 
qbilder said:
My pleasure :) I built that cue for me just before the BCA nationals last year. I don't let wood like that go out of my shop for just anybody. It was never intended to be sold. I seen the guys from tar had a suite where they were trying to promote action & were pretty much working for nothing, just the love of the game. So I gave them the cue so they could sell it, trade it, or whatever they needed to do in order to help their effort. I understand it was used to fund some new high end camera equipment, so I feel good about it. When I learned you had the cue, I was pleased. I have never met you but have heard only good, so i'm sure the cue is in a good home :)
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It has a good home and will be the Crown of my Sugartree-Collection.
I understand that this one is a very special Cue and it sure was a great gift to TAR.

But i think the real Secret about your Cues isn't just that outstanding Selection of woods and your Knowlege about them.

It is the Heart you put inside your Work, the Soul that flows into each piece.

They where not build to made Profit.
They where build with passion and enthusiasm, precision and love for each little detail work.

I can feel this anytime i hold your Cues and look at them, even more when i play with them because they play brilliant.

You are creating Art, with the natural grown beautyness of Woods.

So you are not an Bussinessman .... you are an Artist, because thats what you create.

Thats what Poeople have to understand and to respect if they want your "Artwork".

Thanks again.

Berny
 
cuemasterpieces said:
It has a good home and will be the Crown of my Sugartree-Collection.
I understand that this one is a very special Cue and it sure was a great gift to TAR.

But i think the real Secret about your Cues isn't just that outstanding Selection of woods and your Knowlege about them.

It is the Heart you put inside your Work, the Soul that flows into each piece.

They where not build to made Profit.
They where build with passion and enthusiasm, precision and love for each little detail work.

I can feel this anytime i hold your Cues and look at them, even more when i play with them because they play brilliant.

You are creating Art, with the natural grown beautyness of Woods.

So you are not an Bussinessman .... you are an Artist, because thats what you create.

Thats what Poeople have to understand and to respect if they want your "Artwork".

Thanks again.

Berny
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Very well said Bro. :thumbup:

What a beauty of a cue Eric.
 
qbilder said:
Gonna cost you some cold beer in Mexico & a couple fine senioritas :grin-square: I'll hang a hammok between cocobolo trees & forget about the world for a few days. Yup, for this low introductory price you can have any cue i'm capable of building :wink: Move now while supplies last!!!
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Is that all? !!!! SOLD !!!!
 
qbilder said:
I'm easy, and cheap.....just like Mexico:grin:
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easy and cheap are qualities I seek in a woman and a cue maker :duck: :duck:

Jazz <--- explaining why he is single and cue less (some say clueless)
 
Screw Obama And Mccain,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,''eric Crisp '' For President !!

Than Man Most Definetly Gets My Vote !!!.............alan........
 
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