Any ideas on what to do with a straight full splice one piece cue?

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Hi Guys,

Any ideas on what to do with a dead straight full splice one piece cue?

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I already installed an old Micarta Ferrule and Old Champion tip on this cue. The cue roll dead straight. Currently it's about 17oz and the butt is about 1.36". Looking to take the butt down to normal 1.25" size and add a brown phenolic butt cap to it but not sure if this is the way to go.

Also, was thinking of having Mike Miller add some inlays to this cue.

Additional option is to make into a hoppe style bumperless cue.

Going to drill and tap for weight bolt so that I can adjust weigh to about 18.75 to 19oz.

Super Rare to find these still in one piece with very even points and even rarer to find them dead straight!!

Any idea to enhance this cue will be appreciated.

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BR,
Duc.
 
If it's straight, refinish it and play with it as a one piece.

You already sound like you know what you want to do with it, but that's just my two cents.
 
I am assuming you are wanting to take it with you places and put it in your case right? The only thing to do is to cut it, collar it, drill and tap it, put a pin in it and recut the butt to your specs. Not much else to do.
 
Lol..cutting it will probably the last thing I'll do with this cue and I would only consider it if the cue warp on me. I will be getting a 1 piece cue case for this one.

Just trying to get some ideas on have to beautify the the butt sleeve on this cue.
Original wanted to put a full 1 inch ivory butt cap but figure that will have some issue with shipping possibly in the future.

If possible, I'll have some traditional Diamonds and Dots inlay on this cue. Just want to see if there something new that can be done in the butt sleeve for this amazing one piece full splice.

Duc.


eddie0776 said:
I am assuming you are wanting to take it with you places and put it in your case right? The only thing to do is to cut it, collar it, drill and tap it, put a pin in it and recut the butt to your specs. Not much else to do.
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If I really wanted to keep it as one piece, I would probably add a butt sleeve to it to give it a little more length, and then turn it down to more modern specs. I probably wouldn't add any inlays, but I like things simple.
 
i bought a titlist to convert

bought it sight unseen, when i got it, it was dead straight, i installed a new tip, a quick clean-up and repolish and put it in my pool room. i shoot with it on occasion, and my guest's really like the way it plays.
 
I personally would prefer to leave the old cues as is and appreciate them for what they are. I might be in the minority but I feel most Titleist conversions are fugly, and to do it right is not an easy task. Remove that 100yr old patina & you have an ugly piece of wood with crudely cut splice & dull color veneers. Leaving it as is allows it to be appreciated in its own context. Nothing you can do will ever make it look better than it already does. I wouldn't have even taken the wrap off. JMO
 
I still have the original linen wrap that I took off carefully....was thinking of re-wrapping it once I have the modern butt taper applied to the butt of this one piece cue.



qbilder said:
I personally would prefer to leave the old cues as is and appreciate them for what they are. I might be in the minority but I feel most Titleist conversions are fugly, and to do it right is not an easy task. Remove that 100yr old patina & you have an ugly piece of wood with crudely cut splice & dull color veneers. Leaving it as is allows it to be appreciated in its own context. Nothing you can do will ever make it look better than it already does. I wouldn't have even taken the wrap off. JMO
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play the hell outta it, take down the butt end a lil to your liking if its to thick or you want to change the balance point. Throw some clear on it and buy a custom case for it :thumb up:

-Drew
 
Loan it to "Hillbilly" for a while to use as his break cue, then you might think about the possibility of converting it.....:grin:
 
qbilder said:
I personally would prefer to leave the old cues as is and appreciate them for what they are. I might be in the minority but I feel most Titleist conversions are fugly, and to do it right is not an easy task. Remove that 100yr old patina & you have an ugly piece of wood with crudely cut splice & dull color veneers. Leaving it as is allows it to be appreciated in its own context. Nothing you can do will ever make it look better than it already does. I wouldn't have even taken the wrap off. JMO
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I often don't see eye to eye with qbuilder, but I got to line up squarely on his side on this one.
This is an early 26 1/2. IMHO - ruining that red label would be criminal, and putting inlays in this cue would be blasphemy.

If you must 'improve' it, why not change the wrap to silk. Silk might have still been an option when it was new.

Dale(who is a sucker for vintage cues etc.)
 
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pdcue said:
I often don't see eye to eye with qbuilder, but I got to line up squarely on his side on this one.
This is an early 26 1/2. IMHO - ruining that red label would be criminal, and putting inlays in this cue would be blasphemy.

If you must 'improve' it, why not change the wrap to silk. Silk might have still been an option when it was new.

Dale(who is a sucker for vintage cues etc.)
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I was thinking of .075" white fiber rings sandwiched between faux pearl and turquoise. Lacquer over Delrin buttplate ought to do it.
 
Here's what I decided to do with this one piece full splice cue:

Figure I keep the label, add a little weight to it and take down the handle so that it's more playable and fitting to my hand. Check it out...plain and simple.

This way, if the cue should ever warp on me...I can always still converted it.

Action tested...ran 3 racks of 10 balls on a tight table at Steinway. Has $20 right now to it name...Lol.

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Looks great!!!

I really like what you did with that. Preserving the vintage cue is awesome. It must suck carrying around a 5' long case with you. Just getting it in and out of the car must be a project. But, again, nice job!!!!
 
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