Asian Cue Makers

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I know that there are companies out there like Mezz and now predator technically that are asian made cues but are there any actual cue makers out there from Asia. I have seen some of al bautista's work and its beautiful and of course edwin reyes but i was wondering if the quality is the same as say Scruggs or Mottey or tascarella.

If anyone can shed some insight would be interesting to find out.

I am of course talking not about production made cues.
 
I think if you actually had a very well built cue from say Bebot or Al Bautista and know what they have to work with you might actually put them over many American Cue Builders. I stand behind these two builders very much.
 
The workmanship is pretty good for the most part. I have heard that the wood from Philippines could warp when taken outside the country, but thats only a rumor. Something to do with the humidity and climate. I never owned one, so can't comment on that, but I have seen and played a Bebot Bautista cue. Most cue makers from the Philippines sell cheaper than the top cue makers in the states, like tascarella, gina, szamboti, etc. This is all from my experience from my visit there, so I'm not totally sure about all this.
 
In Japan there is Keith-Andy. Keith-Andy cues are very nice, and he probably makes the best jump cue out there.:thumbup:
 
IamMark said:
The workmanship is pretty good for the most part. I have heard that the wood from Philippines could warp when taken outside the country, but thats only a rumor. Something to do with the humidity and climate. I never owned one, so can't comment on that, but I have seen and played a Bebot Bautista cue. Most cue makers from the Philippines sell cheaper than the top cue makers in the states, like tascarella, gina, szamboti, etc. This is all from my experience from my visit there, so I'm not totally sure about all this.
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it's not so much the wood from the philippines as it is the climate that the wood's used to. cues from the states can warp when they're brought from the us to pi, just as much as cues from the pi to the us (or so i hear)
 
Living in the HOT DRY Desert, I personally would shy away from any Cue made off shore, as warpage is a problem in our Region of the USA. Many of the Cues made off shore get WARPED in a little as 6 MONTH, because of our DRY SUMMER HEAT!
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
Living in the HOT DRY Desert, I personally would shy away from any Cue made off shore, as warpage is a problem in our Region of the USA. Many of the Cues made off shore get WARPED in a little as 6 MONTH, because of our DRY SUMMER HEAT!
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Err how about cues from the midwest?
 
5420 said:
TAD's Custom Cues quality seems to be on par
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TAD is located in Stanton, CA. He's been making cues in the USA for over 40 years. I was told that there were many custom cue makers in Asia that initially copied the TAD styling because of its popularity. Haven't seen any custom cues out of Asia with TAD styling personally.
 
Jun Shimizu of KeithAndy makes a great cue. There are a couple other custom cue makers in Japan that are known well in Japan but not overseas. Generally, the custom cue makers in Japan make great stuff, but because they have to price so high to make it in Japan, they probably couldn't make it in the international cue market.

(I also know a guy in Taiwan that can make you a Gina, a SW, a Tad, or just about anything you could think of.)
dave
 
Tokyo-dave said:
Jun Shimizu of KeithAndy makes a great cue. There are a couple other custom cue makers in Japan that are known well in Japan but not overseas. Generally, the custom cue makers in Japan make great stuff, but because they have to price so high to make it in Japan, they probably couldn't make it in the international cue market.

(I also know a guy in Taiwan that can make you a Gina, a SW, a Tad, or just about anything you could think of.)
dave
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Name a few with some info, I'd like to dig up some information to see what style they use.
 
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