Is the father making cues full time now or mostly just the son? His son built my two matching Jump Break cues for me to match 2 butterfly cues the father had made the year before then the father had a heart attack so the son stepped up. They turned out really well but but i was a little nervous as the son wasnt in the shop full time prior to his sickness. I have 5 cues from Black Pearl with the oldest are about 5 years old, so far no issues with rings, with warpage or anything. I am not a big fan per se, but overall better than most other PI cues I have seen.