This is the custom I had Bob Runde make for me in March 1985.
We met at the BCA show in Fort Worth and came up with a modified R Series design.
The build became a nightmare because after the cue was finished, I rejected it.
I complained the red veneer was weak and dull, the BEM stain was way too light and
the ivory inlays were smaller and undersized from what we agreed upon.
I was simply behaving like a jerk but Bob graciously agreed to make my cue over. After
the cue was finished, I thought he enscribed it very nicely and I could never part with this cue.
Bob Runde will recall this cue and my horrible behavior but he remained a prince of a guy the entire time.
We met at the BCA show in Fort Worth and came up with a modified R Series design.
The build became a nightmare because after the cue was finished, I rejected it.
I complained the red veneer was weak and dull, the BEM stain was way too light and
the ivory inlays were smaller and undersized from what we agreed upon.
I was simply behaving like a jerk but Bob graciously agreed to make my cue over. After
the cue was finished, I thought he enscribed it very nicely and I could never part with this cue.
Bob Runde will recall this cue and my horrible behavior but he remained a prince of a guy the entire time.
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