That cue may have had ivory ferrules but Buddy rarely used ivory ferrules, at least post '79 when i met him. I knew him well enough to just ask if i could hit a few and he always just handed it to me. He could/would/did play with just about every cue you can think of. He was not 'cue anal', he played a lot with 58's that's why his hand was always on the sleeve. He did tend to slightly favor flat face cues, some of his finest play was with Meucci and Blud. Lil sidebar: when Buddy lived here in Tulsa he had a big salesman case full of cues. He would play with 5-6 cues a day and he played EXACTLY the same with all of them. I had a Schuler he liked and he called them up and they sent him a freebie. This was a common deal with Buddy, none could tell the Rifleman no. I bought one of the shafts(came with four) and a friend still has that cue. For the money the early 5/16x14 Buddy Hall Lucasi's are some of the best playing cues you can find, not because of the pin but just the overall package felt great.
