BUTTERFLY EFFECT CHALLENGE - fullsplice cue for donation

Briantime said:
Is there such a thing as a joint protector for that?
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Yea:
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Biloxi Boy said:
Bear with me on this one. I am throwing this idea out as a possible marketing idea for Anton and an "ordering" idea for the rest of us -- "Shuriken Cues in School Colors". (The idea is not originally mine. One of our members recently wrote that his BC Cue had the bonus benefit to him as it was done in his school colors. West Virginia if I remember right. I searched for the post but could not find it, so someone please "remember" him to me.)

Just think if LSU fans could get a good cue in Purple and Gold, or for Florida fans -- orange and blue. Y'all get the idea. If I owned a pool hall in a college town, I would keep a couple "School Cues" in stock for resale to local fans.
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LOL. If it had been a snake, I'd been bit, and most probably by now, dead. The post I was looking for was on the same page: in post 126, mrbilloo said "Got mine also, havent [sic] had time to play yet.....also school colors (WV). a collectible!!!!" It was the "WV" that got me.

So, it is good to know that I still have some semblance of memory remaining. And returning to my point, anyone who needs an Xmas gift for a pool playing Mountaineer, student or alum, here y'all go. Send your orders to Anton today.
 
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I received my cue from Anton today. It is very high quality. I'm blown away by the fit and finish. I made a contribution a few months ago, felt great about it and basically forgot about it. It is like Christmas in September to receive an email confirming my address and then the cue a few weeks later. I paid a few extra dollars for a radial pin. It fits my OB Fusion shafts better than my player. It is a great cause, wonderful people, and an outstanding product. Such a nice surprise to have a cue waiting in the mailroom this afternoon.
 
2 butterfly challenge cues showed up today. (one shown)
Looking forward to trying it out this weekend. Feels very solid and well made.
No ferrule? or very small ferrule? great looking cue.
 

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Still want to shoot said:
Look at the photos above paul, of what i got.
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Wow! I skipped over that photo. You are right. That seems to be more like a fat black pad than a thin ferrule. There is ferrule made of buffalo horn that is black but is that this? ..... I know you don't want to scratch it but the pad can be cut with box cutters while it would only scratch a ferrule.

Carbon-fiber shafts are hollow and the ferrule there (a so-called vault plate) sits inside the carbon-fiber tube with a lip visible above the CF-shaft end. I doubt its anything like that in a maple shaft.
 
Paul_#_ said:
Wow! I skipped over that photo. You are right. That seems to be more like a fat black pad than a thin ferrule. There is ferrule made of buffalo horn that is black but is that this? ..... I know you don't want to scratch it but the pad can be cut with box cutters while it would only scratch a ferrule.

Carbon-fiber shafts are hollow and the ferrule there (a so-called vault plate) sits inside the carbon-fiber tube with a lip visible above the CF-shaft end. I doubt its anything like that in a maple shaft.
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What the heck are you talking about?

Teach Me Please!

Have you forked up a C-Note yet?
 
3kushn said:
What the heck are you talking about?
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The photos below are from two of Anton's cues (posts #181, 232-233). The cue in the photo on the left has a ferrule about 8mm thick while the cue in the photo on the right appears to have a ferrule about 2mm thick. Is that really a 2 mm ferrule or is that a 2mm pad on the right?


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Paul_#_ said:
Wow! I skipped over that photo. You are right. That seems to be more like a fat black pad than a thin ferrule. There is ferrule made of buffalo horn that is black but is that this? ..... I know you don't want to scratch it but the pad can be cut with box cutters while it would only scratch a ferrule.

Carbon-fiber shafts are hollow and the ferrule there (a so-called vault plate) sits inside the carbon-fiber tube with a lip visible above the CF-shaft end. I doubt its anything like that in a maple shaft.
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I scrolled back to post 221. I think my two cues are actually pictured there, because they are all numbered. its hard to tell because it isnt focused.
Maybe this latest batch he went with out ferrules.
 
This photo is from post #221. Those are likely short black ferrules. Anton states that his cues have carbon (black) ferrules in post #89. The shorter ferrule (and that is short!) means less deflection.


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Paul_#_ said:
This photo is from post #221. Those are likely short black ferrules. Anton states that his cues have carbon (black) ferrules in post #89. The shorter ferrule (and that is short!) means less deflection.


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Mine has no ferrule, it's just wood. I was surprised when I changed the tip, but honestly I love how it plays.
 
boogieman said:
Mine has no ferrule, it's just wood. I was surprised when I changed the tip, but honestly I love how it plays
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Whoa! That is unusual. I, for the hell of it, put a cue tip on a one-piece house cue directly to a pad and the wood. I thought it would sound wooden or solid. It sounded more 'boinking' or tinny:



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Its no Kamui tip. The cue is no Predator or Meucci. Its a ten for $10 cue. Things are a little different in the ferrule-less world.
 
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