Can we talk about Dale Perry cues?

Dale Perry’s Cue was sold on Enay, Dale sold many made money, and must have done OK.

Know several people who own DP Cues, and they like their Cue.

Recreational player who are happy.
 
id spend that on a chinese import before buying anything he made
itll hold up longer thats for sure
Not sure about that. I gave one of my pool league teammates one of the eBay specials 12 or 13 years ago and it’s still going strong, with now-black Irish linen wrap. I thought they were built very solid.
 
I sold mine a few years back for around $500. It's crazy to think that a custom cue that once sold for well over $1K is going for half the price. Your average Meucci or McDermott's sell for more.
 
I have two of his Ebay cues and one earlier custom. The main difference is the quality of the inlay work and sharpness of details.
There has been a debate within our circles about whether he should be put into one of the Cuemakers Hall of Fames. Those in favor site the fact he has built many more cues than almost all the other customer cuemakers that are in. The negative side says he had some bad business practices that gave him a bad name among some. But I once asked him if he regretted going ebay route and he just said "I am still here and still getting the same paycheck as before." He was no longer going to be able to make a full time living at the rate his high end cues were selling through dealers for. So he made lower end cues with simple big radius inlays and let the market decide what they would sell for on ebay. It was great for the players and bad for his older dealers. So if the public were able to vote him in would they or would they not?
I believe that is a well considered set of objective observations from someone that truly understand the nuts and bolts of cue construction.

And it poses an interesting question at the end.

Richard Helmstetter and The Schmelke Family are in the International Cuemakers Hall of fame.
 
I play with the cue I ordered that took about 3 years to get.

Why would I do anything else?

This cue from a distance looks like a Plane Jane maple cue.

Gotta have it in your hands to see the work. But that's a side note. Love that cue.

If a joint looks shady, likely I won't go in. If I do, I'm going to pick from the wall.
 
Anyone else got one they are proud of?
Yes I do. And I'll keep as opposed to selling cheap. I ordered this at the 1st SBE. It is well made. Nice thin butt. Uniloc. I love this cue... As well made and nice as any out there. DP is the 1st on the right. Will post a better picture.
 

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A lot people of people claim he was a jerk, but I talked to him several times on the phone for a long time and he was as nice and customer service-oriented with me as could be.
 
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