I agree. Everyone who has ordered from Alton were extremely satisfied. This is coming out of Alton's mouth himself as well as the forums. He has a great background being a machinist and a great eye for pool cues. He learned all his machinist techniques through a government job at Pearl Harbor. At one point he was really into pool cues. He worked at the Hawaiian Brian's Pro shop in the 90s. He went to trade shows and knows a lot of well known cuemakers like Bill Schick, Barry Szamboti, Joel Hercek, and others. Some high end cues like Bill Schick and Southwest have flowed through him in Hawaii and went somewhere else. He told me he recognizes some of his caps on cues that were in the Encyclopedia of Pool and Bluebook. Thats a lot of experience in knowing cues, construction of cues and creativity in designing cues. He knows what it takes to make a quality product. Order one today. You won't be sorry.