Cue Gallery?

Michael Webb said:
Looking thru the Gallery lately,
You see pictures of the Points and Veneers at the -A- joint but not to often are the tips of the Points and Veneers shown.
Are they NOT important anymore?
Been wanting to ask this for a while.
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They are important to me and I think they should always be shown.
Also when some of these sellers are selling a case, they show multiple views of the case and then don't show the interior???
 
Stop with close up shots too. Have them at a distance so I can gauge what it will look like from afar.

Some cues look amazing 2 tables or 5 tables down. I don’t need close ups.

Points pop more from a distance.

Not saying take pics across the room. Just stand back a bit.
 
Michael Webb said:
I remember long ago, I saw one of Sheldons Cues.
He does CNC, and it was pretty awesome.
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Beauty is something judged person by person and there isn’t any requirement for concurrence.
In fact, disagreement is what keeps the topic at hand afloat which is good because it promotes
discussion. And any time pool gets discussed is far better than when it goes unnoticed by many.
 
Michael Webb said:
The base of the Forearms are important but I can't really appreciate the work unless I see the tips. I don't care if it's plain points or mitered veneers or overlapped.
I just want to see!
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This is just my thoughts, But i think you should share that sentiment.
Not saying you should do the post, but someone could make a sticky thread as a suggested- not required guide for photos of cues.
There are already guides for descriptions of sales and the like. seems to make sense.
 
Still want to shoot said:
This is just my thoughts, But i think you should share that sentiment.
Not saying you should do the post, but someone could make a sticky thread as a suggested- not required guide for photos of cues.
There are already guides for descriptions of sales and the like. seems to make sense.
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I could but I would rather ask the question I did, as a Forum member, not as a Cue maker.
Just from what I've noticed for a while, the actual points are missing from the photo's.
The Points are the Money shot of the Cue!
 
Still want to shoot said:
This is just my thoughts, But i think you should share that sentiment.
Not saying you should do the post, but someone could make a sticky thread as a suggested- not required guide for photos of cues.
There are already guides for descriptions of sales and the like. seems to make sense.
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That already exists but like many things...

If you don't know, you don't know.
 
My Jacoby D11 imho, is the best-looking cue I own. The points are CNC'ed. If that same cue had hand-made sharp points I can't even tell you how delighted I'd be with that cue.
 
smiling_Hans said:
Stop with close up shots too. Have them at a distance so I can gauge what it will look like from afar.

Some cues look amazing 2 tables or 5 tables down. I don’t need close ups.

Points pop more from a distance.

Not saying take pics across the room. Just stand back a bit.
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Can't see points & butterflies in my cue if more than 5' away.

That's what I asked for.
Do the work but don't want to show it across the room.
 
I have always believed the points, the veneers and the spacing of the base of the points can really demonstrate a cue makers skill level.

I had Dave Kikel build a cue for me. I insisted and paid for the points to be sharp (unlike a lot of his cues) and insisted the point base have a small space equally between each point. The forearm was Camatillo and all the points were ivory.

It was important esthetically to have the Camatillo show between the base of the points for contrast.

He executed it perfectly, that cue got compliments every where I took it.

So to me it was very important! That cue is now in a large private collection in Sarasota. The new owner has close to a hundred cues and loves that Kikel. It is all ivory and Camatillo executed on a pantograph perfectly!! Dave is a great person, businessman and cue maker!.

Bill Stroud taught him well!
 
Of all the cue makers I’ve spoken with over almost 5 decades, one cue maker stands out because he was fanatical like
in his approach to points & veneers. He stressed the diameter of the veneers, especially paper thin black (sandwiched).

When it came to points, the base diameter and length was something he measured ever so carefully. He would let
glued veneers sit for 12-14 weeks before touching them. He was meticulous and a pretty darn good cue maker too.

Jerry Rauenzahn.
 
Bavafongoul said:
Beauty is something judged person by person and there isn’t any requirement for concurrence.
In fact, disagreement is what keeps the topic at hand afloat which is good because it promotes
discussion. And any time pool gets discussed is far better than when it goes unnoticed by many.
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I have to say, this well worded, almost poetic take. Totally agree.
 
Black-Balled said:
That already exists but like many things...
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I did go read the post i think you were refering to. Mostly a very technical post with expensive camera jargin. A good post for professional sellers but not for the average poster.

I disagree with smiling hans post up above though.
I think a great post should include at least one of the whole cue, and then close ups of the features. Points, joints, grain of exotic woods.
Makers mark or signature.
We all enjoy cues. Think of the disappointment when you have seen a post with no pics.
 
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