Cue identification and security

Ruthless

Ruthless

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How many owners of cues could prove ownership in court? Or makers identify when or even if they made a certain cue?

I mark all of my valuables with a simple invisible to the naked eye permanent UV pen that shows up under a UV black light.

Cue makers can mark cues under the finish for later identification the same way.

This is a very cheap system to use for anything and most crooks are a few cans short of a six-pack anyway.

Here is one place that sells them, but can be found many places: http://www.blacklightshop.com/markingpen.html

Hook the Crooks :)
 
something i think everyone needs to do. i play in a bad area and know a few people who got riped off when they least expect it. this is a sure way to stop the "its mine...no its mine!" arguments without defaceing it. all my cues have my initials written in the joint area. they arnt worth a whole lot but it does give me a sence of being able to proove ownership. the downside is if i ever sell one i have to mark it out wich de-values the cue. professional cue makers should definately get into this!
Jay
 
Ruthless said:
How many owners of cues could prove ownership in court? Or makers identify when or even if they made a certain cue?

I mark all of my valuables with a simple invisible to the naked eye permanent UV pen that shows up under a UV black light.

Cue makers can mark cues under the finish for later identification the same way.

This is a very cheap system to use for anything and most crooks are a few cans short of a six-pack anyway.

Here is one place that sells them, but can be found many places: http://www.blacklightshop.com/markingpen.html

Hook the Crooks :)
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Something we have done is engrave a serial number on the buttcap and the same # in the joint area of the original shaft (numbers matching like engine & chassis of a car).

When the cue leaves our factory to a distributor, dealer or end user; the cue goes with a certificate of authenticity/ownership that also is printed with the cues' serial #. On the certificate, there is a detachable portion (that also has the serial #'s) that is filled out and mailed with the retail purchase receipt for cue registration.

So, bottom line, each of our numbered cues that goes out, we track what distributor or dealer it went to, then the registered owner.

If ownership is ever in question with one of our cues, we have a trail to follow.
 
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