CUE OF THE YEAR OLD SCHOOL STYLE, NO CNC by hand only
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when you will sell me this Cue (want my FIRST Szam now).
still waiting you in Thailand
Ralf
Ralf ,,i got 5 Barry for sale now ,,you have to come up with the cash,,i wish i could come now,,i think late march after the SBE,,and i stay for thai new year and to may i think,,
BR
Ken
BR
Ken
PM send my Friend, pls reply later:wink:
Ralf
I'm really impressed by the amount of hand-work Mervin Buatista put into this cue earlier in the year - 700+ inlays I believe!!!! Maybe not "old school style" in the traditional sense, but built old school in every-way.
Related posts:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=231885
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=224171
And this one was done with no pantograph router template either right?
All inlays done with the cue held in a vice and the pockets chiseled out by hand, each inlay hand cut and hand sanded to fit each pocket.
Amazing Cue - absolutely amazing!!!!!
Would be an amazing cue no matter how it was done.
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Here is a link to the unfinished cue. I would have loved to see the cue in progress as it is a very nice design.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=224171&highlight=mervin+bautista
Doesn't get much more non-CNC than this
I do have a serious question though
How would you all feel about a cue decorated with only sharpies? Since we have an airbrushed cue what about if someone did some sharpie-art on a cue? Google it to see some amazing stuff people do with markers.
I am not an engineer or even remotely close but isn't the first C in CNC stand for computer? How is that related to a manual pantograph, template or servo motor? Not trying to say one is better than the other but how about following basic definitions and staying on point?
Doesn't get much more non-CNC than this
I do have a serious question though
How would you all feel about a cue decorated with only sharpies? Since we have an airbrushed cue what about if someone did some sharpie-art on a cue? Google it to see some amazing stuff people do with markers.
That to me just like the airbrush is the master for decal work. It would be like an original painting and the rest (decals) are just copies. One cuemaker would make up plain maple rings with black stitch in it and then sharpie the individual blocks to what ever color matched his veneer work in the cue. I heard a lot of complaints about him and yet he is in a Hall of Fame, so what can you say? My son is also a tatoo artist and could probably do some really nice cues with a sharpie, but he loves to use CNC for inlays.
Actually I wasn't being skeptical. I was being snarky. I am pretty sure that the cue was done without any CNC or panto and all by hand, maybe with a drill or dremel to hog out the inlays. I see guys in China doing inlays by hand in expensive furniture here. They do an awful lot of mother of pearl stuff here. The richer you are the more gaudy your furniture has to be with elaborate scenes rendered in abalone shell.
I was being snarky because it shows that this level of cue CAN be done by hand without a big template to guide the router.
And it could be done by CNC.
So it shouldn't really matter how it came to be. It stands as a freakishly nice cue and raises the bar for the purists who might think "hand-made" decoration inlay is limited to barbells, dots, and notched diamonds.
Sharpies?
Show me the cue.
How would I feel about it? If it were nice and to my taste I would like it. :thumbup:
I see cue making as mainly an art or craft of wood though. So I think that air brushing and your proposed sharpie art tends away from the idea of "old school" as the OP posted.
I do respect the talents of artists working in other media though. I know I couldn't do squat with an air brush.
I respect what Bautista produced in that cue above. It isn't one that I particularly like though, as it isn't to my taste, but I think it's a fine example of what a sharp blade and steady hand can produce with enough practice, talent, artistry, and patience.
Show me the cue.
How would I feel about it? If it were nice and to my taste I would like it. :thumbup:
I see cue making as mainly an art or craft of wood though. So I think that air brushing and your proposed sharpie art tends away from the idea of "old school" as the OP posted.
I do respect the talents of artists working in other media though. I know I couldn't do squat with an air brush.
I respect what Bautista produced in that cue above. It isn't one that I particularly like though, as it isn't to my taste, but I think it's a fine example of what a sharp blade and steady hand can produce with enough practice, talent, artistry, and patience.
Is it okay to post cues that are still unfinished? I have one that is unwrapped and still doesn't have the joint pin installed, 6 points-2 high in ebony/4 low in purple heart into curly maple with ebony buttsleeve and 6 ph diamonds followed by a short curly maple sleeve before a short black butt plate.
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If its something that you are proud of,
put it on here
finished or unfinished
we have all transgressed the letter of the powers that be
and the forum is better off for it
I seem to remember John might have gone beyond the norm with
his comments
and still the forum would be dull without him
put it on here
finished or unfinished
we have all transgressed the letter of the powers that be
and the forum is better off for it
I seem to remember John might have gone beyond the norm with
his comments
and still the forum would be dull without him