First and foremost, I have to thank Mr. Eric Crisp of Sugartree cues (AZ name qbilder) for supplying the beautiful piece of hickory burl, which came from a tree that he painstakingly harvested himself. Without his generosity, this cue would have never been conceived, and I am more than honored to have the chance to play with a cue made of this amazing wood. Eric, I owe you a beer at least!
Here's how this build started. I contacted John Davis in Chicago, the full-splice blank master himself, and inquired on having a cue made. He was very kind and easy to speak to. I wasn't sure what I wanted, but we got to talking and he said he could get just about any wood imaginable and, due to his collaboration with Tim Prince, he said that just about any design was possible. This made me think of a hickory burl cue that I saw on here, made by Jeff Olney for bnall. So, taking his "any wood" claim as a challenge, I asked him if he could get some hickory burl. And he made it happen!
When he called me a couple months later and told me he received a piece of hickory burl from Eric, I was pretty excited. After a bunch of pondering, we decided on a classic design, four hickory burl points into an ebony forearm with black/natural/black/natural veneers, which is undoubtedly my favorite veneer color combo. The butt sleeve will be a beautiful piece of hickory burl, which will feature four ebony windows with matching veneers. We also came up with a fairly unique ivory inlay pattern for these windows, but you'll just have to wait and see that!
This thread will be updated as they continue to send me pictures of the progress. I have to say, John Davis and Tim Prince have been awesome guys to work with. I pretty much gave John what I thought was an impossible task and he treated it like it was a walk in the park.
If you want some top notch craftmanship made in the heart of the USA, you should get in touch with John Davis and/or Tim Prince.
John Davis (773) 910-2909
Tim Prince princecues@comcast.net
And now, some cue porn for your pleasure...
Here's how this build started. I contacted John Davis in Chicago, the full-splice blank master himself, and inquired on having a cue made. He was very kind and easy to speak to. I wasn't sure what I wanted, but we got to talking and he said he could get just about any wood imaginable and, due to his collaboration with Tim Prince, he said that just about any design was possible. This made me think of a hickory burl cue that I saw on here, made by Jeff Olney for bnall. So, taking his "any wood" claim as a challenge, I asked him if he could get some hickory burl. And he made it happen!
When he called me a couple months later and told me he received a piece of hickory burl from Eric, I was pretty excited. After a bunch of pondering, we decided on a classic design, four hickory burl points into an ebony forearm with black/natural/black/natural veneers, which is undoubtedly my favorite veneer color combo. The butt sleeve will be a beautiful piece of hickory burl, which will feature four ebony windows with matching veneers. We also came up with a fairly unique ivory inlay pattern for these windows, but you'll just have to wait and see that!
This thread will be updated as they continue to send me pictures of the progress. I have to say, John Davis and Tim Prince have been awesome guys to work with. I pretty much gave John what I thought was an impossible task and he treated it like it was a walk in the park.
If you want some top notch craftmanship made in the heart of the USA, you should get in touch with John Davis and/or Tim Prince.
John Davis (773) 910-2909
Tim Prince princecues@comcast.net
And now, some cue porn for your pleasure...
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