Custom predator cue with Original 314 shaft?

[Edenneil_james]

Hi guys! I found this on a local ad. Poor thing needs saving desperately. This cue has the original 314 shaft with matching ring work on the butt, the butt is made of Brazilian walnut/teak as I was told, it's got mother of pearl or abalone round inlays and ivory butt cap and joint collar. Now the butt cap was shattered coz some dude accidentally kicked it. So the guy I got it from had a great idea of epoxyING the thing. Seems like he mixed up a bunch and poured it on while having a masking tape 2 inches up from the rubber bumper. I bought it, took it home, played 5 racks with it and it plays a lot better than I thought. Matter of fact, it plays fckin fantastic. I wanna get it refinished or restored and wondering how much would that cost me? Would it be worth it? Also wanna know what model this is coz I can't find it in the predator's website. I looked under all tabs of the retired cues, LE, SE, etc. I emailed the guys at predator but u haven't heard from them. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Kim Bye]

I think this post should be in the ask the cuemaker section if you want more replies...
The cue needs quite a bit of work.
New buttcap, new grip and a total refinish. That's just from looking at the pictures, it might be more stuff to do when the cue is inspected up close.
It's against the rules to quote prices, so I want to that, but with that much work, it want be cheap. If the cue is straight and has real value or atleast a value to you, it's worth it, but othervise, a new butt, might be cheaper.

 

[Edenneil_james]

Thanks for that. I will figure out how to move it there. But I talked to a couple of cue makers and one of them said he'll do it for $200, the other one said $220. I won't mention their names but they're well known. I'm sure the smaller guys can do it cheaper but not til I see some of their work. Thanks again!