When you say this cue was your personal player as you did in your op, the clear inference is that you've had it as your main player for a while, not that you've had it just a few weeks and played with it along with several other cues. In reality it's more that you bought it last month, put it in rotation with a few of your other cues then decided this is one you'd like to sell..
I will know the shaft story tomorrow. The seller of the cue will tell me tomorrow the details on the shafts. If the shafts are not original he is going to give me another cue. I never thought the shafts were not original. I still have no proof of it. But if they are not I will get me a different cue.
You still have not told people in your post you are involved in a three way deal on your cue. Joe Monche had a right to know this before entering the deal. He would not have bought the cue if he knew this. Not telling Joe this was a deceipt. I suggest you tell people you are involved in a three way deal in your post so they can decide if they want to get involved in that situation. If you are looking for an apology you will not get it from me. You know what you did.
Only Ron didn't get that. I pointed this out about the very dissimilar pilots, he responded that he still thinks it may be a Mottey shaft but had no proof and that I also had no proof that it wasn't made by Mottey. I've had a fair amount of Mottey cues and none ever had a pilot like that.
Ron; at the very least you are a hypocrite and now looking pretty shady, as well.
What if the two shafts were made by two different cue makers in the Mottey shop. I had a Richard Black that was the same problem once. That is why I still think that way. If it can happen in Black's shop it could happen elsewhere. These cue makers have other persons helping to build cues. Thanks for letting me know which shaft you think is the Mottey. I will look at it.
Yes, unchalked from new. That cue was bought directly from Paul in 2021 he still had a few he kept and this was one of those.
Also, the signature on Slick Chicken's cue is suspect.
The cue is my personal player. I am not a dealer, all my cues are my players. I didn't know there was a time frame required for a cue to be your player. Never heard of that. When I first posted I never had pictures of the ferrules and shaft joint. Later I took the shafts down stairs and took more pictures and posted them. I could see some differences in the pilots on the shafts but I just chaulked it up to two different people working on the shafts at Mottey shop. It just didn't really dawn on me the shafts might not be original. I thought I bought from a reputable seller and there was not a problem. I will return the cue if the shafts are not ok.
lots of hopeful speculation bottom line is very mismatched and should have been pointed out in op highlihjting the differences and listing as unknown maker. You provided so much detail about all other aspects, even listing balance points but apparently didn't want to get into this.,
I would think your player is defined as the cue your not planning on selling... Else it's just another cue. I wouldn't sell my player. If I were selling it .. I would no longer call it my player.
Your suppositions are in your head. I think you should move on. I am done with this. The shafts will be verified or I will return the cue.
I think the saying is People who live in glass houses should have wild sex parties because the guy across the street won't notice, he's too busy examining cue signatures.
who is verifying, the guy who sold it to you?
Good Lord.
It is called karma
I have an unchalked, never played Schon from 1993.