Esoteric 4 point Cue Traditional with Ivory Inlay

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MaxiPool

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Hi,

Bought this a year ago and i just have no time to play anymore and need the money :-)

It's 4 point with 16 Ivory Inlays, Irish linen, box veneered rings with 2 shafts.

Butt 14.7
Shafts 3.9 & 4.0

13 MM Parabolic Tapered Shafts with modern pro taper climb

Parabolic Tapered Butt Geometry

Butts Built of solid laminated maple full core

Flat Face Joint with big modified pin 3/8" x 14

Garolite Shaft Inserts

Here are the progress pics of the build:

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=288424


First USD 1000 takes it to it's new home.

I'm located in Sweden, but have no problem sending it worldwide.
 

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jayburger said:
Nice looking cue . How does ricks' cues hit? Similar to omega/dpk? Crisp firm hit?
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I'm used to playing with a custom made Prather, and in comparison the Esoteric is a lot firmer, i like the word crisp you used, that describes it very well.
 
I admired this cue from the first time I spotted it a couple of years ago. It was cue no, 143 as I recall.
Rick has produced some great cues and for the price, this particular one is a steal of a deal....Wow.

If the cue is stateside here in the USA, it'd be worth mentioning this because of the USA's ban on ivory.
Otherwise, there's a potential problem if the cue was confiscated by US Customs during entry into the USA.
 
Bump for a fantastic cue at a price too good to be true!

On the ivory issue, like I said, I have no problem shipping worldwide, and for custom purposes it will be declared as "pool cue" nothing more, nothing less.
 
Rick, does a fine job. He puts a lot of effort into each cue he makes.
 
If the seller is not willing to underwrite and assume all responsibility for getting the cue to the buyer,
then the seller is going to hang onto that same cue a really, really long time.

No cue is worth risking money to get when you know the delivery of the cue is illegal and could be
confiscated and the buyer and seller both have legal hassles to deal with. Except for the fact the
seller has the buyer's payment which he can use to pay any fines or legal costs. The buyer, well,
he doesn't get the cue or his money back but he sure does wind up getting the "shaft".

Any buyer assuming the risk of shipping an ivory cue into the USA is just a friggin' idiot. The seller
has the problem, not the buyer. because he can still find another cue elsewhere but finding another
buyer, well, sometimes buyers don't come along that quickly or happen at all.

Let's face it.....every seller of an ivory laden pool cue has the problem, not the buyer and if the seller
expects to sell their cue, they need to figure out a way to get that cue into the hands of the buyer, not
the other way around. All cues coming into the USA for that reason are best handled by escrow and
that is a problem since the escrow would be illegal. Figuring a way to break the law and then disavow
financial responsibility for refunding the buyer's payment if the cue is confiscated pretty much assures
sellers have big problems. They either hang onto the cue(s) or hope an idiot comes along as a buyer.
 
Bavafongoul said:
If the seller is not willing to underwrite and assume all responsibility for getting the cue to the buyer,
then the seller is going to hang onto that same cue a really, really long time.

No cue is worth risking money to get when you know the delivery of the cue is illegal and could be
confiscated and the buyer and seller both have legal hassles to deal with. Except for the fact the
seller has the buyer's payment which he can use to pay any fines or legal costs. The buyer, well,
he doesn't get the cue or his money back but he sure does wind up getting the "shaft".

Any buyer assuming the risk of shipping an ivory cue into the USA is just a friggin' idiot. The seller
has the problem, not the buyer. because he can still find another cue elsewhere but finding another
buyer, well, sometimes buyers don't come along that quickly or happen at all.

Let's face it.....every seller of an ivory laden pool cue has the problem, not the buyer and if the seller
expects to sell their cue, they need to figure out a way to get that cue into the hands of the buyer, not
the other way around. All cues coming into the USA for that reason are best handled by escrow and
that is a problem since the escrow would be illegal. Figuring a way to break the law and then disavow
financial responsibility for refunding the buyer's payment if the cue is confiscated pretty much assures
sellers have big problems. They either hang onto the cue(s) or hope an idiot comes along as a buyer.
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Very well summarized. Luckily, the pool world has an unlimited supply of idiots.
In reality, the risks are slim to none that the cue will get intercepted.
 
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