For the love of God, please.....

1pRoscoe

1pRoscoe

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STOP SIGNING HOPPE RINGS!!!!!

It's one thing if you have a small logo or a nicely small engraved name that you would like to put on a hoppe ring to mark you cue..... but please, PLEASE don't hand write your name on a hoppe ring.

I can't tell you how many cues I've seen and said, "oh, that looks pretty nice........ WTF?!?!" once I got to the buttsleeve. It's not pretty, it doesn't even remotely look good.... especially if you take up half of the freakin' ring in the first place.

What to do:

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What NOT to do:

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Now I know that the second picture is not the actual cuemaker's name because I really don't want to cast ill will towards someone's work per se - however - I have seen a few cues pop up in the for sale section that had the latter in a big way.

Please - either get a logo, sign the forearm, the buttsleeve, whatever - just DON'T sign the hoppe ring!!!!!!!!

Thanks for your urgent attention to this matter.
 
A few more great examples of what to do:

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I really hope this helps....

-Ross
This message brought to you in part by Budweiser....
 
What NOT to do... (this is a MILD example)

I mean - Jerry has a great and well recogonized "-R-" logo... why not use that instead?

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LOL.....I just had a mental picture of what caused this thread:

Roscoe is sitting at his desk hammered after a Christmas party, Santa hat perched precariously on his head, as he looks at his rack of 37 bumperless Hoppes on the wall muttering to himself:

"The madness has to stop......no more...no more...must start thread to save future Hoppe rings"

I am with you brother.

All of you cuemakers...please stop this madness.
 
I understand Ross' passion for the purity of the Hoppe ring...I do not like one that is 'cluttered' up either...but I am beginning to think he may be suffering from a little cabin fever...LoL.

Lisa
 
JCIN said:
LOL.....I just had a mental picture of what caused this thread:

Roscoe is sitting at his desk hammered after a Christmas party, Santa hat perched precariously on his head, as he looks at his rack of 37 bumperless Hoppes on the wall muttering to himself:

"The madness has to stop......no more...no more...must start thread to save future Hoppe rings"

I am with you brother.

All of you cuemakers...please stop this madness.
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Very close, but not hammered..... yet. :grin:
 
Ross, you must be cooped up something fierce, bro. What about this one below ?? Is it ok because it's a Haley or just "no signatures period" ?? :wink: I'm on the fence on this one. Some sig's look really nice to me if not too large, but some do look like caca....

http://new2youqs.com/cues/haley.html
 
cueaddicts said:
Ross, you must be cooped up something fierce, bro. What about this one below ?? Is it ok because it's a Haley or just "no signatures period" ?? :wink: I'm on the fence on this one. Some sig's look really nice to me if not too large, but some do look like caca....

http://new2youqs.com/cues/haley.html
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Classic example of caca:(

Good thing he builds a DYNO cue:smile:

Adam<========has a 3 letter rule (lil caricatures R cool 2)
 
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cueaddicts said:
Ross, you must be cooped up something fierce, bro. What about this one below ?? Is it ok because it's a Haley or just "no signatures period" ?? :wink: I'm on the fence on this one. Some sig's look really nice to me if not too large, but some do look like caca....

http://new2youqs.com/cues/haley.html
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I don't like it that much, I prefer a "clean" ring but in Haley's case I rather have his signature on a ring then below the joint as he does so often.... actually, when it comes to Haley (along with some other fine cue makers) I'll take it anyway it comes (as long as it's under 19oz)... :D
 
cueaddicts said:
Ross, you must be cooped up something fierce, bro. What about this one below ?? Is it ok because it's a Haley or just "no signatures period" ?? :wink: I'm on the fence on this one. Some sig's look really nice to me if not too large, but some do look like caca....

http://new2youqs.com/cues/haley.html
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Good point, Sean. While I have the utmost respect for Ron's work and he is probably one of the best guys I've ever had the opportunity to work with, I gotta say I don't like that ring in the least due to the signature.

It would've been much better to see at the joint per his usual.
 
JCIN said:
LOL.....I just had a mental picture of what caused this thread:

Roscoe is sitting at his desk hammered after a Christmas party, Santa hat perched precariously on his head, as he looks at his rack of 37 bumperless Hoppes on the wall muttering to himself:

"The madness has to stop......no more...no more...must start thread to save future Hoppe rings"

I am with you brother.

All of you cuemakers...please stop this madness.
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You are not well, JC.


Eric
 
Ross

We are on the same page...
Had a couple of hoppe cues built and made my request to the cue maker not to sign the hoppe ring as well.
All complied and I love the cues I got.

myron
 
even worse the hoppe rings are some of the forearms. who spends all that time perfecting pointS just to sign your name horribly between them. i like no sig at all anywhere
 
dave sutton said:
even worse the hoppe rings are some of the forearms. who spends all that time perfecting pointS just to sign your name horribly between them. i like no sig at all anywhere
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I appreciate most a small signature or logo on the butt cup.
 
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