FS: Jensen Hoppe style cue

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Well, weather is beginning to cool down a little, and things in the pool arena should start to pick up some. I am going to offer this Jensen at a lower price, so if you want a really nice Jensen cue, here is one for you.

I have a very nice Jensen purpleheart Hoppe style cue from Mike Johnson. This one has seen very light play and is in exceptional condition with only a slight bluing of the shafts. The cue has ivory ferrules and an ivory Hoppe ring.

Specs:

-Butt weight: 15.5oz
-Shaft 1: 4.1oz, 12.7mm, Ivory ferrule
-Shaft 2: 4.2oz, 12.9mm, Ivory ferrule
-5/16x14 stainless steel joint
-Jensen's index work at A/B
-Nice curly maple forearm
-4 razor sharp, purpleheart points with 3 veneers, natural, green, black
-Textured black leather wrap
-Solid purpleheart butt sleeve
-Ivory Hoppe ring
-Black phenolic butt cap
-Signed between the points "Jensen 2006"


$850 delivered in the US

Joe
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As always thats fair Joe. Mike is one of the few Buzz-ring makers left out there and its hard to do better than that.


Orion
 
Orion said:
As always thats fair Joe. Mike is one of the few Buzz-ring makers left out there and its hard to do better than that.


Orion
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I have heard that Mike used buzz-ring in his cues? Whats is a buzz-ring?
 
bnall said:
I have heard that Mike used buzz-ring in his cues? Whats is a buzz-ring?
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If I understand it right, it's some kind of phenolic-type ring at the A-joint of the cue.

Can't remember where I heard that....but it's been at least twice that I was told the same thing.
 
Here you go.....as explained by Dick Neighbors.


I would have to strongly disagree. Where have you developed the impression that a buzz-ring eliminates vibration? I have not noticed this over the years and you are one of the first people to ever make that statement, that I know of. All wood is a unit of cellulose fibres, oriented in one direction. When cross cut, these fibres can clearly be seen on the end. These fibres are hollow and allow the tree to move water and nutrients from it's roots to it's outermost branches and leaves and back again. This end grain is where 85% of moisture transfer takes place when drying a piece of wood.

When the a-joint is constructed, in most cues, there is a tenon extending either into the handle or the prong joining these to pieces of wood together. Besides the tenon ,these two pieces of wood have their end-grain abutting each other. Through capillary action, when these two woods are joined, much of the glue is sucked away, up into the pieces, of wood leaving a chance for the joint to be glue starved and then later failing. Of coarse the joint will probably still be solid as the tenon is still glued in place however, now that these faces are still in contact but no longer just one joined piece, these end fibres can have a tendency to rub against each other causing a buzzing noise. Just like a crickets legs rubbing together. Placing a solid piece of material, with no oriented grain, helps to stop this glue from being pulled out of the joint. Makes for one straw pulling in one direction instead of two straws pulling in both directions.

This is one of the things that Balabushka utilized in building his cues although the other night I was told that it was the idea of an earlier cue-maker.

All of my cues for the past 15 years have had a ring at the A-joint. I, and many other cue-makers wouldn't consider building one any other way. If you can't see it then it's below the wrap.

Dick
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Dick Neighbors
RHN Custom Billiard Cues
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.dickiecues.com
(513) 233-7499
 
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