Full Cored Plain Jane Player by Esoteric Cue

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Rick Geschrey
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Hi,

Here is one of my Esoteric Cue, Fully Cored Plain Jane Players with Bacote Forearm, butt sleeve with Big Leaf Curly Maple wooden handle. 30 stitch sterling silver decor rings.

Butt 14.5 oz
Shaft 3.9 oz with Juma Ferrule

SOLD

$850.00 free Shipping & Insurance
Free Long Sleeve Double Cotton Esoteric Cue T Shirt with every cue purchased. Sizes L,XL,XXL, & XXXL available.

Some of the engineered features of my cues are:

Fully Cored Cue built on a 29" maple dowel

Stiff Hitting 13 mm Parabolic Shaft into a modern pro taper seasoned since 10/05

Parabolic Tapered Butt Geometry

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

Garolite Shaft Insert

All cues are handcrafted using my "in house" QA/QC Program with Statistical Process Control

Thanks for looking,

Rick Geschrey
Cue Maker

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Vary nice looking cue Rick . I bet people don't know that bocote forearm cues play unreal , good luck with the sale. D Hill
 
Hi,

My Website is under construction. Should be up soon. Other than the SPs all of my cues are fully cored on a 29" dowel.

Here are a some of the cues I have in the shop and will be posted in the next few weeks with detailed pics.

I have been making cues since 2004 but only selling in the local Chicagoland market so my internet sales has been non existent.

The hand painted Art Cue on the right side is "The Armageddon Cue" some detailed pics are here:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=251305

Thanks,

Rick

All of these cues are finished now.

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These cues are almost ready and some are still needing a wrap. I have about 6 more ready for fit and finish
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I will custom build any cue someone orders detailing wood choices, points,veneer colors, ring selection, inlays ect. It will be a full cored cue with our shaft geometry. No substitutions.

My waiting list at this time is only about 2 to 3 months with only 10% down.
 
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Almost ready picture - 3rd cue down from top. Really like what looks like lime green color. Interested, so if possible would appreciate details, such as wood used and weight. PM if that is preferable and price if going to sell.

Thanks and Aloha
Randy
 
Randy,

We call that cue "Old School meets Miami Vice" because of it's pastel veneers on the Yellowheart.

I am not in the shop till tonight but will PM you with all of the details later tonight.

It is a 4 point, 4 veneer and has 2 shafts and (8 Box) box veneer rings in 5 positions.

Thanks for looking, I will pm you some close ups.

Rick G
 
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player52 said:
Very nice cue, smells like a player.
Fully cored- so there is not a joint, or...?
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Hey Player.

There is no A-Joint as far as a connection with an A-Joint bolt. This begs the question of the loss of the extra weight for that bolt within the cue. My answer to that was to engineer a weight and balance system whereby the fulcrum of the cue or balance is based on a weight bolt epoxy embedded behind the joint pin.

The back weight bolt is not for adding weight per se but only acts as a compensation weight bolt to tweak the fulcrum back a little if that is the player's preference. My cues are designed and engineered to be forward balance about an inch or so forward of what is considered to be standard within the industry today. If a player wants a more conventional fulcrum within the weight and balance envelope, he can add a 1/2 oz. bolt to move that moment arm aft in a minute or two. This is rarely done as once they play with my set up, they usually leave it alone.

I believe that rear weight bolt pockets are generally not something that should be messed with by the player because the cue maker who built the cue used it to balance his cue if he used it in the first place. Since my forward weight bolt is behind the pin, my cues give the player the ability to control a fulcrum within a 1.5 inch area using the design of the compensating rear bolt.

In my opinion, the shaft contour is the number one feature or reason for the cues hit. The construction of the butt and the material use there are a close second for sure. To get the "Monster Hit" the cue maker must be attentive to both these features.

Some of the old school cue makers who were known for the great hit of their cues all had great tapers to their shafts too be sure. I feel that the other feature was the heavy nose that was felt because they used the heavy metal joint.

I am a proponent of the flat face joint with the big pin and have been inspired to cue making by the work of Harvey Martin & David P. Kershenbrock. By adding this forward weight bolt to my fully cored cues, I think I have been able to get the big pin flat faced cue with the extra weight feel in the nose with out the metal joint.

JMO of coarse,

Rick Geschrey
Cue Maker

This picture reveals that my point grooves are cut after the forearm is installed on the dowel with no A-Joint bolt. Epoxy was filled into the engagement mill grooves in the dowel (shown below ) before the sacrificial material is turned and the A-Joint is faced before the ring and handle is joined to the dowel.

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Wow, thank you very much for this great explanation. This is surley improvement in cue making.
I would love to hit some balls with your cue someday.
GL with your sale.
 
Hi,

This cue SOLD yesterday and is going to it's new home in Toronto.

Thanks to all of the inquiries and kind words about my cues.

Because of the recent Cue Show in Chicago we have over 15 Custom Cues ranging from $ 650.00 to $ 2,250.00.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Rick Geschrey
Cue Maker
 
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