bogey54311 said:
it's a overseas cue.
my bud has bought many of them.
the same guy sells a case that you would swear is a 2x4 whitten.
the combo case/cue sells for under $250 i believe.
chris G
Don't take this the wrong way, please, and I really appreciate any help identifying it, but trust me, it is NOT an overseas cue. I have been buying, selling and making cues for over 10 years and those guys on the other side have NEVER made something of this level. I don't know how else to say it, but it just looks, feels and plays too good. If you can sell me this for $250 with a case that looks like a Whitten, I'll take a dozen right now.
I'd bet good money this was made by hand, by someone here. There are too many American clues in it.
1. Joint pin is either Migliore's work or something made by hand here. It's 3/8x10 acme, which is a thread the imports have never done (not that I have seen, anyway).
2. The shaft wood is really tight grained, fairly white and very straight grained. Better quality than I have ever seen on an import.
3. The wrap is Green/White and really feels like the old school cortland wraps.
4. The handle section is laminated stock, like what Atlas sells to us.
5. 3/8x16 threaded weight bolt hole, tapered at the front with a very clean cut, like to perfectly fit the kind of weight bolts most cue makers here use.
I've seen all of that Jim Chao's (or whatever his last name is) cues (the KC cues guy) and the Kaiser's come from the same place. This is far better than that. Someone did a damn good job on this thing, I just wish we knew who.