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ATM

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lol Help me fund this cue. Ive got no feedback (first time) so my cue wont sell. Not to mention Zachow isnt as well known as some others. Anyone know of a Canadian site I can post it on.
Cue ive been drooling over. Bottom cue.

http://www.cueaddicts.com/skipweston.htm


my cue
 
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ATM said:
lol Help me fund this cue. Ive got no feedback (first time) so my cue wont sell. Not to mention Zachow isnt as well known as some others. Anyone know of a Canadian site I can post it on.
Cue ive been drooling over. Bottom cue.

http://www.cueaddicts.com/skipweston.htm


my cue
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I saw the cue and loved the look, but it's hard to buy a cue from a relatively unknown cuemaker without touching it. It is kinda like buying a pair of shoes off the internet. You know your size, but each one feels a little different. With certain brands you know a fit will work better than with others. If I could see and hold this cue, check the quality of the points and craftsmanship, then I could possibly make you an offer on it...otherwise it's going to be a hard sale for anyone I think.

How much you asking anyway?

Shorty
 
Around $800. Not because its mine but I think its worth it, with the amount of ivory. The snakewood is beautiful also, but like you said, this week Scott Zachow isnt the hot cuemaker, maybe I can write Gilbert on it lol j.k. The butt is too thin for my liking and since im getting a different cue I guess Ill have to buy something that will hold its value. I mean wtf look on www.zaccues.com you cant get a cue similiar for $800. I dont want to offend him, but do you (anyone) think a cuemaker would buy the cue back.
 
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Well I can definately say that cue is worth 800...and that is just me looking at it. Right now, I can't move my Jerry Rauenzahn or else I would buy it. I am dying to have a snakewood cue in my collection, and this one sounds perfect.

Drop me an email at kidshark@yahoo.com if you would. I would like to see some more pictures.

Shorty
 
I have seen one of Scott Zachow's cues in person and it seemed like nice work...well built, nice veneer work. I actually talked to him on the phone about building me something custom, and plan to have it done when I can afford to finance it. We talked for almost a half-hour. He is in (far) Western Canada (Vancouver sticks in my head, but I don't feel like checking, lol). I always thought the dialect in that movie Strange Brew was just stereotyping, but Scott sounds just like that (right down to ending every other sentence with "Eh"). He seemed like a good guy, straight-forward, etc. He wasn't the slightest bit pushy, even though I bounced ideas off him for a half-hour without committing to a purchase.

It can't hurt to ask if he'd buy the cue back. His email in on the site and his phone # is 250-724-9822

~Chris
 
Shorty-

I can't really speak for the hit, it's too subjective- it's not as stiff as my Joss.

I can speak for the craftsmanship. I have been playing with a Zac for almost 3 years. The materials and workmanship are first class, imo. My Zac is a little more plain-jane, 6 long rosewood points into BEM with a single veneer, and a Rosewood/BEM "Southwest style" buttsleeve. The points are almost dead even, 5 of the 6 are within .010, and one is .040 long. That's pretty damn good, since they are very long points, they end less than 2" from the joint. There are no bumps in the finish around the rings or points, etc. It's still as straight as the day I bought it, and has traveled with me from Alaska to Costa Rica by boat. The wrap is still perfect. The shaft has almost no grain runoff- 16 rings/inch and the heart lines are almost perfect from joint to tip. There is one tiny "wow" on one side about 3" from the end, but it comes back in line before the ferrule. I don't think this shaft will warp for a long time. I am planning to have Scott make me another shaft with a little stiffer taper for breaking and 3C.

I don't know what the "standard" butt dimensions are, but mine is .840" at the joint and 1.25" at the butt. Some people might think they are too forward balanced at ~20", but I am used to it and it feels weightless in my hands. It's 19.5 oz., and most people think it's 17 or 18.

Scott doesn't use weight bolts, but there may be a bolt in the A joint, I don't know. But after 3 years of playing and breaking with it, there are no buzzes or anything like that.

Scott moved his shop last winter from Nanaimo to a new location, but he is still on Vancouver Island. He is very easy to talk to, and cut me a very good deal when I bought my cue.
 
Nice cue. Im sure it has a firm hit like mine. I guess Ill hang on to it, yeah why not I shot top gun this session with it, lol.
 
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