high $$$$ cues ..diamonds,rubys,etc
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Diamonds in cues
Contact Jerry Olivier he has done this type of work. In fact he is building one right now that has about $35,000.00 worth of stones in it.His number is 713-542-7276 or 281-996-8030.---Smitty
Contact Jerry Olivier he has done this type of work. In fact he is building one right now that has about $35,000.00 worth of stones in it.His number is 713-542-7276 or 281-996-8030.---Smitty
Bill Mcdaniel has made several diamond cues,I saw one at the BCA in Vegas that was absolutely stunning. The cue was a special order and was not for sale. The owner had allowed Bill to put his work on display before taking delivery. I think he has a cue with small diamonds on his website.... www.billmcdaniel.com.
Harold Smith said:
A friend of mine bought a diamond cue from Jerry. It was beautiful. Jerry is an excellent craftman along with so many others in the industry.
In addition to Jerry's cue, Joey Gold mastercraftsman of Cognocenti Cues did a diamond, ruby cue for another friend of mine. If you are interested, PM me and I will give you that info.
Eydie
Check out Chris Hightower at www.hightowercues.com outstanding work.BUGSY said:
if you want to pay high $ for a high end cue, you may as well get a high end cueMAKER, because of the prestige and added value. i don't mean this in any pejorative way, but that eliminates, lishan, hightower, mcdaniel, and olivier. i hate to put mcdaniel there, because he is an excellent cuemaker, but his cues haven't shown to keep their value, imo. not sure about black boar either.
you want to pick a cuemaker whose cues have INTRINSIC value.
you want to pick a cuemaker whose cues have INTRINSIC value.
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being im from jackson Tn i can vouche for Bills work on cues another quemaker that i would recomend for a Gemmed up one of kind that i have played with and touched is from SOUTH EAST ques i played with a 50,000 que he made it had tons of rubys and diamonds in it and it played AWESOME.
Nat green is who you would contact at SOUTH EAST .
Nat green is who you would contact at SOUTH EAST .
Thanks for your post
Hey "cuejoey",
Thanks for posting link to "HIGHTOWER CUSTOM CUES".
Chris & Israel "Z" Hightower made my custom cue which is
shown on page 10, in the "Cue Gallery" section. Mine is 2nd from the top, the Ebony & Ivory cue.
Chris & "Z" in case you read this post, I would like to have a cue similiar to the 3rd cue shown on page 10.
"Have a nice day"
Lamar
cuejoey said:
Hey "cuejoey",
Thanks for posting link to "HIGHTOWER CUSTOM CUES".
Chris & Israel "Z" Hightower made my custom cue which is
shown on page 10, in the "Cue Gallery" section. Mine is 2nd from the top, the Ebony & Ivory cue.
Chris & "Z" in case you read this post, I would like to have a cue similiar to the 3rd cue shown on page 10.
"Have a nice day"
Lamar
Hi Lamar, mine is on page 4 the top one.......there are alot of nice cue makers out there ...i just think giving a great artist a chance to make his best is what is nice in life...one of the things i liked about Hightower is the fact that he is a real good pool player himself..so he can advise on the feel and hit of a cue for someone....to anyone out there needing a custom cue i believe that this is a very important quality for the one that will make that special cue for you...good luck to everyone on your game....lamar25 said:
cuejoey said:Hi Lamar, mine is on page 4 the top one.......there are alot of nice cue makers out there ...i just think giving a great artist a chance to make his best is what is nice in life...one of the things i liked about Hightower is the fact that he is a real good pool player himself..so he can advise on the feel and hit of a cue for someone....to anyone out there needing a custom cue i believe that this is a very important quality for the one that will make that special cue for you...good luck to everyone on your game....
Hey "cuejoey",
Thanks for the info, re: your cue. A very nice you have there.
I found it a pleasure dealing with "Hightower Custom Cues".
"Have a nice day",
Lamar
A little something deluxe...
He doesn't have a website but I can vouch for Todd Elkins of Parrot Cues in Richmond VA. He has done some amazing stuff. If you'd like his number, PM me and I'll get it to you.
Brian in VA
BUGSY said:
He doesn't have a website but I can vouch for Todd Elkins of Parrot Cues in Richmond VA. He has done some amazing stuff. If you'd like his number, PM me and I'll get it to you.
Brian in VA
high end cues
I was the first cuemaker to build a cue for $25,000.00, it was built for none other than Kevin Trudeaux, of the IPT. This was about 13 or 14 yrs ago.
I also was the first cuemaker to build a cue for $100,000.00 about 10 yrs ago, for my close friend, P - Hoods.
The $50,000.00 cue someone mentioned in an above post, was built at Nat Green's shop in Clarksville Tenn. However Nat didn't build it, my son Donald built it while working for Mr. Green.
My son Donald, now is a full partner with me in our shop. As for Jerry Oliver, my son taught him how to build cues and we sold him most of his machinery a few years back.
Please keep in mind, that "ANY CUEMAKER" can build a high dollar cue, buy simlply adding diamonds and rare stones. What comes first is the CUE. Build a solid playable cue, and then the placement of stones or whatever's comes last.
The design, the workmanship, detail, and placement of stones, ect, is very important.
The 100K cue I built, had only 15K worth of stones,lots of Ivory and many hours of work, the 25K cue had only 8k in stones.
It all boils down to the cuemaker working very closely with the customer in designing the cue to be a knock
Another cuemaker a few years back, told he built a cue for $103,000.00, [just to get at me], however the cue was sold for only $40,000.00. So, it was a $40,000.00 cue, period. {BTW, the owner told me what he paid for it, this is not a rumor}.
FUNNY story, a few years back a high-end cuemaker told me and my friend Joey, Gold, I just sold an $8,000.00 cue, to a collector. I told him great, how much did you really sell it for, he looked funny and said, $4,500.00...
I then told him, well you sold a $4,500.00 cue. Oh, no it was $8,000.00, I then said, where's the 3,500.0?...........never got an answer.........Kinda strange to me.
Bugsy,Give me a call, 830-232-5991, am sure we can design and build you something nice and not spend to much doing it.
Leonard "Blud" Bludworth
Hello Bugsy,BUGSY said:
I was the first cuemaker to build a cue for $25,000.00, it was built for none other than Kevin Trudeaux, of the IPT. This was about 13 or 14 yrs ago.
I also was the first cuemaker to build a cue for $100,000.00 about 10 yrs ago, for my close friend, P - Hoods.
The $50,000.00 cue someone mentioned in an above post, was built at Nat Green's shop in Clarksville Tenn. However Nat didn't build it, my son Donald built it while working for Mr. Green.
My son Donald, now is a full partner with me in our shop. As for Jerry Oliver, my son taught him how to build cues and we sold him most of his machinery a few years back.
Please keep in mind, that "ANY CUEMAKER" can build a high dollar cue, buy simlply adding diamonds and rare stones. What comes first is the CUE. Build a solid playable cue, and then the placement of stones or whatever's comes last.
The design, the workmanship, detail, and placement of stones, ect, is very important.
The 100K cue I built, had only 15K worth of stones,lots of Ivory and many hours of work, the 25K cue had only 8k in stones.
It all boils down to the cuemaker working very closely with the customer in designing the cue to be a knock
Another cuemaker a few years back, told he built a cue for $103,000.00, [just to get at me], however the cue was sold for only $40,000.00. So, it was a $40,000.00 cue, period. {BTW, the owner told me what he paid for it, this is not a rumor}.
FUNNY story, a few years back a high-end cuemaker told me and my friend Joey, Gold, I just sold an $8,000.00 cue, to a collector. I told him great, how much did you really sell it for, he looked funny and said, $4,500.00...
I then told him, well you sold a $4,500.00 cue. Oh, no it was $8,000.00, I then said, where's the 3,500.0?...........never got an answer.........Kinda strange to me.
Bugsy,Give me a call, 830-232-5991, am sure we can design and build you something nice and not spend to much doing it.
Leonard "Blud" Bludworth
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I am sure
Bugsy, that with your money, that I can make both of
us happy. I am willing to act as your consultant and
coordinator for this buy for just a small Xbreaker fee...lol
Blud ... Were the jewels all surface mounted or were some
of them raised above the surface ... just curious ..
Bugsy, that with your money, that I can make both of
us happy. I am willing to act as your consultant and
coordinator for this buy for just a small Xbreaker fee...lol
Blud ... Were the jewels all surface mounted or were some
of them raised above the surface ... just curious ..