High Dollar Merry Widow Cues
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i've asked this very question myself. i recently hit balls with a Franklin-era SW mw and to me it was nothing spectacular. Damn sure nothing to merit the asking price.
Have you had a chance to compare it to how a Non-Satin plays. Assuming it was a satin, “Pacifier”.
The cue i recently hit was a Macassar ebony mw with all the ring-work. Nice wand but not worth 4G's imo. didn't play any better than my $600 Mezz.
Funny that a Runde Aficionado questions price validity
Really, how so? I’m not aware of a single Merry Widow cue that Bob has built since he was at Schon. Have sold several of his fancy sneakies for less than $900 over the years.
If it's fully cored or made from amazing wood that's been aged properly for twenty years and has a fantastic fit and finish with super sharp tooling so there is a perfectly smooth cut on all machine work and the finish shines like a fresh polished diamond, and it hits a ton and the maker has a great reputation because of these things, Then yea, It's going cost more.
I Totally understand your point though it truly does get a bit ridiculous at times. No argument here! But hey, if they can get the money I can't really blame them for taking it. I try to judge each cue as I find it, Condition, extra nice wood, dead straight, who made it, etc.. then I figure out what I consider to be a good deal so I don't get stuck with it. I figure it this way, If I try to sell a cue for what I have in it and no one wants to buy it I may have paid too much for it. Or possibly everyone's just stupid and should be glad to pay me far more!
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You pay for the aesthetics; some ratio of your vanity / piece of human who made.
If they automated the whole process and you could walk into cue depot, run a hundred dollars off your card, and walk out with the bling weapon of your dreams, I still might pass.
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and a base toyota in a lot of regards is a better machine. on a MB you're paying for a bunch of electronic gizmos that can/do fail. i'd rather have a mid-range camry than a c-class merc. got multiple mechanic friends that tell me same thing. a cue is basically a stick with a piece of leather glued on it. gross over-simplification i know but imo a lot of hi-end cues lean more towards art than tool. MW's were always the entry level cue. what some of them cost today is insane.
I think that’s the one I bought! A great cue!
The three cues I have recently used for a meaningful length of time (5+ months) have all been Tascarellas. Two are Merry Widows and one was a four-pointer with a minor inlaying. I paid the following for the cues:
Four-pointer new from the Tascarella shop - $3,950
Birdseye Maple Hoppe merry widow, purchased in new condition from an AZB member - $2,200
Rosewood merry widow, purchased in like new condition from an AZB member - $2,000
I am currently playing with the Rosewood merry widow and I preferred the hit of the two merry widows slightly more than the pointed cue. I am sure it is mental but I seem to prefer the feel of non-pointed cues. I have been a bit of a habitual cue swapper for the last 30 years and I always seem to stick with the non-pointed cues.
The cues I have stuck with the longest were all fairly expensive merry windows (Tad, Tascarella, Southwest Satin, Cognoscenti) and I felt they were all worth the cost.
As stated earlier in the thread, cues are worth what someone will pay for them.
Four-pointer new from the Tascarella shop - $3,950
Birdseye Maple Hoppe merry widow, purchased in new condition from an AZB member - $2,200
Rosewood merry widow, purchased in like new condition from an AZB member - $2,000
I am currently playing with the Rosewood merry widow and I preferred the hit of the two merry widows slightly more than the pointed cue. I am sure it is mental but I seem to prefer the feel of non-pointed cues. I have been a bit of a habitual cue swapper for the last 30 years and I always seem to stick with the non-pointed cues.
The cues I have stuck with the longest were all fairly expensive merry windows (Tad, Tascarella, Southwest Satin, Cognoscenti) and I felt they were all worth the cost.
As stated earlier in the thread, cues are worth what someone will pay for them.
they charge what they charge because they have to deal with pool players mostly lol
and all the ridiculous requests and labor it takes to make one
and all the ridiculous requests and labor it takes to make one
does any cue? mezz seems to be top dog when it comes to playability and attention to detail
DOESNT EVERY CUE seem to be top dog when it comes to playability and attention to detail......
i hope you dont mind if I i corrected your post.......
