This is the first custom cue I bought in the early 60's. A Titleist conversion, straight from the maker who was building cues in his garage at the time. He hadn't even made 100 cues at that point. What can I say, I took a chance on the guy. Still have it:
I wasn't old enough to drive at the time and had to transfer buses 3 times to get from my place to his house in the San Fernando valley. Maybe the best part of the story is the price. As I recall it was somewhere between $100 - $150. :grin-square:
Ernie verified it was one of the first 50-100 he made (depending on how many of those he sold with one versus two shafts).