Eric Crip .. the cuemaker ... is a very fine gentleman. He's very busy now and quoting 2 years for cues. His cues, generally, are not *fancy* but still very nice.
I've had a maple cue with buckhorn joint that hits fine .. very stiff hitting with nice feedback.
Sugartree cues are very hard to come by in secondary market and when they do, it will be at premium. Still nice cue for the money.