Got a ring at the door this morning, no it wasn't Jehovah's witnesses this time, instead it was a very well packed triangular box with some precious contents leaning at my door side and a mailman running back to his truck. I'm so psyched at getting my contest cue from Lee. I can't wait to get to a table to try it out on a few dozen racks. Below are pictures of the design I sent to Lee on my contest win and the finished pictures of my cue.
I'd like to thank Mr. Lee Peppers for holding all of his contests, giving AZers repeated chances at winning really well made cues of our own designs, when outright commissioning a custom cue wasn't really a possibility for some of us. I'd also like to thank Lee for being so honest and responsive in working with me on this build. He's a great guy to work with and if you are ever lucky enough to work with him on a cue you can definitely count yourself one of the lucky ones.
Thanks again for a great customer experience and cue!
Kevin
Hope you guys enjoy the pictures! I couldn't be happier with this build.
Specs:
Ebony closely grouped points into a fairly dark American rosewood(looks kind of close to purple heart)
58" from end of butt plate to end of ferrule
3/8 x 10 .308 Titanium Flat bottom pin with a stainless flat faced joint.
Juma Hoppe Ring - looks great!
Cream with Blue spec wrap -way better looking than I even thought it would be when I requested it. Really well pressed too.
Butt weight is 15.7 and is naturally weighted without a bolt from what I can see behind the push in bumper.
shafts are both full 13 mm at the tip end of the ferrule, 3.8 and 3.9 ounces (I asked for shafts with a little character in their grain as I really like the way shafts like that tend to play. The honey color and the tap tone resonance of these shafts sounds great)
The balance point is somewhere between 19.5 and 20.5 inches.
After I get to hit more than a cue ball across the lounge end of my couch with it I'll add more info on the hit. Yes I actually did do that, lol and yes it did have a really satisfying sound and feel. Even in this sad and silly test situation I could hear that really nice ping and feel how well balanced this cue is.
I'd like to thank Mr. Lee Peppers for holding all of his contests, giving AZers repeated chances at winning really well made cues of our own designs, when outright commissioning a custom cue wasn't really a possibility for some of us. I'd also like to thank Lee for being so honest and responsive in working with me on this build. He's a great guy to work with and if you are ever lucky enough to work with him on a cue you can definitely count yourself one of the lucky ones.
Thanks again for a great customer experience and cue!
Kevin
Hope you guys enjoy the pictures! I couldn't be happier with this build.
Specs:
Ebony closely grouped points into a fairly dark American rosewood(looks kind of close to purple heart)
58" from end of butt plate to end of ferrule
3/8 x 10 .308 Titanium Flat bottom pin with a stainless flat faced joint.
Juma Hoppe Ring - looks great!
Cream with Blue spec wrap -way better looking than I even thought it would be when I requested it. Really well pressed too.
Butt weight is 15.7 and is naturally weighted without a bolt from what I can see behind the push in bumper.
shafts are both full 13 mm at the tip end of the ferrule, 3.8 and 3.9 ounces (I asked for shafts with a little character in their grain as I really like the way shafts like that tend to play. The honey color and the tap tone resonance of these shafts sounds great)
The balance point is somewhere between 19.5 and 20.5 inches.
After I get to hit more than a cue ball across the lounge end of my couch with it I'll add more info on the hit. Yes I actually did do that, lol and yes it did have a really satisfying sound and feel. Even in this sad and silly test situation I could hear that really nice ping and feel how well balanced this cue is.
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