Mark Bear Fullsplice FS

Birk1

Birk1

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Mark Bear Cue – Fredericksburg Virginia.
www.bearcues.com

This cue was completed in 2004 and was showcased at the US OPEN in Virginia with a sticker price of 2195 and is featured on his website. I picked it up about 6 months ago and had Mark make me some matching Joint Protectors for it out of Thuya Burl and water buffalo horn. They look nice. The specs for the cue are as follows.

• The cue rolls straight both together and apart.
• 18.75 oz.
• Balances at 19 inches
• 58 inches long
• 2 =13mm shafts – both with ivory ferrules and moori medium tips
• One shaft is standard maple and the other is Mark’s custom laminated shaft, both shafts play excellent.
• The cue is unique in that the black joint rings on the butt and shafts are made of water buffalo horn, you can see the white striations in the pictures.
• The joint is a sleeve of nice grainy ivory with a 3/8x10 joint pin.
• The cue is constructed with a maple cored amboyna burl forearm that is then fullspliced to a beautiful piece of birdseye maple with 3 veneers (black,blue, white). At the base of each point is a water buffalo horn dot inlay that in turn is inlayed with an ivory dot. The cue is then butterfly spliced with 2 - black, blue, white veneer and Thuya Burl splices.
• The cue is then finished off with a very nice ivory buttcap that is signed “M.Bear ’04 “
• The only flaws in the cue are that you can slightly feel the silver rings and it has one nick in the butt just above the buttcap. The nick was filled and buffed out before I got it. You can see it in the pictures.

SOLD

Thanks and God Bless

Ryan
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Are you sure the butt cap is ivory? I had a bear cue that the butt cap looked just like that - and it wasn't ivory. I like the cue none the less... And his cues hit awesome..
 
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oh yeah.... its ivory. no question about it. take a look at the picture. The schreger lines are very visible. here is another view of the nick too. it looks worse than it is. Like I said...its been filled and buffed were you cant feel it or really see it. These pics were taken in direct sunlight to show leave no questions unanswered.

you can call Mark and ask him about this cue. He remembers it.

Thanks

Ryan
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afternoon bump... anyone interested in a really unique fullsplice cue??

send me a PM.

Ryan
 
Oh my I love that thing, any chance you can wait until after I win the Fast Eddies tournament next month? :)

Eric. A.
 
How about you buy it now and then go off and win the tourney with the cue - now that would make for a story, kind of like Purdy's stakehorse story :) :D

thanks for compliment... I really like the cue alot and it plays really well for me at least - the hit is crisp and audible, not soft and dull. I am just changing directions with my collection - cues with ivory points is the plan for the future.

take care,

Ryan
 
tourny

tony,

I'll be there...see you then!

I'll have a couple of cues with me in my case to show you

- later

Ryan
 
Birk1 said:
tony,

I'll be there...see you then!

I'll have a couple of cues with me in my case to show you

- later

Ryan
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I would love to see that BCM. Haven't seen one in person and having been dying to. Thanks. And I'll see you there.

Tony
 
I'll have my BCM with me, you can hit some balls with or heck play one of your matches with it. She plays real nice.

see you in a week or so
 
Birk1 said:
I'll have my BCM with me, you can hit some balls with or heck play one of your matches with it. She plays real nice.

see you in a week or so
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I might just take you up on that offer. Currently I am sponsered by Poorboy Billiards. You know Mark right? Well I'll let you hit a few with this unknown sneaky. I know it's not much and my collection isn't close to par with yours but I Really like that BEAR. Maybe trade my scruggs for your Bear and BCM....:) If you like it that much......that is. :D

Tony
 
Last bump before either Ebay or more likely it will stay in my 12x24 case and I will probably just keep it. I have had lots of people ask how it hits. I would couch it has very crisp and lively. It is not dull and stiff like a steel rod, but has more life in it with an audible 'ping' when you hit the ball. It plays well, at least for me. I would say it hits like a mottey or josswest.

take care,

Ryan
 
Birk1 said:
I'll have my BCM with me, you can hit some balls with or heck play one of your matches with it. She plays real nice.

see you in a week or so
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Birk1 ------ you happen to know if Bryan M installs a standard tip and what it might be? I believe the BCM I have until recently had the original tips on the two shafts and they were as hard as rocks. Maybe WB? Put Talisman M's on both shafts, plays GREAT now.:D


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Final Bump

I have been busy helping my wife with our newborn and havent had the chance to put this cue on ebay. Any last takers...make me a serious offer if you are interested

Will be putting it up on ebay tonight.

Thanks and God Bless

Ryan
 
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