McDermott D19 Cue

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So a guy I know casually calls me to meet and play some 14.1 this morning. He shows up with his cue case and tells me he still plays with a cue he bought in the 80s- he is 77. he opens his case and out comes a beautiful McDermott D19 with 2 pristine shafts- the cue is in immaculate condition! It is also a custom job with mother of pearl notched diamonds and dots in the long points.

I never really paid much attention to this cue- but his was just outstanding. I attached images i found of a similar cue- he said that the mother of pearl additions were custom- but i also found the attached similar version of the D19 on an old e bay listing. Really nice cue!
 

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CocoboloCowboy said:
McDermott is still making fine Cues, they are just not Full Custom. Production Cues, of quality.
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Once again you are incorrect. McDermott produces many fine cues and are open to discussing custom options. No they declined sharp points but offer many woods, inlays,wrap, weights and lengths.
 
C & D series McDermott’s are great cues. The D-19 will always be a collectible cue. I think I might have one.

After the D series they kinda went more into “production” cues. The D-series is priduction but doesn’t feel that way.

Nice cue
 
Fatboy said:
C & D series McDermott’s are great cues. The D-19 will always be a collectible cue. I think I might have one.

After the D series they kinda went more into “production” cues. The D-series is priduction but doesn’t feel that way.

Nice cue
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I have C-14 that is in mint condition and is one of the best cues I have owned. I bought it new. I recently turned down $1500 cash for it after a guy tried it and only hit a dozen balls.

I have had many similar offers.


https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=251123&highlight=mcdermott
 
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I've played with a D-19 for about 20 years now. I bought a D-18 from a guy who had become disillusioned with pool and said, "I think I'm gonna sell this cue." I pulled a hundred dollar bill out of my wallet and said will this do. He said $125 and I bought it on the spot. 15 years later a guy at the bar keeps asking me to sell him the D-18 and I keep telling him $1000 cause I love the cue. After about 6 months he offers a trade of 2 C series McDermotts. I said I can only play with 1 cue at a time, so would like a 1 for 1 trade and he offers the D-19, which I snapped up and still play with today.
 
HawaiianEye said:
I have C-14 that is in mint condition and is one of the best cues I have owned. I bought it new. I recently turned down $1500 cash for it after a guy tried it and only hit a dozen balls.

I have had many similar offers.


https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=251123&highlight=mcdermott
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Wow they got expensive. I haven’t looked in a while at prices.

C-14 is a great cue, congrats!! I’d keep it too

I’m gonna have to dig around next trip to Vegas and look at my cues.

Best,
Fatboy
 
The D Series were really fantastic cues when they came out. My first D-19 was a little odd looking and I talked to Jim Mcdermott about it
Two of the points that were opposite of each other were jet black ebony and the two other points opposite of each other were a
little browner in color, not jet black ebony, Mr. Mcdermott told me that some times when material was low, they would substitute
material on hand. I do forget the material used, but, no really noticed unless you looked up close at the cue.
The red stained original D-19's with a leather wrap really popped in my opinion.
Great Cue for sure.
 
worktheknight said:
The D Series were really fantastic cues when they came out. My first D-19 was a little odd looking and I talked to Jim Mcdermott about it
Two of the points that were opposite of each other were jet black ebony and the two other points opposite of each other were a
little browner in color, not jet black ebony, Mr. Mcdermott told me that some times when material was low, they would substitute
material on hand. I do forget the material used, but, no really noticed unless you looked up close at the cue.
The red stained original D-19's with a leather wrap really popped in my opinion.
Great Cue for sure.
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D 19's have 6 points, I use one everyday as my player. I have the original shaft but I play with the G-Core I had made for it. I bought the cue used a few years ago and had it refinished and re-wrapped by McDermott, they are local to me.
 
mikemosconi said:
So a guy I know casually calls me to meet and play some 14.1 this morning. He shows up with his cue case and tells me he still plays with a cue he bought in the 80s- he is 77. he opens his case and out comes a beautiful McDermott D19 with 2 pristine shafts- the cue is in immaculate condition! It is also a custom job with mother of pearl notched diamonds and dots in the long points.

I never really paid much attention to this cue- but his was just outstanding. I attached images i found of a similar cue- he said that the mother of pearl additions were custom- but i also found the attached similar version of the D19 on an old e bay listing. Really nice cue!
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That cue looks like my old cue.. of course it's one of a kind.. I had it custom made
 

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With the C and D series cues they could be customized.
Choice of wrap.
Choice of weight 16- 22 ops.
Choice of shaft diameter 11-14.5(?) mm.
Inlays could be added and or changed to mop.
Choice of stain.
Choice of joint collar.
Monogrammed butt plate.

Perhaps even more options.
 
I have a D19 since.new. Aprox 45 yrs ago. It is in excellent condition with 1 barely used original 13 mm shaft & 2 12 mm shafts made by McDermott when I sent it in for reconditioning & a new wrap in late 1996. I broke my neck so thereafter I stopped playing for 22 yrs. Have the original case & had McDermott ad MOP diamonds on all the points with MOP dots at each end of the diamonds when I ordered it.. Cue weighs 19 ozs. I now play with a Balabushka GB 25 that I love. What is a fair price to sell it to a friend that is also a good player. I grew up in Reading Pa & was good friends with Jimmy Matz who was a world class player that was as good as anyone playing the game. Thank you, Jan Sabo. On a previous post Mac Duncan was mentioned as a good player from Reading. We played many times in the mid 60's at Paradise billiards. His younger sister was a student of mine at Reading High. Mac was a boxer with fast hands that lit up.a racist a hole that was constantly picking on him. Everyone cheered as Mac kicked his butt. Mac did show potential when I played him & I'm not surprised that he became a very good player as he was very athletic.
 
I have a mint condition D-10 with one matching shaft and a mint condition RS-1 with two matching shafts. Both play great.
 
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