I would say so. I would also say it's a damn good playing cue, as are my D-series!I have a McDermott EF-19, is this cue considered to be a Merry Widow?
I have a McDermott EF-19, is this cue considered to be a Merry Widow?
A Merry Widow is a cue made from one piece of wood. A Plain Jane is a cue with no inlays or other adornments.
With the advent of the internet, these terms have been discarded by many along with the meaning of "conversion" and Sneaky Pete. I once saw a cue described as a reconversion and "Sneaky Pete" cues with fancy collars and inlays.
I have a McDermott EF-19, is this cue considered to be a Merry Widow?
Same here. Back in the day Brunswick had a cue in their catalog, the Merry widow, that had same wood front and back with a wrap. Cues like this have been popular ever since.When I started playing in the early '70s a merry widow was a cue with no rings or inlays or decoration of any kind. Just a wrap. Forearm and butt sleeve of the same wood. I don't hear the term often today, not as much as the term sneaky pete which I still hear over and over. The internet had nothing to do with doing away those terms, merry widow just went out of fashion for some people.
When I started playing in the early '70s a merry widow was a cue with no rings or inlays or decoration of any kind. Just a wrap. Forearm and butt sleeve of the same wood. I don't hear the term often today, not as much as the term sneaky pete which I still hear over and over. The internet had nothing to do with doing away those terms, merry widow just went out of fashion for some people.
Is that structurally sound? Aren't butts joined from more than 1 piece to prevent warping?A Merry Widow is a cue made from one piece of wood.
Is that structurally sound? Aren't butts joined from more than 1 piece to prevent warping?
I've always thought a 1-piece wrapless butt from a nice piece of wood would be cool, but assumed it wasn't practical.
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Years ago when the DCC was still an old school pool tournament instead of the novelty it is now, I remember Pat Diveney bringing a snakewood cue there. It was sweet, snakewood bow to stern and thats one very finicky wood...
On a side note, ill be listing some more of these for sale in the near future and am curious what people think...plain jane or merry widow, maybe merry widow maker :grin:
Well, I'll give a different definition. A Merry Widow is a plain cue without points, with a set of rings or ring of some type in either the buttsleeve or forearm, but only one, not the other. The widow is one, without the other. Sort of makes sense. Opinions vary.
Opinions also vary with respect to Plain Jane. I've heard it referred to sneakys, to just a wrapped maple cue, and to even a four pointer. Opinions vary on that one too.
All the best,
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