My Black Boar Cue

[buckshot]

Specifications

Length: ....................................59 inches.
Weight: ....................................21 oz.
Joint is stainless steel, white ivory cover & compression ring.
Two shafts, 12.5 mm tips, Ivory ferrule, professional style taper.

Wrap is Black Lizard.

Base - Black Ebony with 8 points.
Forearm - Canadian Birdseye Maple.
Inlays.………………………………………….140 precious metal inlays.
Yellow Gold Inlays: 104, plus 8 on each shaft, at the joint.
White Gold Inlays: 36, plus 8 on each shaft, at the joint.
White Ivory: prominent and distinctive, hand laid.
Pink Ivory : accent within the white ivory and black ebony points.
Mother of Pearl: accents.

 

[Purdman]

Yea Buckshot, Tony don't fool around. I know he don't play cheep either. I don't even want to guess. I have a friend who opens his case and there is $60,000 in cues. Most, Black Boars. Very nice cue. A little on the heavy side for me. How does it play?
Don P.

 

[buckshot]

Hello Donald,
Thanks for your comments, I am interested in selling this cue and perhaps you might alert ur friend to this, and we may come to terms - who knows, perhaps a commission would be in order.

I have over $18000 invested, the cue is complete with unique tip portectors and a case.

To answer your question, to perserve its Collector Quality status, the cue has never been played, as while in my posession will not be.

Again, thanks for your feedback

 

[buckshot]

More views of the same cue (now that i figured this website posting thing out). This is the butt sleeve showing the principal inlay, which has 5 parts. Notice how the butt plate has 8 points and caped with gold dots.

Someone made a comment about the weight of this cue - 21 oz.) It is this weight due to the weight of gold inlays.

 

[buckshot]

Forearm major inlay which mirrors those on the butt sleeve. Notice the composite rings present on the butt sleeve and forearm. Each of the 3 larger rings are identical in composition, each with 32 gold and 8 MOP pieces. There are two smaller rings of just the gold inlays on each side of the ivory-covered joint ( base and shaft ).

 

[buckshot]

Last picture to show the tip protectors - which are discrete to this cue, again the eight points are mirrored to complement the butt plate and again doted in white gold.
The composite ring at the base of the joint
(upper forearm ) is also present on the base of the shaft. Again, Black Boar's attention to both composition and symmetry become obvious in this work of art.

 

[cuewhiz189]

WOW....what else can or should be said......i would think from cues like this these guys should be considered some of the most artistic in the universe......just wonder,how does it play.....collecting is great but the value is still in how it plays also......another great work from those guys......if i had i would be happy to go off and snap it up.......man it would break my heart to sell something like that..............again WOWWWWWWW......juston

 

[Buddha Jones]

I wouldn't even THINK about chalking it up with one of the matching shafts. hell, if it were jewelry, i'd wear it.

 

[buckshot]

Thank you cueshiz and Buddha, I had solicited some opinions on Billiards Digest
(no pic) and was a bit concerned at some of the replies.
I do appreciate your feedback. I thnk Tony/Black Boar are a vey positive and significant influences in our game today.

Perhaps its just me( in my small world) but to date I have not seen any other cue maker that is so precise in composition they go the extra length in apply a compression ring inside the joint to insure point/inlay alignment and integrity.

As for playability, Tony applied all of his knowledge and skill in this cue, but still I have no intention to chalk or play it - ever.
Seems the collector community frown on that, unless I were somone of note - chich im not --- LOL.

 

[Indianaguy]

Good Lord what a cue!!! I'll buy it if you will accept monthly payments. LMAO That was a joke!! While we are talking about Black Boar cues, I have a question. Have any of you ever played with one? How do they play? The hit is comparable to......? Balance is....? Just curious. As far as Im concerned, a cue maker that is capable of something like this cue should also be capable of making an AWESOME PLAYING cue. Again, VERY beautiful cue.

 

[buckshot]

Hello Indianaguy;
Thanks for your feedback, I sincerely apreciate your comments. It’s nice to know others see Tony’s work in the same regard.

Regarding your question on playability, I have another Black Boar, which is my daily player and has become an extension of my right arm. It is valued in the 5-figures, partly because of its composition and partly because it has a stricking resimblence to one of the BB cues pictured in the Blue Book of Cues, the red cocabola.

Tony, while very creative in artistic composition, is above all, a devoted engineer and his focus is playability. Fore instance, the Q you see featured in this article has a concealed compression ring hidden within the joint, which you feel at one-quarter turn prior to stop. The compression ring addresses the integrity of the two pieces in terms of playability. The fact that Tony was likewise able maintain inlay alignment is infact ”value added”. This unique (to Black Boar) mechanism is a testament to his ingenious approach to his craft - custom cues.

I know of numerous players that have a Black Boar Cue. Some plain Jane, some are not. All are superior in playability. In my opinion, BB Qs are on the other end of the spectrum from say the Predator, in terms of playability . I mean no disrespect to anyone in this comparison but my intent is to draw a fair anology to address playability. BB Q has a great deal of feel, flex and deflection, which requires some getting, use to. You will have to ask Tony, but as of our last conversation, his minimum was $3500. and I have no idea as to waite time to delivery.

Please be advised, like beauty, playability is a matter of perception,of individual taste - how the cue feels to you, etc. Also an old Black Boar will not play like a new one. Tony’s work has continued to evolve and what he makes today is significantly different from say 6-7 yeas back .

I hope this answers your question, If your interested, Tony can be reached at Black Boar Industries, College Park, Maryland.

 

[bandido]

Outstanding cue Buckshot! Tony makes a very structurally sound cue that assures unquestionable playability. As a cuemaker myself, I don't feel that I'm at a liberty to divuldge his construction method but I guarantee you that his structural system is one of those that I admire most and I assure you that it's top notch.

He's design concepts and execution is expected of one from the higher echelon of cue artistry. Congratulations to you as I admire your appreciation and understanding of superior craftsmanship.

Edwin Reyes

 

[buckshot]

Thank you very much Edwin, I sincerely appreciate your time and your comments. I have known Tony sicne I purchased my BB daily player in 1999. He maded an effort to enlighten me on its merit and since then, I regard him as a true personal friend.
If I can ever return the favor or be of any assistance to you, please do not hesitate to let me know. Again, thank you.

 

[LC3]

WOW! Museum-quality artistry while holding faithfully to traditional cue aesthetics. Mr. Scianella (sp) easily deserves a prominent place in the cuemakers' hall of fame.

 

[buckshot]

Thank you LC3, I agree, if Tony is not then he certainly warrant a place there. I do know that every cue maker I have talked with over the years of play ( Im 60) know of his work an hold Black Boar Cues in high regard.

There is a broker in japan, his web site is ilovecues.com nd heis unable to maintain any BB inventory.

I hvae no idea ifTony is in the H0F yet but I agree. If he is not, he should be.