My first custom cue

[Skess]

My first custom cue(Haskin Custom)

The cue is bocote. The inlays are ebony with ivory islands and small sterling silver dots. I prefer the no-wrap feel/look and as it turns out, some of the prettiest woodgrain is in the wrap area. The joint is wood/wood with a 3/8-10 pin. It weighs in at 19.5 oz.

I think photo3 shows the grain/color/detail the best. Also, the photos will expand. I don't have any photos of the joint, but I will add them later.

The hit is solid, but with alot of feel. I've already noticed that I have more control on the long stop/draw strokes.

The cuemakers are from Texas (met them at Valley Forge). The company name is "The Cue Masters" and the two guys involved are Tom & Jim Haskin (father/son team). These guys were real gentleman to deal with. I never had a problem getting them on the phone and they were more than patient with all my "first timer" questions. All in all, it was a great experience.

 

[ScottR]

The cue is bocote. ........ All in all, it was a great experience.

Hey, Scott. Scott here. Sorry, couldn't resist.

Very nice design. Did you come up with it? Bacote sure seems popular on this board lately. It does have a lot of figure, which I always like. Enjoy your new baby.

 

[bruin70]

i heard the hit is very sharp....is it?

hey scottR,,,your avatar is freaking me out!

 

[Skess]

Hey, Scott. Scott here. Sorry, couldn't resist.

Very nice design. Did you come up with it? Bacote sure seems popular on this board lately. It does have a lot of figure, which I always like. Enjoy your new baby.

Actually, the design was something I saw on some of their other cues and I've always been a fan of simple clean lines on a cue. I was concerned that the ebony would disappear in the bocote grain, but as you can see, it shows up quite nicely.

As to picking bocote, I actually started out thinking ebony for my cue. Then I had the chance to see a bocote cue at a tourny I went to and thought it was a really classy look. I'm glad I went the way I did.

 

[Skess]

i heard the hit is very sharp....is it?

The hit is very solid, but not the "hard" feel you get with metal joints. There is alot of touch in the hit. I'm using a LePro Medium tip on it and it only took me a couple racks to really feel completely comfortable with it. By the end of the first night, I was hitting pretty much any shot with confidence.