Not sure but I must admit the detail looks good in the picture. Here's another pic to show why I bought it. When I said I paid 1499 in was tongue in cheek. It was $14.99 at kmart. We bought it for training purposes. I read somewhere you can inprove the accuracy of you stroke by using a bottle to focus in. I wasn't willing to use an expensive cue to do this and that's the reason for this great looking cheap cue. The weight and feel seems pretty good for the money.
BTW midlife I really love your cue there, it's beautiful!