Mystery Cue

[BobPA]

I am a fool for vivid veneers, and these are a sweet as any. I would love to see the cue in person, or if nothing else, see some tighter, well illuminated, closeups of the points.

The lighting and cloth color are terrible for photos at my local hall. The veneers look washed in the photos, but they pop in person. I will get some pictures on my father's blue table.

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

Even point do not add or subtract from playability. Have two Titlist Conversions both are good, or great playing Cues. Both have UN-EVEN POINTS, if they were converted by John Showman, or Dennis Searing people would pay good money to own. JMHO

 

[Chopdoc]

I recently purchased an interesting Adam. It has a sticker that says “MAC14” which I assume is a model number but I tried searching that model and came up empty.

The butt is actually two pieces. One of the four points is, er, not quite perfect. As you can see in the second photo, the close up, the inlays (?) don’t terminate well. I don’t know if that degrades or improves the value. Either way, I find it interesting.

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I have the catalog. No date on the catalog, but I think it's mid to late 70's.
I believe those are overlays, not veneers or inlays, that's why they overlap. It's the lower end line.

 

[Jimmy_Betmore]

Even point do not add or subtract from playability. Have two Titlist Conversions both are good, or great playing Cues. Both have UN-EVEN POINTS, if they were converted by John Showman, or Dennis Searing people would pay good money to own. JMHO

I don't think anyone here is arguing that a cue with uneven points couldn't play well. The reason I find those characteristics interesting it that they essentially rule out cue makers who we "know" wouldn't let cues with those defects leave their shops.

Pointing out these characteristics isn't about knocking the cue or anything like that. It's about trying to narrow down what it is by eliminating what it isn't. It's like going to the doctor because you aren't feeling well and they do a full blood panel test. If your blood work comes back good, it eliminates a lot of possible issues.

 

[Chopdoc]

It's like going to the doctor because you aren't feeling well and they do a full blood panel test. If your blood work comes back good, it eliminates a lot of possible issues.

That's a common misunderstanding. We don't actually work that way.
Normal values are only normal for normal people. A normal value when one is unwell in some cases is a medical emergency.