New camera! Sugartree!

torqiet

torqiet

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Hi all,

i just got a nice canon s95 not too long ago, so here are some test pics of my sugartree.. the camera is great but im not good, but still satisfied with some of my initial photos..still looks better in person though.

this sugartree plays better than the previous 2 ST i have owned (and those were good), as some of my friends who have tried it can attest to.

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Wow, stunning

May I be the first to congratulate you on your great pictures. By the way the cue looks insane! Eric chooses some amazing woods and puts them together like a grandmaster.
Dan Z
 
That...

That is Fing Killer!!!

WOW!!!

I think Eric has the best wood of ANY cuemaker today and yesterday!!! (Cue references never sound right...LOL)
 
Very nice pictures.


One of my favorite all-time cues...



Thanks for sharing,
Chris
 
I`ve always thought this Hickory Burl ST was the coolest cue to date that I have seen Eric make. Congrats on the new cue sir.
Jeff
 
Nice pics!!!! Realistic colors, which is tough for me to catch but i'm not much of a photographer. I always loved that cue & it's siblings. The story behind that wood is kinda amusing & seeing these cues reminds me of that adventure.

My dad found that burl while deer hunting in Sugartree forest, hence the name of my cues LOL. He saw it on an adjacent ridge top, approx 300yds+ away and estimated it to be about the size of a basketball, and probably on a maple. He told my brother & me what area & I knew the woods well so it wasn't difficult finding it. We went to investigate, thinking we could walk in with a chainsaw & carry the burl out. Wrong. I seen it from nearly 1/4 mile away & realized it was far underestimated. The thing was growing on a pignut hickory & was approx. the size of an ATV! Worse yet, it was on a steep slope that led into a deep ravine. We cut it, anyway, and watched in utter disbelief as it tumbled/fell down the hill, tearing through a hard maple tree that was roughly 1' diameter, finally meeting it's end in the creek at the bottom.....so we thought.

By the time we made our way to it, it had begun rolling down the creek as if it was a train on tracks. We chased it several hundred feet to a spring hole where it had rested, stuck deep. Knowing we were helpless to get it any further, we decided there were two options. We could pry it out with long pry sticks & get a group of buddies & a case of beer to wrangle it on out of the woods, or else we could quarter it up right there & carry it out in pieces. We chose to drink:thumbup: We came back with some hillbilly help, beer, and a Honda 4-trax equipped with a heavy chain. Admittedly, after a few brewskies, we had a tough time differentiating the moss covered burl from any other large boulder in the creek bed. But we managed to find it by the path of devastation it left behind it. A few more brews & a lot of cursing in that ever recognizable hillbilly accent, we manged to use four guys & an ATV to get it out to a clearing where the truck was parked.

Getting it into the bed of the truck was next. Not too bad, though. We backed up to an embankment & simply rolled the behemoth chunk of wood in. Hauled it 20 miles to an Amish mill where they had a large crane to heft the burl out & onto the mill bed. Was the first time an Amish dude laughed at me in my face:mad: He thought we brought a giant rock to be milled, & thought it was hilarious that we actually got it loaded into a pickup truck. A closer look at our "rock" & his expression quickly changed from poking fun at us to wanting to purchase the burl. I agreed to give him a slab or two for his son's furniture business & he agreed to slab the burl. He called the next day & was excited for me to come get the wood. He nor I had ever seen anything like it before. Certainly nothing that comes along often. He wasn't laughing at me anymore, but still laughed at my hillbilly logging mules (AKA drunk friends). And that's pretty much the story behind the hickory burl. The moral of the story is you can bribe hillbillies with beer to get them to do almost anything....and they never feel dumb for doing it. In fact, they enjoy themselves. I can poke fun at them, well, because i am one :grin:

So thank you for showing the pics. Brings back some fond memories & reminds me some reasons I love building cues. Who'd have ever seen that growth on a tree in the woods & thought, "pool cue"? Cool stuff.
 
Great story, Eric, and an even better cue! The cues I've seen made from that burl are among my fav's out of your shop.
 
IMO Eric is a grand master right now, I seen pics of his wood collection, WOW!! Every year his cues play a bit better than the year before and the first ones played great!!! I'm sure glad he is back, i was getting worried-but I figured he was over seas with his wife.

Great pics as well
 
Wow cool history for the hickory burl, never seen such woods and the soft color brings enlightenment to my eyes
Nice read Eric
 
Berny-i am well, thanks. going to be a father soon and more cues coming in, stay tuned :D

Dean, Dan, fatboy- thanks much, i took pics for around half an hour and i can only show you these 3 pics that are nicer, speaks volumes of my 'photography skill' or lack of it.. hope you enjoy the pics nonetheless.

joyren-sorry for the late reply i think Eric has already let you know it is hickory burl :)

paulybatz, Trav D, Jeff, realism, mdavis228-->yes this is my favorite ST of all time too, thanks for the nice words, hope you enjoy the pics.

Chris-was this your old cue? I really love it, thanks for the kind words.

Great story Eric, it makes this cue even more special to me. Ever since this cue was posted after the ICCS (was it 09?), i have been monitoring it. The first time it was available for sale, i dint have the funds so i passed. I did regret that for the coming months (years?) and when it was posted the 2nd time, even at a higher price, i dint want to hesitate too much. What made the deal sweeter is that this cue resonates the way i like it, great player. Im glad my pics made your day, i look at some of the threads here and sometimes i wonder whether some of us might have forgotten why we like to collect and build cues :) and please get back to work on my curly koa prototype cue hahaha. on a more serious note, its great to know that everything is well with your family now, keep it strong.
 
torqiet said:
Chris-was this your old cue? I really love it, thanks for the kind words.
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Yes, I am the original owner of this cue. My eyes exploded when I first opened the package. That cue has an amazing ability to create smiles and conversations.


However, a really good friend of mine told there are more where that came from. So I don't have any regrets passing it along. I truly hope you enjoy the cue as much as I did and still do.


Take care,
Chris
 
sick!!!

this is really beautiful....because of this cue i'm dropping Eric an email!!
I'm back in singapore any chance i can see this gorgeous thing in flesh? :D
 
Chris-theres more?? wow, enough for me to have a small piece? ;) yes im enjoying this cue every bit.. thanks for being kind enough to let it go :D

Jive-sure, i would love to meetup with you, but will prob not be in the near future.. ill not be free till my wife delivers and then the first few months months after that :)
 
very nice Cue Han,I know it plays jam up.Enjoy it every time when you play with, the Life is to short for a closet Queen:thumbup:
Ralf
 
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