New cue for Sale. Custom of course.
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Do you happen to know what he got banned for? Edit: Nevermind...I think. I seem to remember a thread about his cues where he went ballistic. That was probably it.
Once I started building cues and showing my work I gained a new level of consideration when making comments about how builders cues look. In that light, I will say the cue is certainly unique.
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If you put 100 players in a room with a 100 cues representing a cross-section of makers and styles, every cue would be criticized by someone, regardless of the maker, legendary or otherwise.
Frankly, this cue is much better looking than some of his other ones. It's genuinely (and literally) thinking outside the box. I applaud anyone's effort to do something new and innovative in cue building, even if it turns out to be pretty terrible. If I have to see one more Bushka-styled cue with notched diamonds and mop dots... Swear to god.
I know a guy in Sacramento that was doing some really weird stuff like this. Bullet-proof glass ferrules, shafts from the spliced portion of house cues, radial or cross-laminated shafts with maple and bamboo. These cue-tinkerer's exist, and I don't think the cue world is poorer for it. They're not going to win any cue of the year awards, so who really cares?
It's not the same path that many successful cue-builders took (i.e. apprenticing under a well-known maker, and developing a consistent style for their cues), so people are wary of cues from guys like this... Including me. I saw his threads in the cue-maker section. Yikes, dude did not handle himself well. These types of cues are perfect for the locals that know the builder, and that's about it in my opinion. Can you easily get a much, much higher quality cue than this crayola cue for the same 500 bucks? Uhhhhh, you bet your ass.
Here's where I'll end my thought. From the general consensus that I've gathered over the years, it's pretty hard to make a buck in the cue market. So if this is the case, why not go off on your own little tangent and make really weird-ass cues (they apparently appeal to someone out there)? At the very least, you have to admire the guys creative expression and relative freedom from artistic norms that are found in the cue design world... even if you think it's sh*t.
I know a guy in Sacramento that was doing some really weird stuff like this. Bullet-proof glass ferrules, shafts from the spliced portion of house cues, radial or cross-laminated shafts with maple and bamboo. These cue-tinkerer's exist, and I don't think the cue world is poorer for it. They're not going to win any cue of the year awards, so who really cares?
It's not the same path that many successful cue-builders took (i.e. apprenticing under a well-known maker, and developing a consistent style for their cues), so people are wary of cues from guys like this... Including me. I saw his threads in the cue-maker section. Yikes, dude did not handle himself well. These types of cues are perfect for the locals that know the builder, and that's about it in my opinion. Can you easily get a much, much higher quality cue than this crayola cue for the same 500 bucks? Uhhhhh, you bet your ass.
Here's where I'll end my thought. From the general consensus that I've gathered over the years, it's pretty hard to make a buck in the cue market. So if this is the case, why not go off on your own little tangent and make really weird-ass cues (they apparently appeal to someone out there)? At the very least, you have to admire the guys creative expression and relative freedom from artistic norms that are found in the cue design world... even if you think it's sh*t.
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I'm not subscribing to this reasoning what so ever...
...you could say the same thing about mixing anchovies and strawberry ice cream....
Those are colored pencils stacked together and "cast" in epoxy.
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Hahaha!. Post of the Month right here.
The first banning, he Threatened me. All he said was that he wished I was right there in front of him and what he would attempt.
I didn't consider that much of an Internet Threat cause I was famous for pulling his Tail when I could. So, was somewhat of my own fault altho he did deserve it.
The Ban part, not so much on that one. I'm not going to freak out because a person on the other end of NA wants to square off with me for something said. I just told the truth and he couldn't handle it.
The second time, yes, I believe that he pushed things a tad too far with a few others here.
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