I know Marshall is working to improve on this design, but I'm proud to say that I have the first two ORIGINAL prototypes of this new design of his. I had bought a bunch of cues from him so he sent me the first two prototypes and the design is amazing. It's not the same old boring points and windows you see in almost every cue made. It's really nice to see something different. I just ordered 2 more Piercy Exclusive cues from Marshall with killer buckeye burl and rosewood burl in one and amazing narra/afzelia hybrid in the other with a REAL cobra snake skin inlaid into the cue with the head still attached. Marshall made one of these years ago for me with amboyna burl but, unfortunately, it got broken during shipping. Can't wait for the new cues. I'm shipping Marshall about 7 cobra skins so he might be up for making more "snake cues" as we call them. He also made one for my brother out of buckeye burl with the inlaid snake skin. He was here in Sacramento years ago at my shop and asked for an Xacto knife. He then proceeded to hand carve out of the cue for my brother the area the snake was going to go into, including the head. I was impressed, to say the least. Wish he would have showed me how to do clear coats while he was here, but I wasn't making cues at that time. I'm STILL trying to find the best method that works for me on the clear coats. Tried the resin gel with the blue light curing and didn't have much luck with that. Oh, well, I'll keep trying 'till I get it right. BTW. Thanks to all out there who suggested ways for me to improve my clear coats. Maybe if I had your talent it would work for me, but, I'm still working at it.