New cuemaker Wrapless cue.....Beautiful

[8-ball Rat]

Yep...you did just fine, I think.

A custom shaft, you can figure, goes for anywhere between 90-150 bucks on average (and some, quite a bit more). Taking the average OF that average, your shafts are ballparking at about 120 (for arguement's sake) a piece. That puts you into a custom butt section for less than 300.

Bottom line, a custom made cue with 2 shafts that you love the hit and feel of.......500 is a bargain.

Nice pick up. Enjoy!

Rat

 

[Mystick Cue Fan]

Yep...you did just fine, I think.

A custom shaft, you can figure, goes for anywhere between 90-150 bucks on average (and some, quite a bit more). Taking the average OF that average, your shafts are ballparking at about 120 (for arguement's sake) a piece. That puts you into a custom butt section for less than 300.

Bottom line, a custom made cue with 2 shafts that you love the hit and feel of.......500 is a bargain.

Nice pick up. Enjoy!

Rat

I know cues quite a bit, and the money isn't the problem. It's the fact that all these new cuemakers are almost giving these cues away. I know I could have gotten the cue for less but the cuemaker himself was such an awesome guy, that I didn't even bargain. He took the time to ask about what weight, balance, woods, etc. that I liked in my cues. Then showed me this one. For a new guy this cue was awesome. For any cuemaker this cue could be awesome to me. He was really proud of it.....(as he should be). He told me a price and I was about 400 winner already from side betting and matching myself up this weekend, that I just decided to buy the cue. Well I hope you guys enjoy the pictures.

 

[Zagiflyer]

Simple cues can be beautiful.

That's a nice looking cue, I like it. I think the price is very fair if the cue is relatively defect free and was built with good materials and solid construction techniques; it should last forever. There's quite a bit of work that goes into even simple cues if they are made well. If the maker of that cue made the slotted detail-rings by himself, that alone is a lot of work. As someone already pointed out, a well-known cuemaker will get money even for his simple cues. I'm a very new cuemaker and I'm mainly making somewhat simple, solid-forearm wrapless cues similiar to that. Personally, I like simpler cues and I always have. Using a good combination of nice wood with a small amount of tasteful detailing makes a nice cue. It seems that a lot of cues made today strive for the highest number of complex inlays possible crammed into the cue with various metals, stones etc. included. Although I can certainly appreciate the technical skill (way beyond where I'm at) required to make cues like this and I realize that complexity is necessary to get "high-dollar" for a cue, it's not what I like personally. I like my pool cues to look like......well............ pool cues.

I do it as a hobby and if I build 10 cues a year that would be a lot. I'm experimenting with points and will get somewhat more complex with design as time goes on but I think I will stick to what can be done with an indexing lathe and router (a lot actually) and stick to making simple cues of good quality. Before I started making cues I always played with custom cues from a small maker. The cues were simple but they played well. Another nice thing is that I knew that my cue was the only one of that exact design and it was made for me. I intend to never make the same cue twice so everyone who has a cue will have the only one. That's something you can't get from a mass-produced maker no matter how intricte the cue is.


ZAG

 

[Zagiflyer]

Some of mine.

Hello:

As an addition to my previous post I'll try to post some pics of a couple of my cues. I've never done this so I hope I can make it work. The files are small so the pictures may not be that good.

ZAG

 

[spliced]

Love that handle. Almost has a lizard looking pattern with the curls intersecting the grain...very cool. Is is a maple handle?

 

[Hidy Ho]

Love that handle. Almost has a lizard looking pattern with the curls intersecting the grain...very cool. Is is a maple handle?

tap, tap .. I was going to post same question.

Tony, it's a beautiful .. looks like a coco forearm. Is it cored or not?

I personally would have gotten a big pin 3/8x??? but that is my personal preference.

 

[pooldogue]

That Cue Is Very Sharp. The Figure In All The Woods Is Exceptional. The Price Isn't Out Of Line Either, Maybe More Than I Would Have Spent, But It's All In The Eye Of The Beholder.

It MIGHT not be to much for a Tasc though?????

 

[deadstroke32]

I understand that fully, but new cuemakers get the bad end of the deal sometimes because they are new, and have tiny flaws. I think the cue is worth every penny plus more but, if I were to put it on the for sale forum.....How much do you guys honestly think it will bring? 3-350 maybe 4 if I get lucky. It's just the way it goes I guess. But I think I made a good buy because I can see the cue in front of me.

Tony

put a good price on it tony i jus might get off u ..

 

[daytonajoe]

art ??

put a good price on it tony i jus might get off u ..

whats up do you want the Jett??

 

[Mystick Cue Fan]

tap, tap .. I was going to post same question.

Tony, it's a beautiful .. looks like a coco forearm. Is it cored or not?

I personally would have gotten a big pin 3/8x??? but that is my personal preference.

I didn't have it made for me otherwise it would have a big pin in there. The wood used for the handle is ash maple. Or at least that's what he told me. it is strikingly beautiful .......(if that isn't redundant ) I'm glad everyone likes it.

Tony

 

[bells]

Nice sharp looking player. I have a friend who has a 5-16/14 joint made out of lineen phenolic on his cue and it plays very good.