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my friend here in new york is coming out with his own line of pool cues this spring. they will be classics. going up in value each year. there is a chance, he will be considered one of the all time greats of pool cue makers. his name is joe franke prounounced frank-e. his father is very handy, and handed down the skills to joe. for years and years, he was doing all the work on all our cues here in new york. ferruels,tips, shaft cleaning etc,etc. in fact when jeanette lee was in n.y. recently, he was the "official" cue man for the carom cafe 3-cushion tournament. jeanette was in town, just to check out the tournament. joe worked for over an hour on cleaning one shaft!!!!! that's the type of work he does, she said, "i've never had my shaft, feel like this, let me have your card" anyhow he decided to come out with his own cues, made completly differently than anyone elses out there. look for them in the third addition of the blue book of pool cues coming out this spring, by sue bachman. his cues are called joeseph full spliced cues. these cues are made with a full splice, the single most difficult process. 99% of all cue makers refuse to make full splice cues because of the time and cost involved. the full splice makes the cue play like a one piece, very stiff and solid. the pin that connects the butt to the shaft, is unbelievable! gigantic, it dwarfs all other pins, and is made out of titaniam for zero weight! the wrap will be leather, the ferruell ivory,the outer joints wood to wood, and the shaft will have what joe calls "negitive deflection" the tip will be le professional. check out these cues, and remeber you heard it here first. joeseph full splice negitive deflection custom cues, bayside new york.
