Just pulled the trigger on a new Kilby carom cue. I have hit with one of kilby's cues at my local ph and it hit great, and looked awesome. Ron Kilby does some great work and I like his views on cue building, his website has some great reading, anyways, I got a 28 ", 17.5oz satinwood forearm, cored amboyna handle, purpleheart butt, woven butterfly points, 2- 30", wood pin, 12.2mm, grade AAAA , hard maple shafts, ivorine ferrules, straight carom taper, medium-hard moori's, custom joint protectors, all for $595. I am pretty happy with the amount of cue for the price, I'll post more pics when I get it.