It is not a freak of nature by any means! First of all in the early 1970's when it was made, the wood available to cue makers was a lot better than whats left of it today. Mr. Helmstetter spent a great deal of dave formans money to make sure that the adams cues were as good if not better than any thing on the market. my adams cues have far better construction than my palmers or vikings from the same era. and much more even points than any cue maker, YES ANY! from that time period. dont under estimate how well the japanees workers took to fine craftsmanship when they were given the finest wood, state of the art machinery, and had a leader like Richard Helmstetter to work with! it could not have been done in the U.S. even then. It would have cost too much. I have an enormouse cue collection, but the early adams, (high end stuff) is as good as any from the same time period. they did have many lines of cues. Some were pure garbage i know. but my 40 year old cues are prooving them selves to hold up better than a lot of current cues. They are still straight! the colors have not faded, the finish looks like new, I have many cues in my collection, I have a great respect for my jw cues my ernie cues, and for price vs quality... nothing comes close to my old adams cues. look close next time you have your gus cue out, I lovem! but his points are rarely perfectly even. adams almost always were! you dont have to love them, but if you cant apreciate them... its because you dont know anything about them!
