Paying a cue maker to put original logo on tribute/homage cues

smiling_Hans

smiling_Hans

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What's your thoughts on this?

Thinking about a SW tribute cue and need a machinist to machine the pin. These machine guys will do anything.

Doing a homage cue and want to be accurate. When does it go too far?
 
Original logos should not be installed on a new pool cue, tribute or otherwise because it amounts to fakery.

I wanted Jerry Rauenzahn to copy a Tim Scruggs design cue and he declined unless we changed something
in the design. Bob Owen said the very same thing when he built my last custom pool cue. I wanted the same
ring design that Ed Prewitt uses and Bob hesitated making an exact copy. So we tweaked the ring design &
everything turned out great. Both cue makers stood a lot taller in my eyes after that. It was more than just a
pool cue order, i.e.,money, to them. I feel the same but everyone is entitled to their own thoughts and values.
 
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Bavafongoul said:
Original logos should not be installed on a new pool cue, tribute or otherwise because it amounts to fakery.

I wanted Jerry Rauenzahn to copy a Tim Scruggs design cue and he declined unless we changed something
in the design. Bob Owen said the very same thing when he built my last custom pool cue. I wanted the same
ring design that Ed Prewitt uses and Bob hesitated making an exact copy. So we tweaked the ring design &
everything turned out great. Both cue makers stood a lot taller in my eyes after that. It was more than just a
pool cue order, i.e.,money, to them. I feel the same but everyone is entitled to their own thoughts and values.
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But I like the original logo designs. It paints a more accurate picture.
 
garczar said:
Taking you off Ignore for 30seconds was 'going too far'. Please go away.
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Are you going to finally put me on ignore and be done with it?

You keep telling me you have me on ignore but keep replying to me. This is the 3rd time.

Put me ignore so I can finally talk about you and without you knowing it. You cannot defend yourself.
 
If the cue is not made by the original maker or a a cue is restored by someone who's not officialy approved by the original maker. What you are talking about @smiling_Hans where you want to mill the cactus logo into the pin of a cue you are making or having made is a big no-no, that's stealing their trademark, if it's for a tribute cue or not is really beside the point. There are other makers that do SW inspired cues, I have no problem with that at all, as long as they also have some of the makers DNA.
 
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smiling_Hans said:
What's your thoughts on this?

Thinking about a SW tribute cue and need a machinist to machine the pin. These machine guys will do anything.

Doing a homage cue and want to be accurate. When does it go too far?
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