Here is a build from about three yeras ago!
Nick
Nick
-R- these rings pretty! Jerry Rauenzahn
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I'd say so. They kinda look like Ed Prewitt rings or at least I think they do.
Ed Prewitt's rings?
Truthfully Tim Scruggs was doing rings like this in th 70's. I do have to agree Mr Edd Prewitt really does a good job with them also. I was told he is a master machenist.
But the old man Jerry seems to be able to duplicate and modify just about anything he is asked to custom build.
Here is the buttsleve with the mitered boxes!.
Nick
Truthfully Tim Scruggs was doing rings like this in th 70's. I do have to agree Mr Edd Prewitt really does a good job with them also. I was told he is a master machenist.
But the old man Jerry seems to be able to duplicate and modify just about anything he is asked to custom build.
Here is the buttsleve with the mitered boxes!.
Nick
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Truthfully Tim Scruggs was doing rings like this in th 70's.
Nick
Would love to see some pics of those if you have any Nick.
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Very very nice!
Hay guys
One of the cues Timi did was on ebay a couple months ago. I have to admit we called cues like that drill press cues. The cue's buttsleeve had at least 3 differant sized round mother of pearl inlays in it that formed a repeating pattern.
Cues that had the round inlays regaurdless of the maker we called drill press cues. It was because it could almost be done with a hand drill!
Mike and Timi wouldn't repeat the work and usually did it in mother of pearl.
I never thought about saving the pictures on the bay. Didn't seem right.
They did many things that passed by unnoticed for decades until other builders put their twist on them.
Why they built cues when they could have made 5 times more as a machenist I never figured out.
Nick
One of the cues Timi did was on ebay a couple months ago. I have to admit we called cues like that drill press cues. The cue's buttsleeve had at least 3 differant sized round mother of pearl inlays in it that formed a repeating pattern.
Cues that had the round inlays regaurdless of the maker we called drill press cues. It was because it could almost be done with a hand drill!
Mike and Timi wouldn't repeat the work and usually did it in mother of pearl.
I never thought about saving the pictures on the bay. Didn't seem right.
They did many things that passed by unnoticed for decades until other builders put their twist on them.
Why they built cues when they could have made 5 times more as a machenist I never figured out.
Nick
Forgive the ignorance here, but I'm curious as to what the modification is. To me, these look exactly like the rings Ed Prewitt is known for with the slight exception being the double-wide inner silver ring (closest to the white). Is that the mod?
Just curious. Tx.
I was saying
Want a Half joint want a box cue want a bridged veneer cue want a design in construction by anyone building cues and Jerry looks at and says easy including full spliced 4 and 6 and 8 point cues.
He builds his own stuff. Send him a davis blank and no problem. I have preditor blank cues he built for my girls. Titlist conversions no biggie.
Ivory or malachite or mother of pearl no problem. Now he even is doing sharp inlays.
Restore old Palmers he has boxes of their old material.
He is incredable. And as I said he is the most under rated cue builder on the planet. Many builders agree.
When he stops building cues and only builds forearms they will be in great demand.
Want these rings in ivory or differant shapes? Ask and he would say give a couple days to work it out. Call back and you wil hear I have experimented and am happy with what I see and give you a price so low you will ask yourself how can it be?
His cues do play by the way nice.
Nick
Want a Half joint want a box cue want a bridged veneer cue want a design in construction by anyone building cues and Jerry looks at and says easy including full spliced 4 and 6 and 8 point cues.
He builds his own stuff. Send him a davis blank and no problem. I have preditor blank cues he built for my girls. Titlist conversions no biggie.
Ivory or malachite or mother of pearl no problem. Now he even is doing sharp inlays.
Restore old Palmers he has boxes of their old material.
He is incredable. And as I said he is the most under rated cue builder on the planet. Many builders agree.
When he stops building cues and only builds forearms they will be in great demand.
Want these rings in ivory or differant shapes? Ask and he would say give a couple days to work it out. Call back and you wil hear I have experimented and am happy with what I see and give you a price so low you will ask yourself how can it be?
His cues do play by the way nice.
Nick
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excellent copy as always from Jerry.
Does he have any original designs that we can see?
(Edit....I could have worded this better, wasn't trying to demean Jerry's work and can see that it can be read that way)
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Was that necessary? Beautiful cue in all respects. Thanks for showing it to us.
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What if I wanted an original, unque design that no one else is presently doing? Should I look elsewhere?
Not for nothing but I don't think its the best testament to a cuemaker's abilities to say that he can copy anybody's work out there really, really well. Don't get me wrong. Jerry makes a really gorgeous cue and they play pretty sporty as well. But perhaps you should rethink what you're saying because you're more or less calling him the best knock-off cuemaker out there.
- B <------------ thinks the cue posted looks just EXACTLY a Prewitt ...with rounded inlays. Just sayin'.
That is actually a great question Bob.
Ed Prewitt obviously adopted this ring design as his signature ring package for the majority of his cues. I'm sure Nick is correct when he says Tim made similar rings way back in the day. I'm sure there were other makers who made similar rings at one time or another.
If Ed Prewitt came up with this ring design without ever seeing one of the other "one-off" cues with a similar design, can he be faulted for adopting this design as his signature ringwork? Does the fact that someone else made a cue or two with a similar design before Ed make it fair game for any cuemaker to duplicate?
Just askin'...
Whether it looks like a Prewitt or not, Mr. R has built a cue that looks beautiful. I doubt he went into this build thinking, hmmm, I think I'll copy Ed Prewitt. Obviously with this build, he is capable of building whatever he chooses. No disrespect to anyone on here but Jerry R. deserves credit for a great build without being compared to anyone. jMHO. Thanks for sharing, Nick.
Right on sir.
For what's its worth, while cubswin may have been the first person to use the word 'copy', Nick himself started this by hyping Jerry's ability to 'dublicate' the work of any other cuemaker out there. Kind of a stupid selling point if you ask me.
Funny thing is, I remember a Prewitt selling here not too long ago that looked almost exactly like this. Ironically, the only thing different were the rings. That, and his inlays were sharper.
Again, Jerry makes a great cue so I'm not trying to take anything away from him. I just find it odd that someone would post the work of a cuemaker that several people all say is eerily similar to someone else's work... then pretty much hype up said cuemaker as being able to duplicate/copy anyone else's work. Just seems kinda weird.
Funny thing is, I remember a Prewitt selling here not too long ago that looked almost exactly like this. Ironically, the only thing different were the rings. That, and his inlays were sharper.
Again, Jerry makes a great cue so I'm not trying to take anything away from him. I just find it odd that someone would post the work of a cuemaker that several people all say is eerily similar to someone else's work... then pretty much hype up said cuemaker as being able to duplicate/copy anyone else's work. Just seems kinda weird.
Thank you Jamie
Jerry fact be said asked Ed if he objected to the build. The other fact is there are 600 cuemakers that wish they could build like this.
It is an insult to anyone's talent that can do this work to demean it for any reason. Haters be hatein.
Very poor form gentleman. This work is indexed to an extreeme tolerance.
As I said when a costumer asks for anything to be built custrom Jerry will do it if he can. This was a custom order not a cue laying around waiting to be sold.
Ring indexing example
Nick
Jerry fact be said asked Ed if he objected to the build. The other fact is there are 600 cuemakers that wish they could build like this.
It is an insult to anyone's talent that can do this work to demean it for any reason. Haters be hatein.
Very poor form gentleman. This work is indexed to an extreeme tolerance.
As I said when a costumer asks for anything to be built custrom Jerry will do it if he can. This was a custom order not a cue laying around waiting to be sold.
Ring indexing example
Nick
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