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Hay all!
Jerry is currently starting a set of Balabushka design cues. Any of the 7 designs on the Balabushka's pictured on page 324 of the Billiards encyclopedia can be ordered at this time .
Jerry wishes you to contact me for details and I will get pricing for each example as it is ordered.
:)Thanksand Happy Holidays:)
Nick :) 850-474-0628
 
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nick serdula said:
Hay all!
Jerry is currently starting a set of Balabushka design cues. Any of the 7 designs on the Balabushka's pictured on page 344 of the Billiards encyclopedia can be ordered at this time .
Jerry wishes you to contact me for details and I will get pricing for each example as it is ordered.
:)Thanksand Happy Holidays:)
Nick :) 850-474-0628
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Nick,
For those of us who do not have access to a Billiards Encyclopedia, can you (or anyone else) please post a pic of the page with the designs he is going to make?

Joe
 
Bamacues said:
Nick,
For those of us who do not have access to a Billiards Encyclopedia, can you (or anyone else) please post a pic of the page with the designs he is going to make?

Joe
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Joe, you cheap ******** - you can find them on ebay for a measley $259!

I keep hearing I have to get one, then someone else will tell me it's just a bunch of nice pictures but nothing earth-shattering. So, is this book really $259 well-spent?
 
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Page 324
$1100.00-$1200.00 Delivered insured!
Thanks
Nick:)
 
Hay all!

Questions so far:
Can the points be higher
Can the handle be wood
Can Ivory inlays be substituted for MOP
====All cues will be made to order including shaft size and cue legnth and weight.
Materials used including joint types and other options are possable!!!!====
Thanks
Nick :)
 
runscott said:
Joe, you cheap ******** - you can find them on ebay for a measley $259!

I keep hearing I have to get one, then someone else will tell me it's just a bunch of nice pictures but nothing earth-shattering. So, is this book really $259 well-spent?
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I don't know, a lot of pictures and of course history. Personally I bought a new one and sold it when prices was near a hundred. I guess to me it wasn't worth it but hind-sight tells me I should have kept it longer.

Rod
 
Hay Mr Ken:)

You good buddy should ring but not now. I knew if I didn't say that the phone would be ringing. Call when the sun is up Ken.
Always good to hear from you!
Nick :)
 
runscott said:
Joe, you cheap ******** - you can find them on ebay for a measley $259!

I keep hearing I have to get one, then someone else will tell me it's just a bunch of nice pictures but nothing earth-shattering. So, is this book really $259 well-spent?
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I can say without hesitation that I'm extremely happy to own one, even though I look at it but once or twice a year. Mostly because I think my bookshelf is going to collapse from the weight.

But, like the Eddie Robbins books, it was relatively expensive then (~$100), and they only get more expensive as the weeks go by.

Fred <~~~ no answers
 
nick serdula said:
Hay all!
Jerry is currently starting a set of Balabushka design cues. Any of the 7 designs on the Balabushka's pictured on page 324 of the Billiards encyclopedia can be ordered at this time .
Jerry wishes you to contact me for details and I will get pricing for each example as it is ordered.
:)Thanksand Happy Holidays:)
Nick :) 850-474-0628
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Could you give us more information on why he's doing this? Is there a benefit to the Balabushka family?

Fred <~~~ stop cue design theft
 
Think its a shame he's copying a designs that have already been copied so much, albeit under license of the name.
 
These are Rauenzahn cues

These are types of cue designs he lives to emulate. Alot of cue makers do the same thing and these cue designs are not the easiest to construct. The points of course would be much longer. Alot of cue for the buck.
Nick
 
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Cornerman said:
Could you give us more information on why he's doing this? Is there a benefit to the Balabushka family?

Fred <~~~ stop cue design theft
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NOPE...I think it's gonna benefit the RAUENZADULA families;)
 
I make nothing here!

I like Jerry and I like his cues so I asked him one day if I could post some of his work lately and at these prices someboby should thank me! This is a neat way to try to let some of you Azer's enjoy Jerry's cues at lower than normal prices. As with most things money talks and some of the first cues will more than likely be sold for less just to promote his work.
Thanks
Nick
 
nick serdula said:
I like Jerry and I like his cues so I asked him one day if I could post some of his work lately and at these prices someboby should thank me! This is a neat way to try to let some of you Azer's enjoy Jerry's cues at lower than normal prices. As with most things money talks and some of the first cues will more than likely be sold for less just to promote his work.
Thanks
Nick
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I have to admit I have mixed feelings about this. I know Jerry loves the classics, especially Balabushka and Szamboti, but he has created some masterpieces that were 'inspired' by Gus designs, and personally I would rather have one of those. In fact, when I wanted him to create a Titlist conversion for me, I 'created' a design that used elements of the classic cue-makers, and Jerry added his own vision to make it even better. He has quite an eye for cue design.
 
nick serdula said:
These are types of cue designs he lives to emulate. Alot of cue makers do the same thing and these cue designs are not the easiest to construct. The points of course would be much longer. Alot of cue for the buck.
Nick
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How does any of this address design theft? Are you saying that because they are difficult to construct, it's okay to steal Bushka's design wholesale?

If I'm reading this right, he intends to outright copy these cues, down to the very last detail.

-Roger
 
buddha162 said:
How does any of this address design theft? Are you saying that because they are difficult to construct, it's okay to steal Bushka's design wholesale?

If I'm reading this right, he intends to outright copy these cues, down to the very last detail.

-Roger
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Aside from the longer points, I think you're right.

I'll admit, I was tempted to buy the J.R. cue nick listed recently (the Szamboti copy)...but it just didn't work out.

From the sounds of it, Mr. Rauenzahn makes one hell of a cue....and could do well for himself on his own merits, without making exact copies of somebody's design.

On the other hand, there ARE plenty of cuemakers out there who do it...so maybe he's just making the call to go where the money is. Not a bad business move....but takes time away from him doing the cues HE has created by himself.

Either way....it looks like he does fantastic work....and I'll probably buy one from him sometime down the road.
 
For copies or conversions please visit the Wal-Mart aisle way in the back corner.......... (if America was built on these concepts I would be eating a kipper with tea instead of grits with coffee right now :))
 
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Ruthless said:
For copies or conversions please visit the Wal-Mart aisle way in the back corner.......... (if America was built on these concepts I would be eating a kipper with tea instead of grits with coffee right now :))
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I miss grits :(
 
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