Real Diamonds In Pool Cue

everything you see in these 2 photo's are, chips!

diamond chips (i don't know why you would use anything else).
rign shown below is completely diamond chip embedded.
 

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Diamonds and gold

Balabushka_Man said:
I wonder if anyone has ever done a pool cue with actual real diamond inlays ?
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I knew a player years ago who had a custom cue made with $5,000 worth of gold and diamonds.

He then "invented" and made a box cue case with a plexiglass window, so everyone could see the cue while he carried it!

I thought he was almost asking for the cue to be stolen...
 
Tommy-D said:
It's been done,dating all the way back to the 80's when Jim Rempe was still playing with the Crown Jewels cue.

The problem is,there isn't a glue or finish that will stick to the diamonds,meaning they have to be mounted using some type of jewelry technique.

This can lead to them falling out,or coming loose and causing a rattle. Tommy D.
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While you're correct about inlaying jewels in a cue using jeweler techniques, the cue can be finished over the jewels. Two cuemakers who have done this successfully are Leonard Bludworth and Joe Gold. The key is in how the jewels are inlaid, so that the brilliance of the stones can still be seen.

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Saw a rather big Kersenbrock once at the DCC that was loaded with large diamonds inside the butt end of the cue. :shocked:

Mike Sigel made one, too, ebony with diamonds loaded throughout the forearm and butt sleeve.
 
I have also seen some Ricco cues with diamonds. Pretty flashy for my taste.
 
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Real Diamonds In Pool Cue...

Some of you might remember the "Skippy" cue I had for sale here awhile back. Lots of ivory and several diamonds...
 

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Diamonds in a cue.

I have used diamonds in a cue and can say it is a real pain to do. The diamonds need to have some sort of bezel around them, either gold or silver. The diamonds have to go on the cue last, so the finish does not dull them out. This means you have a finished cue that you need to press fit the diamonds into it. Very stressful operation. Take measurements on the gold bezels and use a .002 press fit to get them to set perfectly. The depth is another factor to consider when doing this, the depth of the inlay has to leave the diamonds just above flush with the surface of the cue. If done properly then they come out great. If not then you have to cut them out of the finished cue and start again.

If done properly the look of diamonds in a cue can be very classy. I will try to dig up some pictures of the one I did about 7 years ago.
 
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Here is another pic of the forearm, Cocobolo,points against curly cherry, ebony and olive wood, with Koa rings. One of my earlier cues.
 
Strouds personal cue, back in the late seventies early eighties had I think four diamonds in the butt plate area. At the time, it was worth about $5,000 and of course this personal cue had the best of the best woods from his years of cue making. He did sell it, tho never did know who was the lucky person to have not only a beautifully inlaid cue, but it played very well. I'd guess now it might be worth $10K plus.
 
I've seen it done many times but rarely have I seen it done well. A jeweler told me the cuemaker should foil the back of the diamond in order to have light bounce around and reflect back out again and I've seen some diamonds (an other gemstones) were just stuck in there. Looked like a piece of glass. When a diamond is stuck into a piece of wood the light only enters from the top facets so the brilliance and color are limited I think. So if you think about it the greater majority of the facets that bounce the light around are buried beneath the surface.
 
Vince_Former_BB said:
I've seen it done many times but rarely have I seen it done well. A jeweler told me the cuemaker should foil the back of the diamond in order to have light bounce around and reflect back out again and I've seen some diamonds (an other gemstones) were just stuck in there. Looked like a piece of glass. When a diamond is stuck into a piece of wood the light only enters from the top facets so the brilliance and color are limited I think. So if you think about it the greater majority of the facets that bounce the light around are buried beneath the surface.
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That's probably why Bills were raised, which I didn't like. You could definitely catch it on something during play.
 
Southeast Cues, Nat Green

I remember seeing one full of diamonds & rubys that was in excess of 20k at least 10 years ago.
 
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