I just got off the phone with the builder. I'm afraid I confused the construction methods of the different cues. We have been discussing several different cue designs recently and I, in turn, got them mixed up. My apologizes.
The Snakewood cue is a cored cue, cored with a resign impregnated laminated maple core assembled with an industrial grade expanding adhesive. The tolerance's are down to the thousands of a inch so extreme care is paramount during assembly. Just a little too much adhesive and the assembly quickly comes to a screeching halt and all hell breaks loose.
The sneaky Pete's are indeed full dual spliced cues. The finish they use is a industrial grade premium catalyzed coating, very similar to clear coat that is used on automobiles, buffed to a high gloss finish.
Each and every one of these cues are handmade, one at a time. No CNC machinery, no corner's cut. These cues play every bit as good as they look.
In regards to the ferrules, I have yet to see one fail. The woods that are used in the ferrules and exotic hardwoods. I personally have not broken a rack with one of my playing cue's in years. I use a Thompson brake cue for braking and really have no desire to reshape my tip on my playing cue every night. I have my brake timing pretty much dialed in and I hit the rack with a good amount of force. The sneaky Pete cues come with a Ivorine type ferrule and they will install any type of ferrule material you request. They also install premium layered tips, with a slight fee just to cover costs. Their standard tip is a medium Le Pro.
Again, my apologizes for my mix-up.
Cheers!
