The best butt for under $2000
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I mentioned butt weight because I am not a fan of using any weight bolt weighing more than 7 grams. (1/4 oz.)
Anything more and the cue maker missed the mark building your cue. If a 1/2 oz. addt’l butt weight was needed,
then it should be cored to accept 2 headless 1/4 oz. bolts that can be positioned within the cue butt instead of a
single 1/2 oz. bolt. If a cue maker needed even more weight to meet your specs, you need a different cue maker.
Sticking a 3/4 -1 oz. weight bolt, or heavier, in a cue’s butt doesn’t deserve paying $2k or more for that pool cue.
Now what I am expressing is my opinion but Bob Owen built a cue that I ordered sans weight bolt & with a weight
of 18.5 ozs. The cue took awhile but when it arrived, it weighed 18.53 ozs. A great cue maker can build you almost
anything you want except if either you or the cue maker reside in a state with ivory restrictions which prohibits using
any ivory. However, there are substitute materials that resemble ivory but, of course, do not exhibit ivory’s properties.
Aside from that, you’ll likely run into a waiting list even for just a butt which requires the majority of the total build hrs.
Anything more and the cue maker missed the mark building your cue. If a 1/2 oz. addt’l butt weight was needed,
then it should be cored to accept 2 headless 1/4 oz. bolts that can be positioned within the cue butt instead of a
single 1/2 oz. bolt. If a cue maker needed even more weight to meet your specs, you need a different cue maker.
Sticking a 3/4 -1 oz. weight bolt, or heavier, in a cue’s butt doesn’t deserve paying $2k or more for that pool cue.
Now what I am expressing is my opinion but Bob Owen built a cue that I ordered sans weight bolt & with a weight
of 18.5 ozs. The cue took awhile but when it arrived, it weighed 18.53 ozs. A great cue maker can build you almost
anything you want except if either you or the cue maker reside in a state with ivory restrictions which prohibits using
any ivory. However, there are substitute materials that resemble ivory but, of course, do not exhibit ivory’s properties.
Aside from that, you’ll likely run into a waiting list even for just a butt which requires the majority of the total build hrs.
Best player cue less than 2000$, for new custom cue, hand down Barnhart Merry Widow.
If you’re talking about used cues, you have lots of choices for cues that well below 2000, Leon sly, Barnhart, Nitti just to name a few.
If you’re talking about used cues, you have lots of choices for cues that well below 2000, Leon sly, Barnhart, Nitti just to name a few.
I'd get all the 200 dollar cues that ever caught my eye...
Best in what term?
Playability? Performance? Looks? Collectability? Feel?
Well, looks and feel are subjective and collectability in not a real thing for me. Playability and performance are more a shaft thing.
So a more clear question would be great.