Hey Hu, I think you hit the nail on the head my friend, your explanation of how a cue can be built and how a cue maker can adjust the weight internally is very accurate. I have personally built a few cues where weight was added behind pin to fully balance the cue due to materials used to build the cue.I have sold a few things I regretted forever after. Hunger can be a powerful motivation!
For the people talking weights, if it is a spec cue the type of pin plays a role in weight and balance. When adding weight it can be added behind the pin as well as near the bumper. In extreme cases weight can be added to the shaft too.
My cue has a balance point 21" from the bumper and isn't forward balanced. The catch is that while we call out the balance point from the bumper what really matters is where it is at from the tip. With my sixty inch cue the balance point is exactly the same from the tip as the common cue with a 58" length and 19" balance point.
The materials to make a cue can vary in weight a good bit so sometimes a cue builder has to do a little magic to suit a customer. Designing it themselves they should need little or no extra weight. Pin choices from stainless to G-10, length of pin, collars, some other choices, the weight added can be built into the design.
Hu
Peace Hu
