For many years, I've been signing all of my cues. Most on the bottom, near the bumper but in some cases I've even signed them between the points. Most of my customers seem to want them signed, but occasionally I do have someone make a comment regarding the signature. Just recently I've started engraving "Sherm" on the tip of my pins. One person commented that I wouldn't have to sign them anymore. Well, when I sign a cue, I always date it as well. Quite frankly, the way my software works, it would be more trouble to engrave the date (or even sequential numbers), than it's worth. So I just put "Sherm" on the pin, but I've been signing and dating them also!
What do you folks think? Is the signature overkill? I've also thought about doing a spiffy little logo of some sort and engraving it on the butt piece, but again, I'd have to do that without the date. Is the date worth keeping?
For the record, I also sign and date a cue under the wrap (if, of course it's a wrapped cue) and write the customer's name, the cue was made for. I even do this on rewraps of any cue I happen to work on. That way if the cue is ever stolen or there is a question of when or by whom it was made by or for, there is some proof. This helped to convict a couple of cue thieves that I know of!
Sherm
What do you folks think? Is the signature overkill? I've also thought about doing a spiffy little logo of some sort and engraving it on the butt piece, but again, I'd have to do that without the date. Is the date worth keeping?
For the record, I also sign and date a cue under the wrap (if, of course it's a wrapped cue) and write the customer's name, the cue was made for. I even do this on rewraps of any cue I happen to work on. That way if the cue is ever stolen or there is a question of when or by whom it was made by or for, there is some proof. This helped to convict a couple of cue thieves that I know of!
Sherm
