trim rings?

i used to have two of the four shafts that belonged to this cue..
i used to use them on my schon..

sold them to spanky at valley forge in 2004 the day i bought my amboyna burl mottey...

one of the biggest mistakes i ever made selling them.. :(

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okay

ChrisOnline said:
i used to have two of the four shafts that belonged to this cue..
i used to use them on my schon..

sold them to spanky at valley forge in 2004 the day i bought my amboyna burl mottey...

one of the biggest mistakes i ever made selling them.. :(

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Now thats an interesting ring Chris!! Its nice to see the variations people come up with
 
great rings

hit the "Photos" tab on the top of the sceen between the "chat" and "new" tabs and go to the Fatboy gallery, there is a Richard Black in there I just got today, I played with it for a couple hours tonight, I like it alot, the pool room closed or I would still be there. It dosent give the feed back that a Szam does but it played nice especially on the first night out. it has a leather wrap that has to go. on this cue they arnt rings but individual inlays but look like rings, its next to an all ivory/silver cue. I like the wood and ring work cue more.


I also played with a plain Tad for years with one ring on the bottom-still my favorite looking cue of them all, I have fancy cues because I love them. But deep down in I'm a purist and my plain Tad is my favorite.
 
Nice Topic

I have always thought that rings are an essential part of the design of a cue. Simple rings belong on simple cues and fancy ones on fancy cues. So why do some like Mcworter and Wayne a few other makers that specialize in very fancy designs seem to exclusively use simple one piece silver rings? I am in the market right now for a fancy stick and have have looked at some of these on dealer sites. Many of these designs just don't look right because of their simple rings.
 
To me ...

ringwork is like jewelry on a beautiful woman, the cue is the woman, and the ringwork is like her jewelry she wears, it can either complement her or distract from her.

I love gold rings done with different types of wood.
 
Snapshot9 said:
ringwork is like jewelry on a beautiful woman, the cue is the woman, and the ringwork is like her jewelry she wears, it can either complement her or distract from her.

I love gold rings done with different types of wood.
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lol.. thats a perfect analogy... :)

chris
 
Thanks...I think.

Why is it that every time there is a post like this one the price of my "ultimate" cue goes up.
Beautiful displays of artisanship. Nice cue guys. Thanks for the post.
 
More......RINGS!!!

A few more from Downey.....

Malachite ovals into holly
Mother of pearl trapezoids
and who cant resist abalone diamonds into ivory rings? (bad pic)
 

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Here's some ringwork I had done on my cue. The middle one is malachite between sterling silver.

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here's a mcd prototype that was never put into production.
 

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