This old Meucci Originals cue is a good player and not been refinished, I like it. The buttcap is damaged but the Meucci Originals logo is intact. My question is: can the original buttcap be matched with a repair without replacing the entire buttcap itself? It's not an expensive cue,I know. That's why I'd like to get it fixed with the lowest cost. Replacing the bottom part below the logo seems to be the result I'm looking for. I am no cueman that's why I ask folks. Thanks!
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If the damage doesn't extend above the height of the MO logo anywhere on the diameter, it is possible that a cut could be made in the remaining butt material and a ring added below, keeping a core of the original buttcap. Might even do the checker patter to camouflage the repair line.
I sit here thinking of three things seeing this cue; two songs and a japanese aesthetic.
First song, 'Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age', I don't even know who the original artist was, there are tons of renditions, I'm most familiar with the Jerry Lee Lewis version from his, 'Last Man Standing' album. It contains the line, 'Don't mind the gray in your hair, just remember the fun you've had puttin' it there'.
Second is the John Prine song, 'Things That Work', the chorus is,
Stuff that works, stuff that holds up
The kind of stuff you don't hang on the wall
Stuff that's real, stuff you feel
The kind of stuff you reach for when you fall
Finally, the concept of wabi-sabi, basically saying that imperfections can add to beauty.
To be clear, it is not a horribly expensive or rare cue. You like it. It has patina. It has war stories and scars to prove it. Maybe just love it for what it is.