Hi Mark,PH_Mark said:New to this forum thing. Could not get pics uploaded. Pics are up now thanks to "lightweight". Here are the specs and prices.
The "Hightower cue" is:
4-points rosewood into maple forearm. 8 camelbone inlays in butt sleeve.
black pig-skin wrap. both shafts are 13mm. linen based material ferrules.5/16-14 joint pin.black phonolic butt cap, joint collar and shaft collars. rolls straight together and apart,weight is 19.25oz. there is a 1in. gouge on the forearm.
$425.00
The "Anderson cue" is:
6-points rosewood into birdseye maple forearm. 10 inlays in butt sleeve 5 rosewood, 5 turquoise (by chris hightower). double silver rings @ all locations. black w/ white speck linen wrap. 1 shaft is 12.75mm, the other is 12.5mm. linen based material ferules. 3/8-10 joint pin. cue is clean of dings and dents. cue rolls straight together and apart.
$525.00
thanks for your interest
cueman said:Hi Mark,
I hope you don't mind me making a comment or two on here about the two cues since I did the work. On the Anderson cue the wood inlays in the butt sleeve are snakewood. I was thinking that was a five point cue, but could be mistaken on that.
On the Hightower cue, I built it for a local player who wanted it a little longer and thicker. If memory serves me right the the cue is 59 inches long and the handle portion of the butt is oversized to fit someone with a little larger hands. Funny thing is that the player was an average size guy, but just liked the old style cues when the butts were larger. He used to play near champion speed and like those 1970's size cues. That was a one of a kind cue in every way and someone is going to get a great deal at that price.
Maybe Mark can count the points again. I did the butt sleeve the way it was done on the Anderson cue at the customers request, so it is possible to have done 10 on six but more likely 10 on 5, but who knows. I have done some crazy things for customers at times. I am surprised some bigger guy has not snapped that Hightower cue up already. Mark is only asking about half what I would charge to build a similar one.johnf_34 said:I would think it was a 5-pointer if there are 10 inlays in the butt sleeve. That would just make sense. Great looking cues!