I understand that copying designs to a tee is incorrect but i think alot of cuemakers take bits a pieces because how much can you actually do to make your own unique design?
I laugh whenever I hear someone say this, I guess you just either don't pay attention or have no clue. There are no limits to what can be done, if you can imagine it you can do it on a cue, with today's computers there is nothing that can't be put on a cue.
,when someone does something really unique and differnet people look at like its ugly or not tasteful because they are use to certain designs that are common among cuemakers.
Well done designs are never ugly, they may not be to someone's taste but that's why there is an ass for every seat, why people are afraid to push the limits is beyond me.
I think what Adams has done with copying the designs is wrong,they are carbon copies but surely do not play the same.
What the hell would hit have to do with any thing? I mean hit is subjective and really has nothing to do with stealing someone's intelectual property.
I have heard 2 points of views on this,some say its stealing,others say your honoring there work and making there name even more famous.
You have never heard a person who had his designed robbed think it was an honor, the people saying that are the ones stealing the designs. Those people do so because of money and a lack of skill and imagination.
I can look at alot of cues that are made by cuemakers now and say that this guy stole the rings from this cuemaker,the points from this one,the inlay patterns from here,i dont think there are many cuemakers out there that make original works in every detail,look at Thomas Wayne,he did some different designs,some applauded his work and originality and others thought they were ugly or gaudy.
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