What tips, ferrules and stain belong on 100-year-old house cues?

[ideologist]

I don't care what you think, but if you use pure beeswax as a finish for the cue, it will be sticky in your hand. If you use an oxidizing/polymerizing oil with the beeswax, you could have a good result, but it will take a loooong time to finish.

Beeswax isn't sticky if you apply it correctly, you just liquefy it and wick the esters out. The solid fat and hydrocarbons make a waterproof seal that is silky smooth

The trick is heat, but you don't care what people think so you must not be learning much