Thanks Hu. I have to say over the years i have enjoyed your posts. I usually learn something or i hear a good story.
I dont have the touch to build things. I am too much of a hit it harder to fix it person. I accidently stripped the outside of a nut on a fence today with an adjustable wrench. thats my role in life when it comes to tools. I avoid finesse work and take my cues to someone i trust to fix things. I know the glue trick, only because the fellow i take my cues to showed me a few years back. I would never try it myself though.
I was lucky enough to meet an amateur pro and cue collector who let me try different cues. It was an eye opener for me eight years ago and since then i pick up one or two cues a year from a custom builder. Some i keep some i pass on. I never would have started if i didnt meet that fellow. Both a curse and blessing i guess. I prefer simple classic designs. Not a fan inlays. Gove me a full splice or classic four pointer with noce wood any day.
I got my hands on a tasc a month or so ago. Really itching to get out and play. In lockdown still in canada. Only played 50 or so games with it so far before this latest lockdown. Love it though. Great cue no complaints here. This one is a keeper.
I am often guilty of the hammer theory of repair. If you can't fix it with a small hammer, get a bigger hammer. If you can't fix it with the bigger hammer, get a hot wrench!(torch)
A friend cut too much on a component for his pistol. He called me over to do a very touchy bit of welding, why I'll never know. Instead I used a file for a minute to cut more metal off of the component. "Damn, I would have never considered cutting more metal off!"
Tascarellas are pretty common around here and I have hit with a few. Never hit with a bad one so no surprise yours is a keeper. I am debating finding a cue by Edwin Reyes or a 3/4 jointed snooker cue. Neither do I need, I just want a keepsake from my old friend I never met and I'm curious about the hit of the snooker cue. They are still cut down from square by hand and I want one just for the craftsmanship involved. The last time I tried to buy a cue from England I naturally wanted to know what it cost in yankee dollars. I asked my converter how many dollars 799 pounds was and it rather snootily told me that you can't convert weight to currency! The queen seems like a grand old dame, should we ever meet I will delicately point out this little issue.
I usually write for enjoyment. Mine in particular and hopefully other people's. Occasionally I have a stray bit of knowledge, comes from taking more than a few paths through life. Thanks for letting me know you enjoy my posts. Enough do that after a thread's original question has been answered I don't mind tossing in a story or three.
Hu