i bought a cue from this seller and had a bid on another. i asked if he had more and he responded he had another 6 cues. everytime i asked if the were straight, he was evasive. i finally said just answer the questions. he said i was nitpicking for asking and i told him he was evasive, his last response was as follows -
1. first of all the cue you purchased has a wobble to both shaft and butt, however it's not that bad.
2. The cue you are bidding on is about the same maybe a little better, rolled separately they each have a slight warp but put them together and crack the joint open it roll very straight so I would say the shaft and butt need to be faced off and the cue would be almost perfect again.
3. looking at the pictures we sent you and reading then from left to right this is our findings.
Butt- 1,3,6 are the worst
Butt-2,4,5 are the best
Shaft- 1,4,6 are the best
Shaft- 2,3,5 are the best.
Now if you take in consideration these were all made in #### and they did not pay very good attention to the grain of the wood when turning down the shaft and butt, The butts and shafts are not really crooked they are more egg shaped due the way they were cut. All of these cues could be made into very nice playable cues again... you could face off the shaft and butt and offset these two to force the straight roll if you had the lathe to do this! as for the butts they could be cut in half offset and pined back together and this would make the butt perfectly straight again all is very doable by any cue maker or repair guy.
The end result is these were never intended to be sold as a perfect cue but more like a collector piece, they are new meaning never played with or chalked which is considered to be new condition. most cue collectors know what they are getting into with these older cues and don't really care about the rolling of the cue but more interested in the history behind them.
This is also explained in the blue book of cues and the Billiards Encyclopedia.
That's all I can tell you so it's up to you.
no wonder he was tight lipped. once he got started, he just couldn't shut up!! lmao!
this is just for it's entertainment value and i won't be outing him here.
1. first of all the cue you purchased has a wobble to both shaft and butt, however it's not that bad.
2. The cue you are bidding on is about the same maybe a little better, rolled separately they each have a slight warp but put them together and crack the joint open it roll very straight so I would say the shaft and butt need to be faced off and the cue would be almost perfect again.
3. looking at the pictures we sent you and reading then from left to right this is our findings.
Butt- 1,3,6 are the worst
Butt-2,4,5 are the best
Shaft- 1,4,6 are the best
Shaft- 2,3,5 are the best.
Now if you take in consideration these were all made in #### and they did not pay very good attention to the grain of the wood when turning down the shaft and butt, The butts and shafts are not really crooked they are more egg shaped due the way they were cut. All of these cues could be made into very nice playable cues again... you could face off the shaft and butt and offset these two to force the straight roll if you had the lathe to do this! as for the butts they could be cut in half offset and pined back together and this would make the butt perfectly straight again all is very doable by any cue maker or repair guy.
The end result is these were never intended to be sold as a perfect cue but more like a collector piece, they are new meaning never played with or chalked which is considered to be new condition. most cue collectors know what they are getting into with these older cues and don't really care about the rolling of the cue but more interested in the history behind them.
This is also explained in the blue book of cues and the Billiards Encyclopedia.
That's all I can tell you so it's up to you.
no wonder he was tight lipped. once he got started, he just couldn't shut up!! lmao!
this is just for it's entertainment value and i won't be outing him here.
