I bought this cue at the Smokey Mountain Shootout this year. Since I have had two moorie tips put on the shafts 1 med, 1 soft. I also sent it to Dan Janes at Joss and he refinished and wrapped the butt himself. I hit some balls with it about an hour, in which I made a small chip at the bottom of the butt. The white is not ivory. According to Dan it is Ox shin bone. The material he was using at the time among others.