The passing of my father.
My Dad passed away yesterday after a long bout with colon cancer. I have really appreciated the patience from all of my clients the last six months while I cared for him. Thank you for the continued support and condolences, it has made a huge difference!
November 24, 1931 - February 5, 2012
New BCM Excel Pricer coming soon!
I have been working on a new spreadsheet for pricing out cues. I am getting close to finishing it and will post it up for download soon.
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 81,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 3 days for that many people to see it.
Troy’s Cue
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Cindy’s Cue
Cindy decided to go with a white leather wrap for this ebony cue. The trim rings are tulipwood.
Highlights from the next group of cues.
I happen to be working on three snakewood cues right now. The snakewood was especially nice in all three of the cues. All of them are sold.
First step in coring the snakewood back. A nice clean bore in a very sensitive wood.
Stunning figure in this piece is amazing.
Jason Polk’s Refinish After
I did a lot of things on this restoration. I stripped the cue down to the wood and re-stained the birdseye maple. The ivory joint was cracked badly and need to be replaced. I sprayed eight coats of urethane enamel and buffed it out. A nice linen wrap with a smooth, tight press and things are looking good.
Jason Polk’s Refinish Before
Jason brought me a great old Tim Scruggs Cue for a refinish. I’ll show the results in my next post.
My personal cue for sale. (now sold)
I’ve decided to build myself a new cue so I’m selling my baby. This cue plays and looks great! The butt has zero dings or nicks. The shaft is also ding free and was just polished for this sale.
Specifications…
- 12.8 mm shaft with Kamui black soft tip.
- Juma ferrule.
- Medium stiff taper (+.050″ at shaft midpoint).
- Aegis 2 joint collars and butt cap.
- Fancy nickel silver ring pack at A, B and E positions.
- Stainless steel 3/8-10 joint pin (modern).
- Ebony front (cored).
- Black lizard belly print wrap.
- Ebony back (cored).
- Shaft weight 4.6 ounces (super heavy).
- Butt weight 14.9 ounces.
- Total weight 19.5 ounces (may be raised slightly but lowered).
Allene’s Curly Maple Wonder Cue
Allene wrote me asking about making her an all curly maple cue and I was really into her design. This simple design becomes something really special when paired with some highly figured hard curly maple. This type of hard maple is not super abundant so I was delighted to have some suitable for her build. The chatoyance (striking three-dimensional appearance) of this cue is outstanding hence the wonder cue title. I have been build cues since 1995 and this was some of the best curly maple I have ever used.
