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JoeyInCali · **Joined:** Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:40 pm **Posts:** 882

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Who can make me a white hard rock maple shaft?
I have been trying to find a builder who can make me a white hard rock maple shaft without any sugar spots, v grain lines, or any standout grain lines within 10 inches from the ferrel. I think balabushka makes these shafts on some of their cues. Can anyone make me one?

qbilder · **Joined:** Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:34 am **Posts:** 476

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Some look at then as investments and seek out reasons to explain why a cue from one maker is more valuable than the same cue from another.
Truth is most are the same and the only real difference in value is in the buyers mind.
The first thing a new cue maker learns is the real true value of a pool cue.
Looks nice, well constructed, plays well, affordable ... beyond that it is all in your head.

No more than this guy. Lots of folks don't understand lots of things, but seem to have strong opinions about those things.

BarenbruggeCues · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:19 am

qbilder wrote:

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Some look at then as investments and seek out reasons to explain why a cue from one maker is more valuable than the same cue from another.
Truth is most are the same and the only real difference in value is in the buyers mind.
The first thing a new cue maker learns is the real true value of a pool cue.
Looks nice, well constructed, plays well, affordable ... beyond that it is all in your head.

No more than this guy. Lots of folks don't understand lots of things, but seem to have strong opinions about those things.

I had to retract........I thought I was reading a wheatism.

JoeyInCali · **Joined:** Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:40 pm **Posts:** 882

qbilder wrote:

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Some look at then as investments and seek out reasons to explain why a cue from one maker is more valuable than the same cue from another.
Truth is most are the same and the only real difference in value is in the buyers mind.
The first thing a new cue maker learns is the real true value of a pool cue.
Looks nice, well constructed, plays well, affordable ... beyond that it is all in your head.

No more than this guy. Lots of folks don't understand lots of things, but seem to have strong opinions about those things.

Which guy ?
Bleached shafts should make this guy happy.
I have some really pearly white shafts here from Michigan. Too bad they're at .650 ends.
I'd pick him a 6 rpi to make him happy.

qbilder · **Joined:** Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:34 am **Posts:** 476

BarenbruggeCues wrote:

qbilder wrote:

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Some look at then as investments and seek out reasons to explain why a cue from one maker is more valuable than the same cue from another.
Truth is most are the same and the only real difference in value is in the buyers mind.
The first thing a new cue maker learns is the real true value of a pool cue.
Looks nice, well constructed, plays well, affordable ... beyond that it is all in your head.

No more than this guy. Lots of folks don't understand lots of things, but seem to have strong opinions about those things.

I had to retract........I thought I was reading a wheatism.

Damn near. I think he was contagious & infected some folks.

BarenbruggeCues · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:25 pm

qbilder wrote:

Quote:

Some look at then as investments and seek out reasons to explain why a cue from one maker is more valuable than the same cue from another.
Truth is most are the same and the only real difference in value is in the buyers mind.
The first thing a new cue maker learns is the real true value of a pool cue.
Looks nice, well constructed, plays well, affordable ... beyond that it is all in your head.

No more than this guy. Lots of folks don't understand lots of things, but seem to have strong opinions about those things.

Damn near. I think he was contagious & infected some folks.

This guy had all his stuff for sale a while back because the billiard industry around him was in the tank and he just couldn't make any money at it. Felt it was a waste of his time....(these were not his exact words but the same point) He's one of Jimbo's best buddies! (I think he owns 4-5 of his cues)

wyattearp · **Joined:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:16 am **Posts:** 1539

BarenbruggeCues wrote:

This guy had all his stuff for sale a while back because the billiard industry around him was in the tank and he just couldn't make any money at it. Felt it was a waste of his time....(these were not his exact words but the same point) He's one of Jimbo's best buddies! (I think he owns 4-5 of his cues)

Would you be referring to best buddies William Lee or Arnot Wadsworth?

qbilder · **Joined:** Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:34 am **Posts:** 476

Yeah I remember that. Equip didn't sell so he's stuck building cues. No wonder he says that crap. He's justifying his situation to himself.

davek · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:38 pm

qbilder wrote:

Yeah I remember that. Equip didn't sell so he's stuck building cues. No wonder he says that crap. He's justifying his situation to himself.

Too bad you missed the arrival of the barefootbozo cuemaker, he tried to make quite a splash .... you would have loved it.

So what seems to be the big problem here anyway, don't they make white Sharpies ?

Dave

qbilder · **Joined:** Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:34 am **Posts:** 476

davek wrote:

qbilder wrote:

Yeah I remember that. Equip didn't sell so he's stuck building cues. No wonder he says that crap. He's justifying his situation to himself.

Too bad you missed the arrival of the barefootbozo cuemaker, he tried to make quite a splash .... you would have loved it.

So what seems to be the big problem here anyway, don't they make white Sharpies ?

Dave

WTF are you even talking about? What are you smokin up there in Canadia?

JoeyInCali · **Joined:** Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:40 pm **Posts:** 882

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This guy had all his stuff for sale a while back because the billiard industry around him was in the tank and he just couldn't make any money at it. Felt it was a waste of his time....(these were not his exact words but the same point) He's one of Jimbo's best buddies! (I think he owns 4-5 of his cues)

He blamed China.

BarenbruggeCues · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:28 pm

wyattearp wrote:

BarenbruggeCues wrote:

This guy had all his stuff for sale a while back because the billiard industry around him was in the tank and he just couldn't make any money at it. Felt it was a waste of his time....(these were not his exact words but the same point) He's one of Jimbo's best buddies! (I think he owns 4-5 of his cues)

Would you be referring to best buddies William Lee or Arnot Wadsworth?

Wild willy........

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He blamed China.

Oh yea.....that's right..he was crying cause the cues in Walmart were better than cues he could make and they sold for about 1/4 the price.

I wish I'd have saved all this stuff so I could have written book to retire on.

davek · **Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:20 pm

qbilder wrote:

davek wrote:

qbilder wrote:

Yeah I remember that. Equip didn't sell so he's stuck building cues. No wonder he says that crap. He's justifying his situation to himself.

Too bad you missed the arrival of the barefootbozo cuemaker, he tried to make quite a splash .... you would have loved it.

So what seems to be the big problem here anyway, don't they make white Sharpies ?

Dave

WTF are you even talking about? What are you smokin up there in Canadia?

It was long ago in a land far far away (rsb in the mid '90s) ....

Dave

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