RIP William Gentry

He is a vampire....


I'll start posting already.

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No matter how big a splash you make in this world whether you're Corey Feldman, Frankie Muniz, Justin Bieber or a talking teddy bear, eventually, nobody gives a shit.

I don't sleep like normal people. Someone said you were a fan of Purple Heart

For Jim, my two Webb's which will be be with me until the grave.

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Cue: Mike Webb

Personally, I'm not a fan of purple heart, but that cue deserves a WOW!!!!

Mike, As time goes on can you should post more pics of cues you've finished in the normal forum? Or would you consider it not right to post a pic of what is actually somebody else's cue even though you made it?

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Real name: Steve Ellis.
Email: jimboArmyMember<at sign>s-c-ellis.com
Better to wear out, than to rust out.
"To die is nothing, but it is terrible not to live." Victor Hugo-Les Miserables

Jim, if this thread is still around come the weekend when I'm home, I'll try to post pics of my two other Webbs. My new Webb is in the last trimester and Mike posted it's pic above.

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Real name: Steve Ellis.
Email: jimboArmyMember<at sign>s-c-ellis.com
Better to wear out, than to rust out.
"To die is nothing, but it is terrible not to live." Victor Hugo-Les Miserables

Once in a while it might be nice, sometimes from what I've seen it's taken out of text to the degree of a sales pitch like
HEY, LOOK, DID YOU KNOW I MAKE CUES. I try not to do that.

Asst. samples of veneers and a collage.

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I am in a very very small group of people that can buy any cue they want that can make that statement.
Congrats,
Nick Serdula

If personality was cash Jim, You'd be as rich as anyone.

oooohh.... I really like the pupleheart cue....

Mike -

You've been building cues long enough to comment on pre-internet days and days of recent. Do you feel that the internet has aided in making cuemakers better or just feel it's been one of the main reasons to have 10x the amount of cuemakers necessary?

As someone else mentioned earlier, "anyone with a lathe is a cuemaker" mentality that has surfaced as of late....

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[AndyB] 11:04 am: wanna see something gay?
[pharaoh68] 11:04 am: sure!

Hi Ross
It's like trying to compare Military training from days of old to new, I wouldn't call it better but definitely different. Yes Sir, Anyone can buy a lathe, watch some video's, join AZ and ask all the questions you can think of, Main problem is and it really is a problem, No seasoning, Total lack of trial and error, They all assume that just because someone is replying to their question, They must be right. Can you imagine trying to sell something and when your asked what the results will be, YOU SAY, Well, so and so says it will do this. Now your selling so and so's word for your lack of experience. How much would you trust him. Just so you know, I'm not against new guys, there are a few really doing great things, It's the bullshit artist, that make the new guys look bad.

Mike,

What was the first cue you owned? Have you owned any that you sold and wish you still had?

When you decided to begin making cues, did you try to pattern them (looks and or/play) after any one person's cues? Or, did you try to take the best that you learned from different sources? Or, did you start with a clean sheet and build to what you liked and found would work best?

Is Mr. Showman's cue done yet?

Scott

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where do you get the inspirations for the designs of your cues?
what's your views on cue design theft?

is mr. showman's cue done yet?

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buddha shows love to:

Mezz Cues USA
Kurzweils' Country Meats

Hi Scott
I started with a Meucci, hit was nice.
Then a Viking, Didn't like the way it played
Next was a Joss, I liked it very much, Never saw another one like it. Sold it locally and he still has it. I get it back if he ever sells it.
I've always been a fan of points and veneers.