This cue had a high auction bid of $3,703 back in 2005.
本桿在2005年球桿拍賣中以3707美元成交。
The forearm: Has some burl in it.
前臂﹕木材中含有樹節。
The handle is high-grained (high gpi - tight grained) maple and the butt sleeve is of birdseye maple.
握柄為一段具有緊密紋路﹐每英寸厚具有多道年輪的楓木。後臂為鳥眼楓木。
The wrap: Black stack-leather finished to my way of finishing, one step from super smooth.
握把﹕黑色層層環繞型真皮握把。做工達到了我的標準﹐距離超級光滑只差一步。
The ring work: Ten different woods (or substances). Lots and lots of work went into these deco rings.
裝飾環工藝﹕由十種不同的木材或物質組成。這些環凝聚了大量的手工。
Joint: Flat-faced with 3/8-10 stainless steel joint pin
前後節結合﹕平面對應。結合螺絲為3/8-10不鏽鋼。
Weight: 20.35 ounces
桿重﹕20。35盎司。
Finish: European clear-coat
磨光﹕歐洲清澈塗層。
Joint Sleeve: This is where the cue shaft meets the cue butt and is on the cue butt at the joint pin. This EW 05-37 has an extinct deer horn sleeve. This particular deer is now extinct and was killed out in the 1960s in The Philippines in the very Northern most part of Luzon Island by starving people. There are a few subspecies left in Kalinga Province, but not this particular species of red deer. The name of the deer is "USA", which is pronounced as "Ooh-sa".
中輪﹕中輪為在後節最前端與球桿前節相結合的部份。本桿的中輪原料為一種已經滅絕的鹿的角。 在60年代的菲律賓呂宋島北部﹐由於飢餓居民的大量捕殺﹐導致了這種鹿的滅亡。 如今還有一些這種鹿的亞種生存在Kalinga省﹐但它們與已經滅絕了的這種紅鹿是不同的。這種鹿名叫USA﹐讀音為奧沙。
The natural-growth grooves in the joint sleeve, bottom photo, was left purposely to show it is deer antler.
在下圖中﹐我刻意展示了在中輪上存在的自然生長的凹槽﹐以證明它確實是鹿角。
