Length: 64 inches
桿長﹕64英寸。
Weight: 20.6 ounces, but balances like 19.3 to 19.7
桿重﹕20。6盎司。由於優良的平衡﹐感覺上只有19。3至19。7盎司重。
Joint pin: 3/8-10 brass
結合螺絲﹕3/8-10黃銅。
Joint: One hundred percent wood-to-wood
前後節結合﹕百分之百木材平面結合。
Shafts: Two super-low deflection Prodigy shafts with very high annual growth ring counts
前節﹕兩根超級低母球偏向級奇跡前節﹐每一根都帶有很高的年輪指數。
Forearm: Nicely figured birdseye maple
前臂﹕優質華麗鳥眼楓木。
Handle: Superb blood-red hard-wood
握柄﹕超級血紅色硬木材。
Sleeve: Figured birdseye maple
後臂﹕華麗鳥眼楓木。
A few hours before I was to ship this cue to Canada, a man offered me $2,500 for it. I never even considered his offer because the cue was promised to another man who had shown great patience waiting for it to be finished. Besides, his offer was much too low due to the many, many hours of micro-scrimshaw work.
在我即將把本桿寄往加拿大前數小時﹐有人向我開價2500美金。 我根本沒有考慮它﹐因為本桿早已被另一位買家訂走。他為此耐心等待了多時﹐我絕不會食言。 其實﹐這個2500美金的開價根本不夠﹐因為本桿配備許多小時的細緻微調工藝。
The buyer comments how this cue has improved his game at: Accolades
關於本桿是如何幫助買主提高球藝的內容﹐請參閱他的留言:Accolades
He did say that his tournament winnings from immediately improved playing has almost paid for his cue in only 3 short months.
他說到通過使用本桿使他的比賽獎金驟增﹐在短短三個月內他靠獎金幾乎賺回了這根球桿。
More Roses can be seen on another cue here: Master Scrimshaw Series MS 07-0001
在另一根球桿上你可以看到更多的玫瑰彫刻工藝﹕彫刻傑作系列: Master Scrimshaw Series MS 07-0001
I feel that to place one of my cues on any auction site (Ebay) that allows criminals, thieves, and counterfeiters to sell poached ivory, stolen and counterfeited products, diminishes from my cues and the various men and women that own them.
This higher ticket priced 2 1/2 year old QP Custom Cue was placed on an ebay auction in December of 2007. The best time to sell the cue was between March 1 and November 15. I told the man he was selling this cue too late, wait until March first.
I tried to help him by placing it on my site and explained the man's need to sell due to a soon-to-arrive baby. Since it was the wrong time to sell it, no one inquired about it
The man never informed me of his intention to place the cue on a criminal allowing auction site called ebay. I found out when a man in Europe told me about the auction and sent me the link to it.
The auction ended with a Cue collector in Sweden buying the cue for the ridiculously low price of $1,200. He told me later that he was lucky to get it so cheap and said that, most people not knowing how good my cues hit, was lucky for him.
A few years ago this very good shooting cue collector bought one of my cues and was so impressed with the hit, low-deflection and super spin, that he flew to my shop, stayed 14 days, and bought 6 other cues. He has owned and played with over one hundred different cues and said that my cues have the best hit and most spin of any cue he has ever shot with.
That cue collector would have paid between $2,500 to $2,800 for that 2 1/2 year old scratched-up QP EW 05-65 Roses cue. The loser in all of this is the owner that placed a cue, I made, on a junk-cue-auction-site where people expect you to pay a penny on the dollar for anything they buy.
I have placed a note on the spec-sheet I keep on each cue, next to the seller's name, that reads thus: "Never sell this man another cue under any circumstances. He placed this cue on the "criminal-coddling"ebay auction site."