QP's MS 07-0008

"Where quality comes first" 質量為先 "Cues built by a perfectionist" 由一位完美主義者制桿

This cue is very similar to the EW 07-0001. I have six pieces of this wood that came from the same finely figured birdseye maple board. The difference with this one and the EW 07-0001 are two: The weight and the scrimshaw.

本桿與EW 07-0001 一桿非常相似。我有6條這樣的木材﹐它們取自於同一塊優質華麗鳥眼楓木木板。 本桿與EW 07-0001 一桿的區別在於它們的桿重和桿上的彫刻工藝。

The cue was sold on Cue Auctions

本桿售於球桿拍賣。Cue Auctions

The task at hand with the scrimshaw work was to do the scrimshaw in a style that makes it look like the original water color painting, but without putting a brush on the cue. I think you will see that it is done correctly.

製作本桿時﹐面臨的一個主要任務是對它的彫刻。我要使桿上的彫刻工藝看上去像真正的用畫筆繪畫出來的水彩畫一樣逼真。 我做到了。我相信你會同意這一點的。

The winning bid is from an Asian bidder (and this is his fourth or fifth cue of mine) and it was $5,555.55 on April 27, 2007. I mistakenly ended the auction 24 hours too early. Dumb me!

本桿最後由一位亞洲顧客競拍而得。這已是他向我購買的第四或第五根球桿了。成交價格為5555。55美元。 拍賣於2007年4月27日結束。由於我的疏忽﹐本來它應該再多持續一天。我真傻﹗

Length: 63.25 inches

桿長﹕63。25英寸。

Weight: 19.4 ounces

桿重﹕19。4盎司。

Shafts: Two Prodigy super-low deflection shafts made from genuine "Old Growth" maple cut between 1830 and 1845 out of Michigan in America. These shafts are 3 steps lower in deflection than Predator 314-2 shafts.

前節﹕兩根超級低母球偏向級奇跡前節。木材取自於生長於美國密西根州﹐被砍伐於1830年至1845年間的老楓樹。 這些前節的性能比Predator 314-2前節要高出3個檔次。

Wood: Solid one-piece construction from superior figured birdseye maple

木材﹕一整條完整的優質華麗鳥眼楓木。

Joint: Flat-faced stainless steel 3/8-10 joint pin with joint collar scrimshawed to look like a Chinese water painting. I am most definitely an admirer of Chinese style painting including calligraphy, which I studied from a Chinese Calligraphy master.

前後節結合﹕平面對應﹐結合螺絲為3/8-10不鏽鋼。中輪帶有中國水彩畫彫刻工藝。 我是中國水彩畫藝術的狂熱愛好者。我也喜愛書法﹐並向一位華人書法家學習過它。

Joint caps: From the same piece of wood, but still not finished.

結合螺絲保護套﹕取自相同的木材﹐尚未完成。

Ring-work: At both ends phenolic with Malachite french diamonds and at the forearm-handle and handle butt sleeve are black camagong (Very rare when acquired legally and this is legal.) much thinner rings with snake-wood french diamonds and ivory colored borders. I do not buy from illegal loggers.

裝飾環工藝﹕在前後兩端為石碳酸環﹐配有孔雀石法式菱形鑲嵌。 在中段前臂與握柄交界和握柄與後臂交界處各有一道細黑色天鵝絨蘋果木環﹐配有蛇木法式菱形鑲嵌與象牙色鑲邊。 合法黑色天鵝絨蘋果木非常稀有。本桿所用的是合法購買的。我從不向非法伐木商購買木材。

All photos were taken at an angle to prevent camera flash-back. When cropped and shown some of them make the butt cap look the same size as the wood. The wood is actually smaller in diameter.

為防止照像機閃光反彈﹐以下每一張照片拍攝時都帶有一些角度。經修剪後照片中的大輪於與整根球桿看上去直徑相同。 事實上﹐球桿前段的直徑要比大輪直徑小一些。

Here is how this cue would look IF, I said "IF" it had a black one-piece leather wrap:

If I placed a Tan one-piece leather wrap on this cue then this is what it would look like:

IF, I said "If" I were to place a red alligator-print one-piece leather wrap on this cue then this is what it would look like: