eBay *** Uncle Vit - Selling 4-Arrow Shaft ***

[unclevit]

Hi, it's Nong again :
Pictures are a Grade A custom cue from Workshop :
12 splices in Ebony and Maple Woods. 2 pieces, 57 inches total length, Cue Tip 9.5mm., Balance @ 43.5cms. (a little forward balance), Total weight 17.5oz. Ash comes with 4 nice arrows (workshop said "4 arrows shaft is hard to find). Back has no arrow. Comes with butt joint.
Workshop selling for US$245 with no aircost.
Interests please email to : unclevit@yahoo.com Attn: Nong
Thank You very much for kind interest.

[ADR147]

i will take that one - time i had a look!

[Deepscrew]

Ooohh....i'll be interested to see what you think of it.

[ADR147]

well i have sent a note saying i will take it.

[unclevit]

Dear Mr. ADR147 : This cue is reserved for you. Thank you very much. Nong

[Deepscrew]

Did you get this cue then ADR?

[ADR147]

Did you get this cue then ADR?

yes but i am loathe to review it.

[jrc750]

yes but i am loathe to review it.

Hmmm, does that mean it's very good ? or the opposite

[ADR147]

I really would love to be able to say wow its great but i can't! - ok well here goes.

the cue cost me £209 in total so it is not a cheap cue but it has a number of basic faults.

Firstly its 56.7" long 9.4mm and more than 18oz !!!

secondly and most annoying the butt is covered in a thick piano style shallac type varnish - if anyone remembers the old powerglide cues of the 1980's that's the sort of thing, so that over time the shaft will darken and there will be an annoying line between the two different finishes.

next, and its a really serious problem for me as i have a trade a/c with them and do tens of thousands of pounds worth of business with them - the cue is badged as a peradon king!

lastly its not finished properly, all the brass work is rough and heavily scratched and the tip is like it has been stamped from a bikers jacket so for joe public as it arrives it is totally unusable!

all that said its a nice piece of ash and its well spliced so once stripped down and refinished properly it will make a decent cue but anybody who thinks this is a cheap way to buy a cue that is Mike Wooldridge / Trevor white quality is going to be disappointed because as it arrived it is not and it takes skill and knowledge to fix it.

[cally]

Why on earth is it badged peradon?

[DWOT]

What, you mean other cue makers get cues made abroad then ship em back in and sell them as though they made them?

Who'd have thought such a thing?

[jrc750]

Well im very confused now !!
Why is it badged Peradon ??? do they make these cues for Peradon, or just stick on any old badge they have lying around ???
I thought it would be this "C" brand thing ???????????????

[ADR147]

Why on earth is it badged peradon?

i asked they said they had a badge!!!!!

[cally]

Fancy sending that to ADR, gott lol really int ya....

You'd think they'd be sure to get it half tidy knowing ADR was only buying it to have a looksy and have an opinion on them.

Oh dear...

[ADR147]

What, you mean other cue makers get cues made abroad then ship em back in and sell them as though they made them?

Who'd have thought such a thing?

lol i can buy a peradon king for less than half what this cost!