GENUINE WILL HUNT PROFESSIONAL 3/4 SNOOKER CUE & Cue Craft Ally Case.

[cally]

the old ones...

[ADR147]

IMHO will hunt was never a very good cue maker, I have always found his cues to be too chunky and a bit industrial for my taste that said they fetch a fortune so some people don't agree with me!

[farrelld91]

Do the companies that the cues are imported from specialise in just making cues to be badged and finished here? Or is this just part of there business and they fully finish cues and sell them under their own brand?

[cally]

Yeh they bring silly money eh... I've seen you mention a few times they aren't the best in the past, you dodged my question a bit tho..lol

Who would you say they were on par with from the choice of makers we have today, chunkiness aside, i'm talking craftsmanship?

On par with........................

[ADR147]

Yeh they bring silly money eh... I've seen you mention a few times they aren't the best in the past, you dodged my question a bit tho..lol

Who would you say they were on par with from the choice of makers we have today, chunkiness aside, i'm talking craftsmanship?

On par with........................

that might be professional suicide!

[cally]

That bad eh....

[Tred]

This thread is getting very interesting - if Will Hunt's original cues aren't that good then how did they become so sought after? Because of Jimmy White perhaps?

Perhaps his new "imported" range is actually better than the originals ;-)

[narl]

Its been said that White popularised the 3/4 cues. Didn't see too many of them before White had one, then a while later most pro's had them.

Surprised at the views on Will Hunt's older cues though, I always thought he was in high regard as a cue maker.

[crispian jones]

There's plenty of our own forum members doing this also, the difference being of course they sell them as refurbished or customised, and usually have a different badge so any future purchasers know what there getting! I really don't understand why people take issue with cuemakers doing this, there is no way a one man oufit could survive if they didn't do somthing to suplement there income, check there feedback, everyones happy with the end product!

The most sensible reply ive read throughout this thread

[paddybhoy30]

I have no issues with any cuemaker who don't make the whole cue but as long as the price reflects this. Yeh they have to make a profit but not to the point where there charging the same as a start to finish job.

[sanman]

a Much more sensible reply IMHO

I have no issues with any cuemaker who don't make the whole cue but as long as the price reflects this. Yeh they have to make a profit but not to the point where there charging the same as a start to finish job.

[ADR147]

I have no issues with any cuemaker who don't make the whole cue but as long as the price reflects this. Yeh they have to make a profit but not to the point where there charging the same as a start to finish job.

but if will hunt were making them from start to finish they would be over a grand each.

[paddybhoy30]

Why? As you stated will hunt was never that good a cuemaker.

[ADR147]

because that is what he would charge for his time, remember his cues were £450 each in the 1980's

[potblac]

jesus h christ! not been on here much recently but just stumbled on this. talk about witch hunt...

i'm gonna weigh in here with a resounding 'LEAVE DAVE COUTTS ALONE'.

dave is a top top guy. i have never met a more honest stand up bloke. and a fantastic craftsman in his own right.

dave and louise run a business selling cues. if will hunt delivered cues he said he made then they will advertise as such.

regardless, will hunt has developed a superb reputation for quality. if he chooses to manufacture or part manufacture overseas, then that's his choice. it is his brand name and reputation that is at stake.

all you, as the consumer, have to decide is whether you trust the quality of this brand. if you do, you spend the money.

i've never seen jp in anything but a smart shirt. be it in pictures, videos, or in his shop. i doubt he has ever even done any work on a cue but i couldn't care less and neither should you. he is running his business and delivering the quality he wants. same as will hunt.

and the same as dave coutts in marketing a premium brand. it's business, people. deal with it.

if you insist on knowing the ins and outs of a ducks ar*e, getting pictures sent at every stage of manufacture (cos in some way it makes you feel like you're in control), then so be it. there are plenty of cuemakers who will gladly do this for you.

whether you end up with the overall level of quality you initially expected is another question.

bottom line - you want a will hunt cue today, you buy what is being sold under will hunt's brand (and who's to know what work was actually done by will on the original ones from the 80's?)

let it lie people, it's clear will hunt is manufacturing overseas, the need to continue 'blaming' dave coutts is ridiculous.

I heard as well that your old cues come from asia? What you going to say about that?