My Custom Uncle Thai

[TheRowdyOne]

HAHAHA wth i spent over a minute looking at it your pic, perving, then u tell me its a guy. LOL

im more than happy with the cue unclevit! happy.. umm whats more than happy? ecstatic? lol

he truly is a gifted craftsman, shame he is only now getting his own name out on his work. makes me wonder, who else in the world is playing with an uncle thai cue, but dont know it yet.

Is UT working for himself now or does he still work for Omin? i dont think he has his own badge yet does he? It might be hard for UT to start selling his cues (to anyone other than the forum members) as his reputation is very limited outside Thailand. Although if people like Ben Nunan start playing with his cues who knows.

Unclevit... is UT thinking of expanding? Looking for a distributor in Australia maby? or is that your job

i was going to say, this sort of ash seems pretty rare. i mean, i pretty much play with as many peoples cue's as i can whenever i get the chance, but, havnt seen wood like this before.

Makes me wonder where these people get their wood from. Google is like tits on a bull when it comes to stuff like that. It's not what you know, it's who you know that knows someones uncle's brother's sister's mother's best friend that works with someone that has a mate that owns some old ash yeah?

i showed it to my friend aziz, owns a snooker hall down in st kilda (anyone visits melbourne australia, come down. ill shout a game or 5 and he just picked it up and was more than impressed with the feel of the cue. i also played snooker with it. wow the feedback, the feeling i get with every shot is amazing. NO deflection at all. use to be horrible, deflection when trying to break, but this time, it feels great. get great screw back from half length of the table! its definitely a keeper, for life never going to sell this cue.

thanks heaps again. cant thank you enough

I can't see myself getting to Melbourne for another couple of years but i'll hold you to those free games.

[brendan147]

u talkin to me or brendan? i think thats uncalled for buddy, if youre talking about brendan, i dont think its neccessary. since he is talking about snooker cues on a snooker forum, i think its fine for him to update the world on his progress. speak for yourself when you say "No one CARES" cause fact is, some people do. i for one AM keeping tabs on his cue, cause i want to see how it turns out.

That's a very good comment of yours . After all we are both UT's customers. Cheers.

How many times do you want to talk about "YOUR" cues?

This is not the only thread that you're talking about "YOUR" cues already!

No one CARES about YOUR cues!

You should try to make friends here and be nice to each other including me. Like the others said, ignore something you hate reading and always keep yourself cool. Good for your health and blood pressure

[Freddie Ng]

he's just a bit lazy to share them atm. he will tho =] soon enough.

Oh.. It's ok. From picture it looks the same as yours.
He also play with 16 oz ??

[Freddie Ng]

That's a very good comment of yours . After all we are both UT's customers. Cheers.



You should try to make friends here and be nice to each other including me. Like the others said, ignore something you hate reading and always keep yourself cool. Good for your health and blood pressure

Totally agree.. This thread title is "My Custom UT".. Which means everyone are welcome to talk about their UT cues

[Freddie Ng]

Brendan..

How's your UT cue progressing ? Any updates from Unclevit ??

Cheers

[brendan147]

Yeah maybe it was Brendan he was talking about even so with all the talk from him ime looking forward to seeing his cue

Don't worry mate. Will do. Cheers.

Brendan orders 2 cues and I have seen his 2 Ash shafts already, which will be as good as yours. The problem is the striped ebony wood for his splices work. UT don't seem to be 'absolute' happy with his current S/E stock and trying to get a better quality/pattern blanks for Brendan's work. He used to finish any order within 2-3 weeks time, but now extending to 4+ weeks. I calm him down telling to him that 'please take your time'. A good cue will be cherished and admired by player, and should last that player years of joyful games. He understands my telling and concern on delivering his 'best works'. With ready materials on hands, he can finish any cue within 7 days. Too bad, good woods are not easy to find these days, not even for a good ebony blanks, or ash, or maple, alone. Finally, thank you for trusting him to do your jobs.

1 for me and 1 for Freddy (fswt30 actually). Thanks to you for reminding UT not to rush in our cues project. Nobody is like to get pressurized anyway. Good job Unclevit.

Adding to this, this ash wood has been hanging in UT's stock for quite a long time (same with the ones going for Brendan and Freddie, and Sanman, and a lot others). I think it's the weather and the time that made your shaft a darker looking wood.

You once told me that UT is the best in selecting the high quality playing shaft. As far as I concern, all UT's customers in TSF are very happy with their shafts, even when it is compared to Omin's work. Congratulation to both of you and UT.

[brendan147]

Brendan..

How's your UT cue progressing ? Any updates from Unclevit ??

Cheers

Bro...you could simply sms me la.... No update so far but no problem with that anyway....

You need to save a lot of money now and buy UT's custom cue before he retired. All the best ...!!!

[BoBnoGG!n]

Oh.. It's ok. From picture it looks the same as yours.
He also play with 16 oz ??

nah he plays with 17.5 =], a touch heavier

we designed both cues to look similar in design, but opposite =]

[knox]

ill get some pics up soon enough.

honestly i just dont really have then time. i work quite alot now days n whatever free time i have i spend it playing snooker/pool or out n about..

had a lazy day today but i just spent it being lazy...

my lil bro can upload pics of it if he wants =]

[unclevit]

Is UT working for himself now or does he still work for Omin? i dont think he has his own badge yet does he? It might be hard for UT to start selling his cues (to anyone other than the forum members) as his reputation is very limited outside Thailand. Although if people like Ben Nunan start playing with his cues who knows.

Unclevit... is UT thinking of expanding? Looking for a distributor in Australia maby? or is that your job



Makes me wonder where these people get their wood from. Google is like tits on a bull when it comes to stuff like that. It's not what you know, it's who you know that knows someones uncle's brother's sister's mother's best friend that works with someone that has a mate that owns some old ash yeah?


I can't see myself getting to Melbourne for another couple of years but i'll hold you to those free games.

TheRowdyOne : Just some inputs from me. UT never worked for Omin, but some of his trained cuesmiths used to, or now working for both Omin and MasterCue. UT is 70 this year, and been in the snooker playing more than 50 years, and just turned to cuemaking past 20 years ago, firstly under his own badge of "Typhoon". Old players these days, here, are still remembering this brand. I rep him at the moment. Why ? I found him some 6 months ago, through our National Coach's (Tai Pichit/Chuchart) brother who is well known in the cue selection business for their club's members. I found that UT's cues are very good in playing quality (shafts, mostly) while the price is quite low for a custom quality. I ordered a few at first for myself and friends, and later urged him to offer his excellent works to foreign players, through this forum of which I am a member. Since UT is making cues on his own passion, he won't go for volume production, and only limits himself (due to his age too) to some 8-10 cues monthly. He does not know English and I have to help him on correspondences with his foreign customers. I also help finance him too, sometimes. UT, without cuemaking money, is living quite well already. That is why he charges quite a low cost on his custom works. Besides, cost of living in Thailand is quite low comparing to other Asian countries. He plans to stop his cuemaking passion in 2011, and authorizing his reps is not what he will do. The life of any rep will last only a year, i.e. this year. Since he's on his own, he can do only a very limited custom cues each month. Local players are feeding him some 4-6 custom orders monthly for the past several years. I rep him and what I get is some US$10-20 profit per cue which I spent almost all on the gasoline. Each custom project will take some 3-5 hours of my time, travelling to discuss and select the woods, do follow-ups, get the cue, packing, posting, etc. It's also my passion to help other players get their quality cues, at a budget price. But won't be for long as I have 3 full time jobs to do at the moment. If any order is complicated, I will have to refuse. My wives don't like what I am doing on this cue thing. They own a small jewelry store, and my time there will be more precious in terms of moneymaking. If you are married, you will know that 'keeping a wife' quiet and happy is something valuable for your own personal times. You may heard that many times I have refused members' orders due to complicated requirements. Anything that makes my life miserable, I will have to refuse. BTW, I know Omin and his family in person, so I help members getting his worldclass cues too. Mostly at a loss to me as his place is about 60 kms. round trip from my place, through heavy traffics and hours of driving time. But since I am a Thai, it's always good to help expose Thai's quality to the World. Anyhow, when I visit Omin's place it's kind of 'feel like home' to me. Omin and his family is very kind to me, always. I learn a lot of cuemaking techniques from both Omin and UT. And for the woods, large local suppliers are getting their woods from Canada, North America, UK, etc. Ash and Maple blanks will come in 3-5 big containers at a time, and Omin/MasterCue will buy whole containers at a time, leaving UT for small, private, selection of woods for the shafts (UT makes only 30-40 cues each quarter, so he does not need the whole container). And with this, UT's shafts are always good, but limited. Omin and MasterCue are supplying rack cues to more than 500 clubs (data of 2008, 100+ alone in Bangkok) throughout Thailand, so they will need that much of the blanks. Other rare woods are from other 'specialized' suppliers. I need to write this long here as there are questions about myself and UT from time to time. Nobody has seen UT face-to-face yet. It's me who they met when coming here. Who knows I might be That Person !!

[brendan147]

He plans to stop his cuemaking passion in 2011, and authorizing his reps is not what he will do. The life of any rep will last only a year, i.e. this year

Did UT teach you everything he know? Amazing fact. He is too old to do this kind of work by now. Send my regards to him and tell him "THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE BEST CUE".


And for the woods, large local suppliers are getting their woods from Canada, North America, UK, etc. Ash and Maple blanks will come in 3-5 big containers at a time, and Omin/MasterCue will buy whole containers at a time, leaving UT for small, private, selection of woods for the shafts (UT makes only 30-40 cues each quarter, so he does not need the whole container). And with this, UT's shafts are always good, but limited[/QUOTE]

Thanks so much for your long explaination. UT's shafts are limited but they are come with high quality and lower price cue which is absolutely the best offer we can get, so far. I also hope you can be the best cuemaker from Thailand someday. Teach me to make snooker cue too?

[unclevit]

Did UT teach you everything he know? Amazing fact. He is too old to do this kind of work by now. Send my regards to him and tell him "THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE BEST CUE".


And for the woods, large local suppliers are getting their woods from Canada, North America, UK, etc. Ash and Maple blanks will come in 3-5 big containers at a time, and Omin/MasterCue will buy whole containers at a time, leaving UT for small, private, selection of woods for the shafts (UT makes only 30-40 cues each quarter, so he does not need the whole container). And with this, UT's shafts are always good, but limited

Thanks so much for your long explaination. UT's shafts are limited but they are come with high quality and lower price cue which is absolutely the best offer we can get, so far. I also hope you can be the best cuemaker from Thailand someday. Teach me to make snooker cue too?[/QUOTE]

Yep, I was free this morning, before going out for exercise. UT plans to cease cuemaking next year, so anything from him this year will be kind of a collection. I was doing a cue by myself since December last year, finished it last 2 weeks and UT rejected its butt work. He said the balance was a headache. Instead of reworking on the butt, I donated it to a young player met at a club. Seen him a couple times using rack cues. He's just a student and no money to buy a good cue. My cue is good enough for him to practice, said UT. Simply the butt work is not that finely crafted. But much much better than any rack cue, or close to UT's ready-made that I have seen. Maple shaft. The kid likes it lot. He came with his sister, and now you know why I gave the cue to him I may make cues as a passion somedays. Learned a lot from both UT and Omin. Just need more 'practicing hours'.

[BoBnoGG!n]

wow so much information. well either way, we're blessed to have cue makers like Uncle Thai. just naturals at the job who dont do it all for the money

[Freddie Ng]

It's really great knowing Unclevit.
Thanks for helping us in selecting custom cues and great info about UT.

It's good to have both UT and Omin in Asia to help local players.
Hope there are more UT buyers share their view here, so more can get UT cues before he retire

[Bulkie]

Thanks so much for your long explaination. UT's shafts are limited but they are come with high quality and lower price cue which is absolutely the best offer we can get, so far. I also hope you can be the best cuemaker from Thailand someday. Teach me to make snooker cue too?

Yep, I was free this morning, before going out for exercise. UT plans to cease cuemaking next year, so anything from him this year will be kind of a collection. I was doing a cue by myself since December last year, finished it last 2 weeks and UT rejected its butt work. He said the balance was a headache. Instead of reworking on the butt, I donated it to a young player met at a club. Seen him a couple times using rack cues. He's just a student and no money to buy a good cue. My cue is good enough for him to practice, said UT. Simply the butt work is not that finely crafted. But much much better than any rack cue, or close to UT's ready-made that I have seen. Maple shaft. The kid likes it lot. He came with his sister, and now you know why I gave the cue to him I may make cues as a passion somedays. Learned a lot from both UT and Omin. Just need more 'practicing hours'. [/QUOTE]

Unclevit,

Is UT still available to make some cues this month?