Say hello to "Froggy"

[jrc750]

Meet crazy Froggy
Points against: splices long way out, that crazy graining
Points for: one piece hand made cue, jet black ebony, that crazy graining , has an identity so just got to love him

Specs: One piece ash cue with jet black hand spliced butt, brass name disc, 58 1/4", 10 mm ferrule, 17.1 oz, big 31.3 mm butt, 16" balance point, has an SD joint but no idea who's.
Don't know how long Froggy has been hopping around but it feels like an old cue.

[CueAntW147]

lol.......made me laugh this, looks good mate ;-)
so i shall be the first to say hello froggy !

[jrc750]

lol.......made me laugh this, looks good mate ;-)

Plays nice too, tried it out today, big butt takes getting used to tho

[CueAntW147]

thats good mate back in the day before we got fussy about shaft grain, level splice work etc etc a player was a player regardless thats all that mattered really.

[sberry]

If you just got that off eBay, I was watching.

[jrc750]

If you just got that off eBay, I was watching.

No mate not from ebay, do you have a link to one you saw ???

[sberry]

Yes and it is the same cue sold 3 weeks ago, looks like it's been given a quick touch up.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antique-On...vip=true&rt=nc

[jrc750]

Yes and it is the same cue sold 3 weeks ago, looks like it's been given a quick touch up.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antique-On...vip=true&rt=nc

Ahh well spotted lol

[narl]

Not a bad looking cue, has plenty of character about it with that grain at least. People are far too concerned these days about asthetics as opposed to if its a good player.

[jim evans]

No mate not from ebay, do you have a link to one you saw ???

you telling porkies jr are you a##a secret bidder lol

[haggishunter]

I like the grain on this, wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

[jrc750]

I like the grain on this, wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

Thank you
The part of the shaft you can see when getting down on the shot is alright, no problem there

[MikeWooldridge]

I like the grain on this, wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

i do too.

character!

[CueAntW147]

No doubting its nice to look at a shaft that has the nice even arrows, straight grain etc, but once upon a time nobody bothered about this at all, and we should all remember it makes no difference to the playability of a cue its purely cosmetic.
Must have made the cuemakers job a nightmare now finding perfect shafts not only for density, playability etc but also nice arrows that we come to expect today.
Its actually nice to see a shaft like froggy as afterall wood is wood and natural every piece unique thats the beauty of it.

[sberry]

i do too.

character!

I have a Riley Prize with slightly interesting really old and dark looking grain if you like that sort of thing