The Mystery Tube Case!!!!

[SouthPaw]

I love a good story to a purchase too, will be nice to see it when you've tidied it up, though looks like you've got a bargain...

[RGCirencester]

Pretty much spot on Rob, I would have been delighted if it was a pearwood shaft but it appears to be good old hornbeam.

Congrats you should be receiving your warm fuzzy feeling anytime soon mate

Perhaps that feeling about the butt I was getting was ebony with a lighter front splice :P


Come on make my day tell me it's ever so slightly bent :P

[Stupree]

Had very little to do this afternoon so decided to have a bit of tidy up of the two cues and give them a little refinish...

How they arrived...












After a little love...

[paddybhoy30]

Came up very nice there.

[willtyson]

£11 + postage... We have a deal :snooker:

[culraven]

If you'd worked as hard on that padlock you'd have a case to put it in as well! Lol

[Stupree]

£11 + postage... We have a deal :snooker:

I was hoping that you wouldn't call me on that one Will

If you'd worked as hard on that padlock you'd have a case to put it in as well! Lol

The case is back on track now too after some attention to undo my hasty actions earlier.

Today's been a good day!

[old school]

Norfolks were often made with burr front splices and sometimes with Allisier ( Service tree, a type of Sorbus, Whitebeam is a close relation) being used for the shaft.Perhaps the shaft is made of something rarer than you thought.Beautiful cues and even better after a little tlc.

[Stupree]

Norfolks were often made with burr front splices and sometimes with Allisier ( Service tree, a type of Sorbus, Whitebeam is a close relation) being used for the shaft.Perhaps the shaft is made of something rarer than you thought.Beautiful cues and even better after a little tlc.

The old catalogues and price list suggest that the cue should feature a burr front splice with a choice of shaft between Hornbeam or Alisier. I haven't ruled out chances that the shaft is Alisier yet as I have not been able to get a positive look at another Alisier shafted cue. My one is not similar to the one detailed on the Dominic Dale auction without Ambonya front splice and definitely does not have a Pearwood shaft.