David wu cues on ebay

[Neil Taperell]

That's the one that i am looking for Sharkster but they don't appear to sell them on Ebay anymore.......just the GRAND ones .

[DeanH]

Mine says, David Wu on top(following circular outline), GRAND with a small emblem on top positioned in the center, since 1983 below center and HAND MADE at bottom (following circular outline)

any pics you can pop up?

[sharkster63]

any pics you can pop up?

Coming soon...

[sharkster63]

Coming soon...

Here is a poor picture from my BlackBerry, its the best I could get. Hope it is clear enough to give you idea.Kingston-20151012-00210.jpg

[dave121260]

That's the one that i am looking for Sharkster but they don't appear to sell them on Ebay anymore.......just the GRAND ones .

Is there a difference between the ones with David Wu and grand written on the badges ? I thought they were both made by the same manufacturers

[cueman]

Is there a difference between the ones with David Wu and grand written on the badges ? I thought they were both made by the same manufacturers

Pretty sure its part of the same setup. I believe the reason they moved from the name David Wu was because it was damaging as a name as people tend to turn their nose up at Chinese made cues. Grand sounds more impressive and probably helps to boost their sales as well as driving the price up slowly.

As these cues become more popular I can see these ending up around the £300 for the emperor range in the not to distant future.

[Neil Taperell]

Just given the one I bought on EBay last week for £38 to the ex pro down my club tonight .

He rated them very highly , he wanted the one badged David Wu as he liked the 1st one that he bought .

He played with it tonight and even he could not believe how effortless it was to screw the white back .

Absolutely unreal cues for the money .

[itsnoteasy]

Was that a grand cue Neil, I got one for roughly the same price, I was amazed it was real ebony, splicing was nice and even and felt nice in the hand. Downside was it got sticky quickly ,did yours? And the tip end was very flexible and I thought, oh this is going to be like cueing with a piece of spaghetti but it wasn't ( I suppose that's not a fault then lol)

[tetricky]

Just given the one I bought on EBay last week for £38 to the ex pro down my club tonight .

He rated them very highly , he wanted the one badged David Wu as he liked the 1st one that he bought .

He played with it tonight and even he could not believe how effortless it was to screw the white back .

Absolutely unreal cues for the money .

£65 delivered for my Snakewood emperor in the xmas sale. Now it's re-finished it's as pretty a cue as I've ever owned and one of my top three or four players.

I got a pretty grand for £31 delivered (slight second...with the blemish removed on re-finish)....though it doesn't suit me as well it's a stunning cue for the money. As you say, an absolute bargain.

...however, my at least one, maybe two, of my Butters unbadged is ahead of it....though that order might change if I start to use straight grain for sighting (then my butters badged, and then the snakewood emperor, will probably occupy the top two slots).

[tetricky]

Was that a grand cue Neil, I got one for roughly the same price, I was amazed it was real ebony, splicing was nice and even and felt nice in the hand. Downside was it got sticky quickly ,did yours?....

Very smooth lacquer type finish, that I personally dodn't like.....which is why I sand them down, and re-finish with oil.

Beautiful with an oil finish.

[barrywhite]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Special-Of...w7AZ46XIdiXhqQ

Emperor say 'we select naturally dried wood to make the best cues'.
What could they mean? I wonder who could own this company.

[itsnoteasy]

Sorry to ask but how did you do this Tetricky?

[itsnoteasy]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Special-Of...w7AZ46XIdiXhqQ

Emperor say 'we select naturally dried wood to make the best cues'.
What could they mean? I wonder who could own this company.

I'm guessing that's a wee fib Barry.

[barrywhite]

I'm guessing that's a wee fib Barry.

There's plenty a cue maker who believes in angels mate

[tetricky]

I sand the cue down until it's down to the wood (initially 600 grit, gradually getting finer until you get to the sort of finish you want). Then prep with 1/3 each thinner, raw linseed, and tung. Then with a few coats of linseed over a couple of weeks. Then finish with multiple coats of tung over the course of a few weeks. I use fine steel wool between coats if I want to keep the finish fine. I will use more or less linseed, depending on how much I want to darken the cue....with less or more tung to compensate and get the coat I want.

Patience is the key. Particularly with linseed. It may take a long time to properly dry. After applying the coat wipe it down after about an hour, then leave a long time to dry, and periodically buff it (get the finish warm to the touch with buffing, it helps the oil set hard).

I'm not sure I have my oils right, because the cue can still be oily a couple of months later...but with regular buffing it does dry off eventually. The finish on my cues is now very good....I can balance the colour (I like quite an aged honey looking shaft), and the smoothness of the finish.

There is a thread (at least one) on cue finishing in the cues section of the forum.