Keith Auld Cue

[Shockerz]

yep I recall him inviting customers to pop by when making their cue

also, recall him talking about craft fairs, etc; and also the challenge to other cuemakers, which never came about (now was that because he had some takers and chickened out? :wink:

Yeah I remember reading the thread and thought this is starting to get a little childish (as I poured another Southern Comfort).

Would I buy a ticket to see a cue making challenge? Yeeessss. Course I would.

[ADR147]

Yeah I remember reading the thread and thought this is starting to get a little childish (as I poured another Southern Comfort).

Would I buy a ticket to see a cue making challenge? Yeeessss. Course I would.

yep and me - that said he has bought boxes of tips from me so good on the fella!

[narl]

Hmmm. Not as much Chinese as I though but never the less it is still on the net. Click here.

Well that little intro piece about him tells a story

Surrounded by wood shavings and half-finished snooker cues

Presumably they're only half finished because its rare that one escapes into the wild.

[cueinhand]

Any your local cue makers but Keith Auld

[j6uk]

ive worked with kieth on a few cues over 5yrs ago, he kows his stuff just pone robert os for more info on that.
he wasnt well at the time so i can only guess how it would be now.
if the op is local why you on here and not popin over there?

[MikeWooldridge]

ive worked with kieth on a few cues over 5yrs ago, he kows his stuff just pone robert os for more info on that.

loooollllllll :biggrin-new:

i would not recommend anyone ring robert and ask about keith. mr auld may have liked to use robert's good name as 'proof' of how 'good' he was, but i can assure you robert does not feel the same way and will tell you so in no uncertain terms. best leave him to get on with his work rather than pester him with questions about keith.

but go ahead, try it and see what he says...

also, the last time keith auld appeared here, talking various degrees of rubbish, i tried to avoid saying too much but that backfired and some gullible members here got taken advantage of.

not doing that again, couldn't give a sh*t who i offend, steer clear, there are many cue makers who do a far better job if you want a new cue.

if anyone wants more info, send me an email and i'll tell you exactly what i think and know.

[MikeWooldridge]

Any your local cue makers but Keith Auld

did you have a bad experience?...

[ADR147]

loooollllllll :biggrin-new:

i would not recommend anyone ring robert and ask about keith. mr auld may have liked to use robert's good name as 'proof' of how 'good' he was, but i can assure you robert does not feel the same way and will tell you so in no uncertain terms. best leave him to get on with his work rather than pester him with questions about keith.

but go ahead, try it and see what he says...

also, the last time keith auld appeared here, talking various degrees of rubbish, i tried to avoid saying too much but that backfired and some gullible members here got taken advantage of.

not doing that again, couldn't give a sh*t who i offend, steer clear, there are many cue makers who do a far better job if you want a new cue.

if anyone wants more info, send me an email and i'll tell you exactly what i think and know.

Sending Trevor White a box of cues was a funny day!

[DeanH]

loooollllllll :biggrin-new:

i would not recommend anyone ring robert and ask about keith. mr auld may have liked to use robert's good name as 'proof' of how 'good' he was, but i can assure you robert does not feel the same way and will tell you so in no uncertain terms. best leave him to get on with his work rather than pester him with questions about keith.

but go ahead, try it and see what he says...

also, the last time keith auld appeared here, talking various degrees of rubbish, i tried to avoid saying too much but that backfired and some gullible members here got taken advantage of.

not doing that again, couldn't give a sh*t who i offend, steer clear, there are many cue makers who do a far better job if you want a new cue.

if anyone wants more info, send me an email and i'll tell you exactly what i think and know.

Sending Trevor White a box of cues was a funny day!

pray tell

[j6uk]

loooollllllll :biggrin-new:
thats quite a grin

i would not recommend anyone ring robert and ask about keith. mr auld may have liked to use robert's good name as 'proof' of how 'good' he was, but i can assure you robert does not feel the same way and will tell you so in no uncertain terms. best leave him to get on with his work rather than pester him with questions about keith.
iv not said anything about how good he was or is and iv never felt i was pestering robert having much to talk about other than cue making

but go ahead, try it and see what he says...
i have and? but i guess you know robert better than me so please say
also, the last time keith auld appeared here, talking various degrees of rubbish, i tried to avoid saying too much but that backfired and some gullible members here got taken advantage of.

not doing that again, couldn't give a sh*t who i offend, steer clear, there are many cue makers who do a far better job if you want a new cue.

if anyone wants more info, send me an email and i'll tell you exactly what i think and know.

i agree, but from spending time with kieth theres things i too could be quite critical of knowing what iknow now. but he was open and generous with his time

[cueinhand]

Various aspect of Keith Auld cue = Crap
I had never seen such extremely poor quality cue

[MikeWooldridge]

I did read a thread a while back where he was calling out other cue makers for face to face 'Cue off'. I'm not sure it happened though. I think he called a few of you guys out if I remember right.

If I went blind and lost both my arms I'd still win a 'cue off' against him

But it's a moot point because it's one of the stupidest, forever unworkable, ideas anyone could possibly have.

In other words, it would never happen, not least because Keith himself knows he would come last against just about anyone if it comes down to real cue making skills. But it's a good thing to say to try to stir up interest in yourself isn't it...

But I'll give him his due, he got what he came on the forum for, drummed up some business and took money off some people. Before the cues started arriving and the truth finally hit home for those unfortunate enough to fall for it.

i agree, but from spending time with kieth theres things i too could be quite critical of knowing what iknow now. but he was open and generous with his time

I'm sure Keith may actually be a nice enough person but he's full of sh*t when it comes to cue making. His craftsmanship is poor at the best of times and his eagerness to self promote and 'lecture' people far more qualified and skilful than himself is really quite annoying and a rather unlikeable trait.

When you say you spent time him, was this when he was diagnosed terminally ill and disappeared from this forum? Or after he was cured and started up again? Did you actually work with him? Finally, if you still know him well, maybe you could be the middleman and sort out the problems some of his customers had but never got resolved?

[Neil Taperell]

Mentioned this before on here .

I bought my 1st handmade cue from him when he had a shop in Wimbledon about 27 years ago . And it was a very good cue , actually regret selling it . But then i bought one from a snooker player at the time and when you held the cue up in the light you could see daylight through the joint .

Robert Osborne from memory only worked there for less than 6 months and couldn't get on with him [ hazy memory from what Robert told me a few years ago ]

[barrywhite]

Mentioned this before on here .

I bought my 1st handmade cue from him when he had a shop in Wimbledon about 27 years ago . And it was a very good cue , actually regret selling it . But then i bought one from a snooker player at the time and when you held the cue up in the light you could see daylight through the joint .

Robert Osborne from memory only worked there for less than 6 months and couldn't get on with him [ hazy memory from what Robert told me a few years ago ]

Don't know Auld, but at least he makes his own cues.

[j6uk]

I'm sure Keith may actually be a nice enough person but he's full of sh*t when it comes to cue making. His craftsmanship is poor at the best of times and his eagerness to self promote and 'lecture' people far more qualified and skilful than himself is really quite annoying and a rather unlikeable trait.
i can see why a skilled craftsman would say such things
When you say you spent time him, was this when he was diagnosed terminally ill and disappeared from this forum? Or after he was cured and started up again? Did you actually work with him? Finally, if you still know him well, maybe you could be the middleman and sort out the problems some of his customers had but never got resolved?

it was around 5-6 years ago, same time i was pestering you with email question after calving out my first butterfly cue extendtion.
i spent best part of a day in his workshop. i was full of beans while watching an old frail man dripping from the nose in the winter taking me through some moves with two old cues i took down with we. i went down to look at his work, but because i had these cues and we had other thing to talk about have been around the same people/area in sw london in 80/90 so, i managed to turn in into more of a workshop
we went through most basic things at every work station, cus as you well know the quallity info you only get when your more than twelve cues in yourself. that is when you make a proper cue that aint turned..
anyway, looking back i saw someone who had the passion, who knew about wood, but through health, character or whatever reason struggled to finish things off.

our parting was me trying to obtain his cue making lathe a year later

i know nothing about how his cues play or his business practises