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[MinnesotaSlim85]

Shafts don't get much better looking, for a chevron lover like myself

[ADW147CUEMAN]

Cheers mate, Jim sure can make a great cue and Andy made a superb job of the alterations.

Top Quality love the grain too

[MinnesotaSlim85]

Cheers mate, Jim sure can make a great cue and Andy made a superb job of the alterations.

[ADW147CUEMAN]

STUNNING THAT MART :snooker:

[MinnesotaSlim85]

My current pool cue...just got it back from Andy Travis after having alterations done..it originally was just a plain round Ebony butt Jim Black Cue...it now has 4 splices of Olivewood with a Ebony front splice...The shaft has 16 arrows all inline with a great natural dark patina to it, one of the best shafts I have ever seen and plays like a dream.

Specs now are 58", 8.94mm, 30mm, 18.3oz

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[tetricky]

Very nice that

I'm really pleased to own it. It's a beautiful cue. If it plays as well as the others it will be at least one of my top four cues, and I have around fifteen, including a parris. The one piece Butters cues I have feel solid, are good strikers, and look great. I personally think they are underrated. They're the best value cues I have bought. They need a bit of finishing, but they also come at a length, diameter, and balance that leaves a bit of scope to modify to suit most players. They really are fabulous things.

Update: It plays great. It might be 'the one'.

[jrc750]

My last James Butters cue, and now one of a set of four. I haven't played with it yet. They all 'feel' good, but this one is quite a work of art (in my view). I hope it works for me.

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Very nice that

[tetricky]

My last James Butters cue, and now one of a set of four. I haven't played with it yet. They all 'feel' good, but this one is quite a work of art (in my view). I hope it works for me.

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[Ramon]

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The new cue, collected today.

Macassar ebony, Flame Maple & Amboyna (I think)! A nice round butt. 58', 18oz, 9mm - Jointed through the splices ala The Nugget!

Nice shaft on that cue !! looks very nice !! hope plays as good as he looks !!

[mrbluejay]

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The new cue, collected today.

Macassar ebony, Flame Maple & Amboyna (I think)! A nice round butt. 58', 18oz, 9mm - Jointed through the splices ala The Nugget!

[tetricky]

It's absolutely beautiful.....and plays well, but the mexican rosewood suits me better (playing wise). The quilted maple I haven't tried yet, but the specs are more to the rosewood. The tulip wood cue is noticeably lighter...a bit too light for me.

[fredkite]

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Love the tulip wood cue, looks very nice.

[tetricky]

Picture of my three James Butters cues, in various states of finish.

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1. Plain ash ebony with a quilted maple facing splice with black and white veneers.
2. Ebony butt with Mexican rosewood splice and green veneer.
3. Black ebony butt with four secondary splicings of Brazilian tulipwood and thick maple
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[Neil Taperell]

MB .....What Rob is saying , is why should he wait another 9 months for a replacement cue . Personally think that JP should have repaired the cue.

[Master Blaster]

Master blaster check your facts 1st please, the cue was not 6 months old it was brand new and the splices were lifting on the day I received it after a 9 month wait. It was a 1 piece John Parris special cue and it was the ebony finger splices that were lifting. It was the fact I would have to wait another 9 months or just receive a refund that I was unhappy with, nobody wants either of those options after already waiting 9 months for a cue. In the end after much discussion I agreed to the refund but felt extremely disappointed with the customer service especially considering I had to pay for postage. I've had problems with a brand new 1 piece Crispian Jones cue (loose ferrule) and a brand new 3/4 Robin Cook cue (crack in the ebony splice coming from the joint) but they both agreed to pay for postage and sort the problems out for me asap.....that is proper customer service

If you check back, you'll see I've picked up the 'new cue' point in the thread, my bad. Yes, ebony should not split that early if ever unless it is whacked hard. But he offered you a new cue or a refund. He should have paid postage as well under distance selling regulations so bad form JP! But he doesn't have to repair the cue, it's up to him and he chose refund or replacement instead, those are his rights as a seller. Whether that was a good idea on JP's part is moot. If I was him I would have repaired it but that's me. The truth is JP can probably offer you a new cue and put you in the queue, repair the cue you sent back and flog the repaired cue as quick as which = double bubble. Even after a refund, he can flog the repaired cue. I doubt it was binned.