**Post Pictures of your cue!**

[DeanH]

tugsthebugs - lovely looking cue, hope she works for you and is "the one"

[tugsthebugs]

Hi all,

I have been browsing this forum for a while now trying to get ideas and inspiration for a cue design. I suddenly had an idea, why not post up pictures of forum members cues so people can see the different varieties of cues available. I find that looking at mass produced cues quite boring and I'm sure there are people like me who like to see high quality cues. So I propose we make an archive/thread that’s shows all our cues. Post as many pics as you like of your cue, you can even give us a spec of your cue - i.e. - Manufacturer, tip size, wood used in splices, weight etc... Perhaps the cue has a deep meaning for you or perhaps your cue has transformed your game, Does your cue have a funny story attached to it? Post a pic of it and tell us all - why this cue?

Hey, here's my new Maximus Ultimate Cue. Got it little over a week


https://ibb.co/n4tm3z

https://ibb.co/nt5cAe

https://ibb.co/m4YawK

https://ibb.co/b4E4qe

https://ibb.co/kZb63z

[vmax]

Yes, it is only after buying the cue that I read that Siamese rosewood could be gone by 2026 and it is illegal to fell those trees. It is a protected species. It's a nice cue of course, it just makes you think. I only read up on the type of wood as I googled siam rosewood out of curiosity.

You live and learn James. There are ways of getting banned timbers, I got some amargo amargo from lake Bayano in Panama where the locals legally source rare timber from trees that are under the surface of the lake that was created by a dam forty odd years ago.

[vmax]

As long as there is demand for these things there is going to be poaching. As long as governments don't protect their natural inheritance things wont improve and being the species we are we will deliberate and procrastinate until it is too late.

Governments won't protect anything, especially in Africa where corruption is a way of life, see Zimbabwe elections this week LOL, so it's up to us the customer and if we don't buy then the demand dissapears and it stops, saying that try buying a bar of soap that doesn't contain palm oil.

[jamesg19851]

Yes, it is only after buying the cue that I read that Siamese rosewood could be gone by 2026 and it is illegal to fell those trees. It is a protected species. It's a nice cue of course, it just makes you think. I only read up on the type of wood as I googled siam rosewood out of curiosity.

[sanman]

Illegal logging is rampant in the far east, these woods are banned for a reason, unless a maker can prove their stock comes from an FSC or PEFC registered supplier then don't buy their products. The customer must take responsibility as the loggers don't give a sh!t and these Thai cuemakers seem to have a ready supply of these rare woods and their prices start low but get a lot higher once they know the score.

Anyone who's seen the plight of the orang utans in Borneo and Sumatra should think very hard before ordering cues from a maker who doesn't use wood from FCS or PEFC sources. The forests are being cleared for palm oil plantations at the rate of a football pitch every hour and the trees that are felled aren't sold for firewood.

You p!ssIng in the wind my friend. Since the beginning of colonialism things where fauna and fauna are concerned have taken a drastic hit. Here in Africa wildlife has taken a massive hit. where big game roamed in there hundreds of thousands we now left with genetically starved herds or pockets of wildlife that are also culled to keep population levels so that a protected ecosystem in some game park is managed sustainably. As long as there is demand for these things there is going to be poaching. As long as governments don't protect their natural inheritance things wont improve and being the species we are we will deliberate and procrastinate until it is too late.

[vmax]

Don't feel bad. That bit of wood was already dead when you put your order in. Wouldn't make sense to just throw it all in a skip. .

Same as that piece of ivory I suppose, don't feel bad

[vmax]

I believe all rosewood species have a strict ban on them now so class it as rare . I've just ordered a 7, colour rosewood 4 splice from ton who says it's his last stock. Will post when I receive for sure. Nice cue and great shaft...you paid for a pro shaft I take it...some of his 'pro' shafts are questionable.

Illegal logging is rampant in the far east, these woods are banned for a reason, unless a maker can prove their stock comes from an FSC or PEFC registered supplier then don't buy their products. The customer must take responsibility as the loggers don't give a sh!t and these Thai cuemakers seem to have a ready supply of these rare woods and their prices start low but get a lot higher once they know the score.

Anyone who's seen the plight of the orang utans in Borneo and Sumatra should think very hard before ordering cues from a maker who doesn't use wood from FCS or PEFC sources. The forests are being cleared for palm oil plantations at the rate of a football pitch every hour and the trees that are felled aren't sold for firewood.

[mathias12]

I believe all rosewood species have a strict ban on them now so class it as rare 😁. I've just ordered a 7, colour rosewood 4 splice from ton who says it's his last stock. Will post when I receive for sure. Nice cue and great shaft...you paid for a pro shaft I take it...some of his 'pro' shafts are questionable.

[jamesg19851]

Don't feel bad. That bit of wood was already dead when you put your order in. Wouldn't make sense to just throw it all in a skip. .

True, yh, I guess Ton Praram are aware of the situation. Maybe it's just old stock they had lying around from before the wood became endangered. Interestingly, ebony is also an endangered species, a lot of woods are, including cocobolo.

[billabong]

I'm now reading up on Siamese rosewood and am feeling a bit bad! It seems like its an endangered species.

Don't feel bad. That bit of wood was already dead when you put your order in. Wouldn't make sense to just throw it all in a skip. .

[jamesg19851]

I'm now reading up on Siamese rosewood and am feeling a bit bad! It seems like its an endangered species.

[jamesg19851]

All pictures uploaded now. Ton Praram Beyond, ebony with a Siamese rosewood splice.

[jamesg19851]

Thanks Dean. My cue:

[DeanH]

How do you add a picture of a cue? I got a new cue, as I lost/had my old cue stolen.

you can use (unregistered) image-sharing sites such as tinypic or ImgBB
open Tinypic
Browse for your file
ensure Image is selected
click Upload Now
as being unregistered you may have to pass a verification stage, deal with appropriately
click the box for "IMG code for Forums & Message Boards", it should select the whole code, Ctrl+c (for copy)
go to your TSF post, Ctrl+v (for paste)

or open ImgBB
press Start Uploading
browse to file, click Upload
change the Embed codes to BBCode full linked
select all the code displayed and ctrl+c or press the little Copy button that appears
go to TSF post, ctrl+v (for paste)

do any other files the same as above