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Originally Posted by trc
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Deroo basically builds snooker cues like 9 ball cues. He copied the laminated shaft concept from Predator, with a bored front end, even though this concept is actually patented by Predator cue. This caused his cues to have less throw than a regular cue. He also uses a joint similiar to the Gauthier joint, with a wood piloted fit, rather than flat face. And he uses stainless steel instead of brass. He does not use any hand plane; he turns everything on his CNC and metal lathe so stainless steel is not a problem. I dont like how his cues look, just not tasteful at all in my opinion.
Some interesting stories I heard about Deroo: a dealer friend of mine went to him, said he would buy 5 cues to promote his work. Deroo said fine. The dealer asked for a dealer's discount. Deroo said he offered no discount. The dealer bought 5 cues, spent some $6000 CND. He could not sell them, everyone was saying his cues were too expensive. They told him they could go directly to Deroo, and Deroo would offer them a discount on one cue.
A friend of mine needed a ferrule replaced, so he went to Deroo, asked how much. Deroo said it would be $45. He said fine and paid. Deroo told him to pick it up 1 week later. He said okay, not really knowing why it would take so long, but thought may be it was the common practice in the industry. A week later, he drove 2 hours to pick up his cue, was told it was not ready. Went back another week later. Ferrule was done, but there was no tip.
My friend said he could not play with it without a tip. Deroo asked him what tip he wanted, he said tip was extra. The Deroo tried to tell him how good his Moori tips were, and they were $45. My friend said how about just a elk master, he was told that it was not recommended. The good thing was that he could sit there and wait while Deroo worked on his tip, no more waiting one week.
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