Hi ,I was wondering what to look out for in a genuine hand spliced cue ,and should you be able to see the hairline joints between the four splices ?
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Hand Spliced/painted
Collapse
X
-
Hand spliced cues have rounded ends as compared to pointed ends (for machine spliced cues) towards the tip end of the cue. Painted cue butts look too good to be true. Don't try it but you can tell if a cues butt is real by using sand paper. If it's real you will see the same wood after sanding it. If it's painted, the paint will start to come off.
This is how a hand spliced genuine ebony butt and ash cue looks. Screenshot_20220101-215430_Gallery.jpgLast edited by fkhan; 1 January 2022, 07:05 PM.
-
Originally Posted by John mac View PostHi ,I was wondering what to look out for in a genuine hand spliced cue ,and should you be able to see the hairline joints between the four splices ?
Today the shafts of many so called hand spliced cues are first rounded and tapered in a cnc lathe with the butt added later. This gives the impression that they have been hand made as the tips are rounded but the only handling going on is the hardwood being glued on by hand and then back to the cnc lathe for final rounding and tapering. A good sign that this is how a cue has been made is that the length of the splices are identical, a genuine hand made cue from board to finished article doesn't have that machine level of accuracy, nor does it need to and striving for that as a cuemaker is simply bowing to the whims of the customers ignorance.
Many modern cuemakers still practise the old hand made from a board method but as the thaigate thread showed us many are also importing ready made cues and simply badging them as their own and charging a premium, so look out for the clues I have mentioned above. Also ebony is very rarely deep black all over, if a cue shows that then it's probably been ebonised (dyed) for an expensive make or painted if a cheaper make. I bought a cheap chinese cue from ebay for a mate many years ago, took the laquer off the shaft and the paint on the butt which revealed a very nice piece of dark hardwood, species unknown, with some really nice figuring that looked far better than the painted finish once I'd oiled it.Speak up, you've got to speak up against the madness, you've got speak your mind if you dare
but don't try to get yourself elected, for if you do you'll have to cut your hair
- 2 likes
Comment
-
Originally Posted by vmax View Post... in some cases yes but in some cases no, Parris used a red glue for many years that is easily seen and these cues are sought after as he alone made these cues before he got big and employed others.
All the red glue indicates is that he and his team used that type of glue on that cueUp the TSF! :snooker:
Comment
-
Originally Posted by DeanH View Post...or, some believe this; but this is not true, he used red glue to around 2007 and he had employees way before then
All the red glue indicates is that he and his team used that type of glue on that cue
Comment
-
-
filedata/fetch?filedataid=16857 The lines can also be felt but are only on the ebony on the top part of the butt the wood below it has no lines
Comment
-
Originally Posted by Kazzey View PostThe lines can only be visible under a bright light
filedata/fetch?filedataid=16856
Comment
Comment