mark blabaum
Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,282
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Thu April 19, 2007 8:23am
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They do have great pieces of work don't they. I never understood the prices that they got for cues until I started to research them. Many of the good cues will take up to a year to make. To keep consistent hardness of the cue the better makers will only take off .010" thickness every two weeks and dry between cutting. A lot of man hours go into a piece of art and if you were to figure it per hour spent on the project they are probably making close to minimum wage.
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Thu April 19, 2007 9:04am
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DAmmit Jack, now my secret site is out of the bag. And so is MArk's, lol. Someone on this site posted a pciture a while back of a wood insert or grip which had the "scales" patterns similar to teh Samsara cues. If people would spend the time researching, they'd find a ton of ideas in otehr crafts.
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Ralph Scaglione
Registered: March 2005
Posts: 1,009
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Thu April 19, 2007 10:29am
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Wow....speachless
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Thu April 19, 2007 11:40am
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I stand corrected, sort of - Joe did post this and it was a while back (3 years), but he used a different method: [ link ]
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Thu April 19, 2007 11:42am
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AH!!! I feel much better now. I strogny suspected MArk was the one who made the Scaled reel seat, and I was surprised to see Joe's work, as that wasnt' the one I was thinking of in my first post. Here is the reel seat which I was talking about: [ link ]
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Ellis Mendiola
Registered: March 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 629
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Thu April 19, 2007 12:09pm
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Time to take your pill, Billy (lol).
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Jack Justis
Registered: March 2007
Location: South Florida
Posts: 49
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Thu April 19, 2007 7:06pm
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Billy rules.......leave him alone!!!! LOL
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Tim Sullivan
Registered: March 2007
Location: Orange, CA
Posts: 62
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Thu April 19, 2007 10:23pm
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Lets cut em up.
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mark blabaum
Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,282
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Fri April 20, 2007 1:51pm
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Jack I didn't see a price on the cue. Any Idea what this would run?
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Fri April 20, 2007 6:19pm
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I'd guess $12,000. There's a guy who does insane Scrimshaw on pool cues, tehy routinely sell in the $25,000+ range. He's worst than me, he takes like 6 months to finish a cue, lol.
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Jack Justis
Registered: March 2007
Location: South Florida
Posts: 49
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Sat April 21, 2007 4:00pm
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Yeah....his name is Salman Rashidi. He's the best there is. See some of his work on the latest pic I just posted of a Mottey cue.
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