[Leftoverchinese]

They are a custom cue maker not too far from me. I had heard about them a few years ago, but I had just bought my Meucci at the time. My brother is looking to buy a cue in the neighborhood of about $500 so I figured I would check out some simple custom cues.

Here is the cue they make that I like the best, but it is a tad out of my price range, lol. http://www.arnotq.co...es/681/681.html


edit: one of the reasons I am looking into custom cues is that my brother and I are both over 6 feet tall and I think it would do us some good to have a longer cue. They make them up to 62 inches which would help out a bit since we are gripping towards the butt on our present cues.

[ Edited by Leftoverchinese on 2007/8/18 13:32 ]

[wornoutshoes]

i'm still really interested in an a response to this thread. bump to the top to see if anyone's heard of arnot q.

[Pelican]

Never played with one LOC but here is a bit of info on them.

Maker of pool cues from 1994 to present in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Arnot Q. Wadsworth spent over twenty years in the wood industry, working as a logger and in a sawmill. He loved the game of pool, and even tried to play on the pro tour. But he didn´t feel he was good enough to win against the pros. He was always interested in cues, and knew that with his knowledge of wood combined with the two years of formal training in a machine shop when he was younger, he could be a cuemaker. Arnot was a hands-on worker in the sawmill, but a disabling back injury left him unable to continue to his satisfaction. This was his chance to make cues. When his wife urged him to go for it, he made the commitment to devote himself to cuemaking. Arnot bought all of the necessary equipment, and began experimenting with different construction techniques.
Arnot ultimately developed a unique way of making cues. He uses a short splice, but he adds the splice after he has attached the handle. The V cuts actually go from the forearm into the handle section. The points continue below the wrap, adding extra strength to the butt half of the cue. Arnot did all inlay work on a manual pantograph until 1999, when he started using a CNC machine. He likes to do chain link designs in the rings, and does not believe in sacrificing structural integrity for the sake of aesthetics. Arnot has also developed his own laminated shafts called the TerminatorShaftT3. They are made from blanks with 28 horizontal layers. When turned, a finished shaft will have about 22 laminations at the joint.
Although the first 50 or so cues Arnot made had no identification marks, he has since been marking every cue. Less expensive cues have had an "Arnot Q" label on the butt cap, while he has cut the logo into the butt caps of more expensive cues. Late in 1998, Arnot started to sign and date every cue on the forearm, with a few signatures appearing on the butt cap instead. Arnot operates a large website for his business, which is updated every day and includes an up-to-date listing of many current cuemakers

Basic Arnot cues with a wrap and joint collars start at $400. Basic Arnot cues with points start at $649. The estimated delivery time for an Arnot cue is eight weeks to six months, depending on complexity

He seems to make a pretty nice cue.

Later, Pel

[Leftoverchinese]

Thanks again, Pel. I'm not too excited about getting a laminated shaft. I also hear that they are very solid cues and make excellent break cues, however, playing with them may be a different story altogether. Especially since I now prefer a whippy shaft after owning my Meucci.


[ Edited by Leftoverchinese on 2007/10/2 12:08 ]

[wornoutshoes]

this is the first cue that i came across that offered a non-sneekypete with no linnen. this peaked my interest. but is cuttently out of my pricerange. something to work up towards.

i'm on the phone with LOC and he says that supposedly arnot lets you play with hte cue before you buy if you visit his shop in lake worth florida.

supposedly, even with chalk! :-o

[Pelican]

Hey LOC, you like whippy you ought to shoot my Spain. Like trying to play pool with a fly rod :-o :-D :-D

Pel

[Leftoverchinese]

I'll shoot you my address and you can send it to me and I'll let you know what I think of it. ;-)

[ Edited by Leftoverchinese on 2007/10/6 15:02 ]

[Pelican]

No Sir, sir :-o ;-) :-D

That one stays in the vault

[ Edited by Pelican on 2007/10/6 17:34 ]