steve davis's ye olde ash

[mattyshinobi22]

hi all

was wondering about steve davis's cue, on loads of pics the ebony on his cue looks jet black, but most if not all ye olde ash cues today have stripey ebony butts?
anyone have an answer on this, was alking to dave at craftsman cues a while ago and he said all ye old ash had stripey ebony butts

maybe steves was a total one off

[craigslater]

1st edition had black ebony butts, 2nd edition had stripey butts

[cueman]

Steve's cue does not have the original butt. JP totally remade that cue as it was falling to pieces. It has a new butt section from where the joint is.
Really it is hardly a Ye Old Ashe cue in that sense as it has literally been re-built a few times.

[ADR147]

the shaft is a second edition ye old ash butt the butt was changed in about 1989 i think.

[mattyshinobi22]

hi

sorry think i misunderastood people.......
iam talking about the cue which was unalted and when he was winning championships in 80's.

seen pics from the book he co aurthoured, successful snooker
had the orginal flat plate, black eboney butt.......heard from someone it was maccasser ebony. what is certain is that it is not stripey ebony.

the cue has a jet black butt.......

anyone who knows steve can check it out?

[ADR147]

hi

sorry think i misunderastood people.......
iam talking about the cue which was unalted and when he was winning championships in 80's.

seen pics from the book he co aurthoured, successful snooker
had the orginal flat plate, black eboney butt.......heard from someone it was maccasser ebony. what is certain is that it is not stripey ebony.

the cue has a jet black butt.......

anyone who knows steve can check it out?

maccasser is stripey ebony.

[craigslater]

I think he means that he was told it was maccassor ebony but on the pics it is a black butt.

[mattyshinobi22]

cheers craig, yup thats what i meant, sorry for confussion.

still think his cue was a one off

[gingerale]

hi

sorry think i misunderastood people.......
iam talking about the cue which was unalted and when he was winning championships in 80's.

seen pics from the book he co aurthoured, successful snooker
had the orginal flat plate, black eboney butt.......heard from someone it was maccasser ebony. what is certain is that it is not stripey ebony.

the cue has a jet black butt.......

anyone who knows steve can check it out?

Because I like cue investigations and to bring back some nostalgia, this is from LettsGuide 'Successful Snooker'. Fist picture inside the book, stripey ebony (not the best picture though):

[Wity]

I bought a cue the other day which i believe to be maccassor ebony. Looks jet black from a couple of feet away in the bright sunlight never mind in a photo.

[gingerale]

It's all rubbish, the Nugget's cue is and always has been originally manufactured by Riley. He found out recently and decided to put a badge on the butt to clear up things.

[mattyshinobi22]

gingerale, glad u got that book, further along in the book ar close ups of the splices and its jet black ebony.

i ant got a scanner so cant upload it
if u get a mo upload it

ta