Spotted on eBay

[billabong]

LOL, that beginning's got to be stolen from the clangers ?

I've asked the seller. Maybe bad form, as he's trying to sell a £500+ ( maybe ) cue, but

I'll see what comes back. .

[DeanH]

I wonder what the story behind the shark fin cue case is ? Dean ?

are you sitting back comfortably? ... we shall begin...
once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a soup maker, and one day he sat there looking at the pile of shark fin skins left over...

[billabong]

I wonder what the story behind the shark fin cue case is ? Dean ?

[jono*]

Lesson learnt.. A good read

[DeanH]

Good stuff, so I was close calling it the equivalent to postcode parris cue ?

not a bad analogy with the relative timescales.

[billabong]

"MAST CUES" in the middle ("Hand Made In Wales" around the top/bottom) are supposedly very early cues from TW (1990s) and had a very different font and thickness than all the others to follow, and the badge colour does appear to be different to the modern ones but that could be the photos.
Then went to MAST around the top, WALES around the bottom and various words in the middle:
the ones I have seen were "Custom Built", "Champion Cue", "Legend Cue", "Premier Cue", "Maximum Cue" "Odyssey Cue" and "Match Cue".
These are around mid90s-early2000s. Then the MAST stopped approx. 2006, the "Trevor White Hand Made" badges that we all love took over.

Good stuff, so I was close calling it the equivalent to postcode parris cue ?

[jrc750]

Nice history lesson Dean
Looks like a nice cue to me, just a very expensive one tho

[DeanH]

"MAST CUES" in the middle ("Hand Made In Wales" around the top/bottom) are supposedly very early cues from TW (1990s) and had a very different font and thickness than all the others to follow, and the badge colour does appear to be different to the modern ones but that could be the photos.
Then went to MAST around the top, WALES around the bottom and various words in the middle:
the ones I have seen were "Custom Built", "Champion Cue", "Legend Cue", "Premier Cue", "Maximum Cue" "Odyssey Cue" and "Match Cue".
These are around mid90s-early2000s. Then the MAST stopped approx. 2006, the "Trevor White Hand Made" badges that we all love took over.

[jono*]

It just looks off... From the mast cues I've seen, usually Mast is on the outside ring rather than centre. The material used for the badge is also clearly different to the majority that have been up for sale. Not saying it's definately fake, but a bit odd

[billabong]

maybe ? would it be cos all the others shown by JRC were custom made Mast and this one is just standard Mast ? maybe

No they weren't. Two said "custom built" in the middle, the other said " premier cue", again, in the middle.


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[ADW147CUEMAN]

All of the MAST cues in this search had the MAST CUES round the outer bit of the badge.

Maybe JONO was just , like me, unaware of the existence of Trevor cues with the MAST wording in the center of the badge.

I wouldn't avoid though, I'd ask on here if anyone had seen a T.W. cue with this style of badge ( preferably TREVS, LOL ) .

Looks dear as well, but if genuine, maybe it's the equivalent of a postcode Parris ? Who knows.

Obv, only worth what someone will pay for it. . .

maybe ? would it be cos all the others shown by JRC were custom made Mast and this one is just standard Mast ? maybe

[billabong]

And a 3 second search produces lots of MAST cues sold recently
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_fr...mplete=1&rt=nc

All of the MAST cues in this search had the MAST CUES round the outer bit of the badge.

Maybe JONO was just , like me, unaware of the existence of Trevor cues with the MAST wording in the center of the badge.

I wouldn't avoid though, I'd ask on here if anyone had seen a T.W. cue with this style of badge ( preferably TREVS, LOL ) .

Looks dear as well, but if genuine, maybe it's the equivalent of a postcode Parris ? Who knows.

Obv, only worth what someone will pay for it. . .

[Stupree]

Spotted on eBay

I must say I am unfamiliar with this style of font for a Mast cue. It initially put me off.

Anyone seen this style Mast badge before then??

[jrc750]

And a 3 second search produces lots of MAST cues sold recently
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_fr...mplete=1&rt=nc

[ADW147CUEMAN]

Never seen one but could be wrong... This doesn't look right to me and one to be avoided

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/171618210365?nav=SEARCH

Very harsh words if you have no idea about one imho , lots of MAST cues been on various sites and pretty well known in the snooker world :snooker: