Early in Joel Hercek’s career (c. 1994), especially during his training from Burton Spain, Joel produced cue blanks that were sold to other cue makers. While this practice was commonplace for Spain, Hercek was more interested in building complete cues. As a result, not many Hercek blanks were sold. Few, if any, of those early blanks remain. This a rare glimpse at the anatomy of a full splice cue, something every Hercek Custom Cue features since he started making cues more than 15 years ago.
I love this stuff. Joel is one of my favorite cue makers. I’ve owned his cues and because I’m local to his area I’ve been privledged to have been in his shop on numerous occasions. He’s not only one of the elite cue makers he is also a gentleman. He has taken time out of his busy day to explain his cue making process with me on more than one occasion. The other perk to being local is the fact that I get to see your cues before you do…lol
To the fine folks at Cuezilla, keep up the good work. I’m sure I speak for everyone who loves pool cues. You guys are doing an awesome job.
First post so before anything else: Good day everybody.
I have come across many fantastic cues on this site but this blank just shocks me. If I only had to draw this I would be in a tough situation, not to mention building it in all 3 dimensions using so many different pieces of wood matching them so perfectly.
As Rackrunner put it: I love this stuff and I hope this site just keeps on going. Fantastic stuff.
Best Regards,
David Bredan
P.S.: I think the video of Burton’s first full splice attempt would be a nice addition to this page here, to see where this is coming from.