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McDermott Elite Series - M2-9A “Knight” Pool Cue
| Tip | Triangle, medium hard |
| Ferrule | Ivorine III® |
| Shaft | North American Hard Rock maple |
| Collar | Impact Control Ring |
| Joint | McDermott Quick Release |
| Pin | 3/8”x16 stainless steel |
| Forearm | Ebony with 4 turquoise, Ebony, bubinga, and pewter points |
| Sleeve | Ebony with 26 turquoise, Ebony, bubinga, and pewter inlays |
| Ring | European nickel silver |
| Wrap | Top grain lizard-embossed black leather |
| Bumper | Soft Durometer Polymer Composite |
| Butt Construction | Tri-Core (3 piece) |
| Weight System | Interchangeable weight bolt system, from 19 to 21 oz. |
| Warranty | LIFETIME, including warpage - click here for details |
| Maintenance | FREE Lifetime Maintenance - click here for details |
| West African Ebony is used in the forearm and sleeve; 4 long floating points featuring West African Ebony, genuine Southwestern turquoise, |
| West African Bubinga, and genuine pewter in the forearm |
| 26 West African Ebony, genuine Southwestern turquoise, West African Bubinga, and Genuine Pewter inlays enhance the sleeve |
| 7 European nickel silver rings |
| 118 total inlays |
| Top-grain, Lizard-embossed, black leather wrap. |
| Some websites advertise this cue as "Limited to 500 cues." However, this is not correct, as this cue is neither a limited-edition cue nor serial- numbered. According to McDermott: “This model is technically not limited to 500 cues. We have not made 500 since we issued this model in 2002, so it is a fairly rare cue compared to others in our line.” - Jayme Cernicka, Customer Service Manager, McDermott Cue, via email. (In a subsequent email, when asked, Jayme stated that "...he can only estimate that 300 to 400 have been made since the cue's introduction in 2002.") |
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| Regarding the McDermott logo on the buttcap of the cue: it recently came to my attention that my cue has a different McDermott logo than what they're using now. As the images on McDermott's website show, the McDermott "clover M" logo has "Made in USA" above and below it. However, as you can see from the cue images below, the logo no longer has the "Made in USA" text. The official word from McDermott: “This is simply a logo change we made. We changed to the Made in USA logo in 2003 and used it through 2005. In 2006 we changed back to our traditional logo based on popular demand.”- Jayme Cernicka, Customer Service Manager, McDermott Cue, via email. As my cue has the "Made in USA" logo, that dates it being made to sometime between 2003 and 2005, obviously. While I like the "traditional" McDermott logo better, I'm not complaining, since I got such a good deal on this cue. :) My on regret about this cue? I wish it had some ivory in it. I really think a some ivory inlays (or possibly ivory used to outline the inlays already there), probably at the points in the forearm and/or in the buttsleeve, would really make this cue look great (well, greater than it already looks) and especially offset the ebony. Maybe someday, if I ever have to have the cue refinished or something, I'll have a cue maker re-do some of the inlays or something, or add some ivory somehow. But like I said, I got a really good deal, so I'm not complaining. ;) Update, 12/31/2008: I've purchased a new cue, which will be shipped to me on 1/5/2009: the McDermott M8PR-1 Prestige 1, which looks very similar to this cue, but has much more intricate inlays, including bone (which, as I said above, the M2-9A "Knight" cue lacks. Ivory is bone, so it's the same thing.) I got a killer deal on that cue as well; MSRP from McDermott is $3,250, and most retailers sell it for around $2,800 (since they're allowed to offer a 15% to 20% discount), but I paid a grand total of $1,250 for it. :) While I love the M2-9A "Knight" Elite series cue, I think I'll be making the Prestige 1 my main playing cue, and let my son have the Knight cue. Looks like I'll have to order another McDermott I-2 shaft with matching ring work for it, but until then, I can use the I-2 shaft for the Knight cue since they both have the McDermott Quick Release joint. Click HERE to visually compare the M2-9A "Knight" Elite series cue to the M8PR-1 "Prestige 1" Prestige series cue. As you can see, they look very similar. |
Actual photos of the cue; click for larger image (may take a moment to load, be patient.)
Note: this is not *my* cue, but the same model. My cue is identical except for the McDermott logo, as noted above.
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