Jul 31, 20183 min
Gaijin Custom Cues, and they want to make a cue to suit you. Robby, Marshall, and Josh are just typical southern guys with a love of the game of pool and non-traditional design. They have a simple philosophy, each of us has a natural stroke and the closer a cue is taylored to the player, the closer the player can stay to the stroke they were born with. Armed with this simple idea, Gaijin Customs was formed.
They use both stabilized burl wood as well as coring techniques to ensure consistancy and durability. They also offer both straight grain maple as well as low deflection shaft options, both which play rock solid. They also feature jump/break cues that hit like a hammer, with their own specialty tip, and it jumps perfectly.
One innovative of Gaijin’s craftsmanship would be the veneers arranged. To produce an image of ‘Old Glory,’ the United States of Americas’ Flag. And it is a very intricate, detailed work of art indeed! Their work is both beautiful and practical, having hit with many of their cues, they all play very well with little adjustment time for me personally.
While the origin of the company name might hail from the orient, Gaijin Customs is a all American company with its members having close ties to multiple branches of the military through the families of the founders of the company. Through this connection, many of the customization techniques they use have been honed building cues for disabled veterans and retired service men and women who love the sport but need to taylor the cue around limitations or injury. Regardless of condition, they believe every one should, enjoy this game we all love. Though they are just regular guys that make these products they hope that their friendship, multiple interests, and reverence for the game and those who play it make Gaijin Customs greater than the sum of it’s parts. I can personally tell you these are the type of cues that you walk into a pool hall with and know you have the very best equipment money can buy — that is my assessment of these wonderful, incredible, all-around, bad-to-the-bone cues!
Based out of West Alabama and East Mississippi, Gaijin resides right in the middle of heartland America, and presents players with every option possible including wood and materials from all over the world.
“All two piece four point cues owe alot to George Balabushka, Frank Paradise, and Brunswick including our, we just show our tribute a little different.” Marshall and Robby said in reference to their 4 point cue. They are producing cue designs unique to their own particular brand of artistry, and their signature pieces are indelible marks of billiards perfection.
While it has been accepted for a few years in the pool industry that the shaft is the most important part of the cue Gaijin Customs feels that too much emphasis is placed on the shaft alone, they feel that no one part of the cue is more important than any other part and perhaps that is another reason why they play so consistently, I found myself not only breaking with their break cue I just started playing the rack I broke and came one shot on the 8/9 combination from running the rack including one hard draw shot (3/4 of the table kinda draw) with the Gaijin jump/break tip!
Rock solid playing cues, but more importantly, Custom works of individual art as well. True craftsmanship down to every last detail.
Three regular guys making something much greater than the sum of their parts creating quality through design, Gaijin Customs.
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https://www.facebook.com/GaijinCustoms/
Author: Patrick Sampey
Editor: Chris Freeman
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