Welcome. Within these pages
you will find the work of custom cue maker Ron Kilby. Since 1987 he
has created cues for players of every level. In 1995 he began to focus
on carom cues, with their traditional wood-thread joint and characteristics
distinct from pool cues. His designs span a wide range, from
traditional butterfly points to avant-garde cues including precious stones,
scrimshaw ivory, exotic inlays, and segmented shafts.
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Welcome to the USBA
The USBA is the governing body for all Carom Billiard
games in the USA, in particular, 3-Cushion Billiards.
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While some customers order one of my “stock”
patterns, the majority like to have custom touches added to their
cue, combining design elements from two or more of the cues shown in
the galleries. Some come to me with original designs which I do not
duplicate in cues built for others. The general limitation on a
custom design is that it be one I can build without CNC equipment,
and that I think will result in a physically sound design; for
example, I will not build a cue in which veneers cut through the
centerline of the forearm as that makes the cue dependent on a glue
joint, not a mechanically sound practice. Most custom designs are
the result of numerous email exchanges with the customer until a
final design is agreed.
Any cue shown can be delivered in either a pool or carom
configuration by selecting the appropriate shafts. The length of
the butts are shown, e.g 28” or 29” etc. The OAL of the cue will
depend on the shaft length you wish, from 26 to 30 inches. Many
players select shafts with different configurations to provide
flexibility in their game. The weight of the cue shown assumes a
shaft weight of 4.5 oz (135 gms). We can adjust the weight of any
cue upward by 1.5 oz maximum.
Feel free to select elements from the galleries
and let’s begin a conversation.
For custom orders Galleries Link
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Item Name: Green/Yellow/Brown Woven Butterfly
Woven
Butterfly
Item Price: $525.00
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Description: Four interwoven butterfly points with green/yellow/brown veneers in a curly forearm. Trim rings are yellow/green, a curly bubinga handle and a black locust butt piece. 29” length
Shipping include in cost above.
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18.7 oz, 560 gms |
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Item Name: Macassar & Leather
Item Price: $525

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Description: Macassar forearm, smooth black leather handle with grn/blu/nat trim rings.
Butt piece is a German marbled phenolic, black with deep blue/green "smoke".
28" Length
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20 oz |
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Item Name: red/white/blue Woven Butterfly
Item Price: $575

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Description: Woven butterfly points in red/white/blue veneers in a curly maple forearm. Burgundy leather wrap with blue/red trim rings. Polychrome butt formed of thousands of veneers. 28” length
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17.5 oz, 525 gms. |
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Item Name: Blue/Gold/Green Woven Butterfly
SOLD
Item Price: $595

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Description: Woven butterfly. Curly satinwood with blue/gold/green veneers, cored amboyna handle with buffalo-horn trim rings,
purple heart butt piece. 28" Length
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| Weight |
18.5 oz |
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Item Name: Indian Rosewood and Bubinga
Item Price: $595

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Description: Very nice Indian rosewood forearm with 6 holly darts, curly bubinga handle and an iridescent cocobolo buttpiece. 28” length
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18.5 oz, 524.4 gms. |
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Item Name: Macassar Ebony
Item Price: $495
Sold

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Description: Macassar ebony forearm, Camphor burl handle with buffalo horn rings and a maple burl buttpiece. 28” length
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| Weight |
18.0 oz, 540 gms. |
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Item Name: Floating Ebony Points
Item Price: $595

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Description: Maple forearm with floating ebony points above compound inlaid darts of ebony and stabilized maple. Kingwood handle and maple burl buttpiece and upper ring. 28” length
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18.0 oz, 540 gms. |
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Item Name: Coral Snake
Item Price: $650

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Description: Padauk forearm with 4 large ebony diamonds, cored handle with ebony, satinwood, pink ivory sections and ebony buttpiece. 28” length
Shipping included in cost |
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18.5 oz, 524.4 gms. |
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Item Name: Satin and Rosewood
Item Price: $625

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Description: Curly satinwood forearm with Brazilian rosewood handle linked above and below with six snakewood darts and diamonds into a box elder burl buttpiece. 28” length
Shipping included in cost |
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17.5 oz, 525 gms. |
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Item Name: Ivory and Lapis
Item Price: $950

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Description: Eight full-cut ebony points with purple/natural veneers topped with hand-set lapis lazuli stone tips. Iridescent purpleheart handle and a gabon ebony buttpiece with 8 ivory diamonds. 28” length
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| Weight |
18.0 oz, 540 gms. |
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Item Name: Purple/Orange/Black Woven Butterfly
Item Price: $550

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Description: Maple forearm with woven butterfly points of purple/orange/black veneers. Purpleheart handle with pink ivory filmstrip rings and a macassar ebony buttpiece. 29” length
Shipping included in cost |
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19.0 oz 570 gms. |
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Item Name: Snakewood and Scales
SOLD
Item Price: $795

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Description: Snakewood and scales. Curly satinwood forearm with three long snakewood points, Brazilian rosewood handle with satinwood "scales", snakewood buttpiece. 28” length
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| Weight |
19.5 oz, |
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Item Name: Amboyna Floating Points
Item Price: $560

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Description: Maple forearm with inlaid amboyna points. Macassar ebony handle with blue/green trim rings and an amboyna buttpiece. 28” length
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19.5 oz, 585 gms |
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Item Name: Cocobolo and Ivory
Item Price: $1100

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Description: Panamanian cocobolo forearm with 5 ivory darts. Smooth black leather wrap and a purpleheart buttpiece with 10 ivory diamonds. 28” length
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19.3 oz, 580 gms |
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Item Name: Macassar and Pink Ivory
Item Price: $850

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Description: Macassar ebony forearm with pink ivory floating points and ivory diamond inlays. Burgundy leather handle above a macassar ebony buttpiece with pink ivory and Kingman turquoise inlays. 28” length
Shipping included in cost |
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19.3 oz, 580 gms |
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Item Name: Freeform Butterfly
Item Price: $625

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Description: Exceptional curly maple forearm with freeform weave of blue/orange/green veneers. Each cue of this type is unique as the forearm pattern in unknown until the final tapers are cut. Truly one-of-a-kind! Brazilian rosewood handle with orange/green trimrings, finished with a black locust buttpiece. 28” length
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19.3 oz, 580 gms |
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Item Name: Whole 9 Yards
Item Price: $895
Description: curly maple forearm with 4 long pink ivory points, blue/green veneers and genuine red coral spear-tips, forearm butterflies with red/blue/green/white/ yellow veneers, blue-marble phenolic trim rings, cored thuya-burl handle, cocobolo buttpiece matching forearm pattern – the whole 9 yards! 28” length
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| Weight |
18.5 oz, 524.4 gms |
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