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.

 
   

Custom Cues:

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

Green/Yellow/Brown Woven Butterfly

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

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Weight 18.7 oz, 560 gms
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Gabon Ebony

Item Name: Gabon Ebony
Item Price:
$795 Sold


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Description:   Gabon ebony forearm with synthetic ivory veining in four points. Stack leather wrap. Four large genuine ivory darts in the ebony buttpiece. 29.5” length

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Weight 19.3 oz, 580 gms
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Red/White/Blue Woven Butterfly

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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Weight 17.5 oz, 525 gms.
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Purple/Brown/Black Woven Butterfly

Item Name: Purple/Brown/Black Woven Butterfly
Item Price:
$575


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Description:   Woven butterfly with purple/brown/black veneers in maple. Burgundy leather wrap with purple heart trim rings and ebony buttpiece. 28” length

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Weight 17.7 oz, 530 gms
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Blue/Red/Black Woven Butterfly

Item Name: Blue/Red/Black Woven Butterfly
Item Price:
$525


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Description:   Woven butterfly with blue/red/black veneers in maple. Bubinga handle with blue/red trim rings and macassar ebony buttpiece. 28” length

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Weight 17.6 oz, 527 gms.
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Macassar Ebony

Item Name: Macassar Ebony
Item Price:
$495


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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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Floating Ebony Points

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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Weight 18.0 oz, 540 gms.
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Rosewood 4-prong Points

Item Name: Rosewood 4-prong points
Item Price:
$525


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Description:   Traditional full-cue long rosewood points with black/orange/green/ natural veneers. The points are hand cut, not perfectly even, with about .5 inch maximum difference among the 4 points. Cored palm handle with green/yellow trim rings and a short macassar buttpiece. 28” length

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Weight 18.0 oz, 540 gms.
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Satin and Rosewood

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

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Weight 17.5 oz, 525 gms.
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Ivory and Lapis

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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Purple/Orange/Black Woven Butterfly

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
 
Weight 19.0 oz 570 gms.
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Satinwood and Amboyna

Item Name: Satinwood and Amboyna
Item Price:
$595  SOLD


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Description:   Satinwood forearm with woven butterfly points of purple/red/green veneers. Cored amboyna handle with buffalo trim rings and purpleheart buttpiece. 28” length

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Weight 18.5 oz, 555 gms.
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Amboyna Floating Points

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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Weight 19.5 oz, 585 gms
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Cocobolo and Ivory

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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Weight 19.3 oz, 580 gms
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Macassar and Pink Ivory

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
 
Weight 19.3 oz, 580 gms
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