Stick 197: Doublessed / War Across Continents

Stick 197: Doublessed / War Across Continents

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Stick 197: Doublessed / War Across Continents

Butt & Joint Protector: $2075

BurcHowdy & Joint Protector: $675

Alpaca Luke has woods from the family homestead a couple hundred years back, and woods behind his farm, elsewhere. This ash came from the farm, where it is dying as fast as it can, like everywhere else. I hope that as with American Chestnut, some strain of White Ash will survive and one day outsmart the predators.

This cue began as a geometric game but became more of a philosophical build. There is a doubling pattern in the spacing of the rings and dots.

The butt is quite blessed in doubles. Doublessed is the name!

But because one side begins almost all purple heart dots and the other ebony, and they seem to have equal success landing shots, and they appear to be fighting across and ocean, and each side is apocalyptic orange, War Across Two Continents is also the name.

One thing is sure, with a Shagbark Hickory core and a body of stabilized white ash, the hit will be on the happy side of firm and your low deflection BurcHowdy shaft will aim like your carbon fiber, speak better English than Shakespeare, and give feedback like someone who loves you.

–Clayton

Woods Used: Spalted & Stabilized Ash (rare, going extinct), Gaboon Ebony,

Butt Length: 31″

Core: Shagbark Hickory

Collars: Phenolic

Probable full cue natural weight: 18-20 oz.

Pin: 3/8-10 mod; Radial

Glue Date: 7/14/26

Earliest Finish Date: 2/27

Email me at Cl*****@***********es.com with questions.

Add an Extension:

3-6″ Like-Design: $450
7-12″ Like-Design: $500

$2,775.00

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Initial Payable: $1,387.50

Total Payable: $2,775.00

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Initial Payable: $693.75

Total Payable: $2,775.00

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$693.75	January 9, 2027 5:10 pm
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2 Payments | 30 day interval

Initial Payable: $1,387.50

Total Payable: $2,775.00

2 Payments | 30 day interval

Payment Amount	Payment Date
$1,387.50	November 10, 2026 5:10 pm
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Initial Payable: $555.00

Total Payable: $2,775.00

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$555.00	December 10, 2026 5:10 pm
$555.00	January 9, 2027 5:10 pm
$555.00	February 8, 2027 5:10 pm
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Initial Payable: $924.91

Total Payable: $2,775.00

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Initial Payable: $462.59

Total Payable: $2,775.00

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$462.32	April 9, 2027 5:10 pm

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SKU: 0197 Category: Hanging Cue Sticks

Welcome to Character Cues!

I’m Clayton Lindemuth, gritlit author and cue builder. My Character Cues are crafted from spalted Pennsylvania hardwoods, live edge, and burl from the woods around me. I process and stabilize, slow dry, and build cues the old school way. Not in a hurry. Ain’t setting records. Work day and night and build less than 50 a year.

Cuemaking is my divine charge and my goal is always to showcase God’s creativity and way. I’m proud of these sticks not because of my part, but because their beauty is palpable — it baffles me. I could never have dreamed them, yet they came from my hands. Only God can put words in the mouth of a mule.

Signed, Numbered, Impossible to Replicate

Every Character Cue is a unique creation. Burl grows where trees are attacked and suffer. The fungus that eats rotting wood leaves lines and colors behind. Suffering, death and decay become cue art. Again, only God…

Each stick has a name and a story.

Hand Crafted for You

Uncompromising Quality: Butts hang 6+ months, reduced in size monthly

Personalized Options: Buy a butt while it’s hanging to make payments over time and choose your pin (3/8-10 mod standard; Radial, Uniloc QR available), collar, and weight.

Shaft Versatility: Pair a Character Butt with your favorite shaft. Or get the full Character Cue experience with a matching shaft and/or extension. Choose from carbon fiber, maple, ash, beech, walnut, cherry, white oak, honey locust, hickory, purple heart, or sassafras. 3″ -12″ Extensions optional — both simple and matching the cue design.

Owners love Character Cues signature poise and hit, driven by full-core construction and the natural density of stabilized wood (check product pages for core specs, and take into consideration tip, ferrule material, shaft material and pin size when analyzing hit).

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Clayton Lindemuth’s works have been smashingly reviewed by Publishers Weekly (starred review and best of the week), Indie Next List, Kirkus, BlueInk Review, Foreword Reviews, Seattle Book Review, San Francisco Book Review, Manhattan Book Review, Indie Reader, Reader Views, Spinetingler Magazine, Hardboiled Wonderland, various independent best of the year mentions, (Spinetingler and DoSomeDamage, among others). Clayton’s novels Cold Quiet Country and My Brother’s Destroyer have been published in France by Le Seuil, and have been charmingly reviewed by Le Monde, La Croix, Le Figaro.