Dennis’s Stick: Almost there. The butt is 99% finished. I’m letting the wax firm up before buffing out. The shaft is complete, but an experiment I haven’t revealed will either look awesome or I’ll do another shaft.
Purple Object Ball Eater: This is where Dennis’ stick was yesterday. The finish is substantial. It’s built up and sanded down so I have a consistent dull glow. I’ll add a few more and polish up to 12000 grit today.
Caribbean Stick is where Purple Object Ball Eater was yesterday. It has a low number of CA glue applications, but they’re building up and behaving properly. I’m working both sticks back and forth…
Oh my gosh Clayton! I got my stick today and it is just beautiful and shoots great!
My words cannot express the beauty and workmanship you have created!
Thank you, thank you, thank you so very much!!!!
Also, I loved the letter sent with the stick♥️
— Aggie McFarlane
Stick 126: Too Sexy
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.
A look at stickbuilding
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).
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.
Stick #020 “Plain Ash Stick”$499.00
Stick #019 “Seraphim”Price range: $799.00 through $999.00
Stick #017 “JFG” aka “Just Plain Gorgeous”$599.00
Stick #014 “Lace”$699.00
Stick #002: Caribbean (purchased)$999.00
Stick #001 Purple Object Ball Eater$899.00
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