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Stick 174: Betsy, This is Heavens. Come in.
Quick View$775.00Butt & Joint Protector: $775
Spalted/Stabilized Yellow Birch, Ebony, Black Cherry Burl
Monthly payments. No interest. No automatic bank draft.
Woods Used: Spalted & Stabilized Yellow Birch, Black Cherry Burl, Ebony, Beech
Butt Length: 30 3/8″
Core: Shagbark Hickory
Collars: Phenolic
Probable full cue natural weight: 18-20 oz.
Pin: 3/8-10 mod; radial
Glue Date: 2/7/26
Earliest Finish Date: 8/26
CAFETERIA STYLE: email me at Clayton@charactercues.com if you’d like to purchase this butt with any of the following. I’ll protect the page for you and change the listing and price to include the items you’d like to purchase. To discuss on the phone, email first. 🙂
Low Deflection Shafts:
- Carbon Fiber: $450
- Black BurcHowdy (torrefied low deflection black birch shaft): $550
Break Shafts:
- Purple Heart Shaft: $400
- Osage Orange: $400
- Hickory: $350
Wood shaft: (any species, w/ matching ring) $350
- Maple
- Black Birch (recommended)
- Ash
- Sassafras
- Walnut
- Hickory
- Honey Locust
- Beech
- Cherry
Matching wood joint protectors: $75 each
Extensions:
- 3-6″ Same Wood: $250
- 7-12″ Same Wood: $300
- 3-6″ Like-Design: $450
- 7-12″ Like-Design: $500
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Stick 175: Bad Trip
Quick View$825.00Butt & Joint Protector: $825
There is so much funky behavior going on in this stick I don’t know what to say. I used blue dye on one end of the forearm and one end of the butt sleeve. I used red on the other. No idea where the other colors came from. Imagine the party around this punch bowl.
American Hornbeam is also known as Ironwood in west PA. The trees are scrubby and twisted, hard to get nice stuff to work with. On a purple heart core, expect a very firm hit. This is the kind of butt that seems to have its own gravity. Very solid.
Monthly payments. No interest. No automatic bank draft.
Woods Used: Spalted & Stabilized American Hornbeam (Ironwood), Ebony, Maple
Butt Length: 30 3/8″
Core: Purple Heart
Collars: Phenolic
Probable full cue natural weight: 20-22 oz.
Pin: 3/8-10 mod; radial
Glue Date: 2/7/26
Earliest Finish Date: 8/26
CAFETERIA STYLE: email me at Clayton@charactercues.com if you’d like to purchase this butt with any of the following. I’ll protect the page for you and change the listing and price to include the items you’d like to purchase. To discuss on the phone, email first. 🙂
Low Deflection Shafts:
- Carbon Fiber: $450
- Black BurcHowdy: $550 (torrefied black birch)
Break Shafts:
- Purple Heart Shaft: $400
- Osage Orange: $400
- Hickory: $350
Wood shaft: (any species, w/ matching ring) $350
- Maple
- Black Birch (recommended)
- Ash
- Sassafras
- Walnut
- Hickory
- Honey Locust
- Beech
- Cherry
Matching wood joint protectors: $75 each
Extensions:
- 3-6″ Same Wood: $250
- 7-12″ Same Wood: $300
- 3-6″ Like-Design: $450
- 7-12″ Like-Design: $500
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Black BurcHowdy torrefied low deflection shaft
Quick View$550.00The BurchHowdy (prototype v3) handles amazing — feels solid. Can’t see any deflection from shooting. Did full table with right/left English with continuous even results hitting the diamond then getting the English to spin… Overall I’m loving it…
I did play APA league vs an amazing 7 skill in 8 ball and was able to win 2-0. The cue allowed me to almost get 2 break and runs going in the match.
On top on the great feel and play I got non stop compliments of the piece of art I now carry.— Jovani Diaz, owner of Fancy Me; shaft next to the butt is BurcHowdy V3 built to match, sitting beside a shagbark hickory breaker.

“There will be much more coming down the pipeline on the Burchowdy review……..but, let’s just say this right now………kids, put those carbon fiber shafts in the garage/fire/toilet (for you in Missouri Mississippi or Louisiana) turlet………this is far superior to cf………. I have one of Claytons cf shafts………super quality……..this burchowdy……….no comparision!!!!”“The burchowdy………..well lets be honest……… I am a 357 Fargo…….. I screwed the burchowdy down to Reagan’s Favorite Suit and started shooting. Results, keep in mind….,.I mostly suck, in about a dozen racks, I had a break and run (go El Jefe) a derby and 2 1 ball short of a derby…….for those that know me, well nevermind. Character cues are what you need to accelerate your game to the next level. Don’t wait….. accelerate!”–Glenn Johnson
The Character Cues Black BurcHowdy low deflection torrefied shaft, for sale now, is for delivery in summer of 2026.
See Anthony Piscopo’s review of his V3 Prototype below
- All shafts come with matching black birch burl joint protector.
- Purchaser can choose plain grain or character grain.
- If purchased with a butt, your Black BurcHowdy can also be built to match the butt if you desire.
- All orders for the Limited Edition 30 are due to be fulfilled in June/July 2026.
- Fulfillment for orders from this page will likely be constructed and shipped in July or August, 2026
- Your Black Burchowdy shaft will be built with either the standard look, as seen in the images, with your choice of white, black, or tan collars, copper or brass rings, and black birch burl, or to match your concurrently purchased butt.
- If you already own a Character Cues butt, I might be able to match that as well, depending on whether I have spalted/stabilized wood that matches. It is very difficult to match colors from prior cooks exactly, so no guarantees that I can match an earlier purchased butt.
- I will be in contact with all purchasers before completing your Black BurcHowdy to discuss the build, ferrule diameter, tip, etc. This is a custom shaft.
- Orders will be fulfilled in order purchased.
- Current threads and collar diameters available:
- 3/8-10 mod, .845″ collar
- 3/8-10 mod, .84″ collar
- Radial, .85″ collar
- Uniloc, .85″ collar
- Others might be available upon request. Depends on whether I can buy a mandrel to match. Email clayton@charactercues for inquiries.
(see the tab above for the Black BurcHowdy Limited Edition 30 for construction and testing details….)
zero-interest payment plans
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Protected: Stick 171: ABIDE
Quick View$600.00Special Evangel Pricing
Butt, JPs, 7″ Extension, BurcHowdy: $600
Monthly payments. No interest. No automatic bank draft.
Woods Used: Black Birch Burl
Rings: Brass
Butt Length: 30″
Core: Purple Heart or Hickory
Collars: White Tomahawk
Probable full cue natural weight: 18-22 oz. depending on core and pin metal (brass, stainless, aluminum). Purple heart cores are about 2 oz. heavier than hickory, on average. Using a hickory core leaves more possibility of front-weighting the butt and not going over target weight.
- Butt with Purple Heart core: 17-18 oz.
- Butt with Hickory core: 14-16 oz.
- BurcHowdy: 3.7 oz.
Pin: 3/8-10 mod (brass, stainless, or aluminum. Desired weight guides the choice. Pin metal not selected until butt has reached final dimensions and I can give more accurate weight estimates. Goal should be brass or stainless to avoid a back-heavy cue.)
Glue Date:
Earliest Finish Date: 6/26
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Stick 170: Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine
Quick ViewButt & Joint Protector: $775
BurcHowdy: $400
Matching Shaft Joint Protector: ($75 gifted, thank you.)
Total: $1,175
Want to add the best wood shaft on the planet to your order? I’m on a quest to build the best low deflection wood shaft on planet earth. Check out my reasoning and progress here… and maybe grab one of the first 30 along with a prototype shaft for testing and feedback: https://charactercues.com/product/black-burchowdy/
Monthly payments. No interest. No automatic bank draft.
Woods Used: Spalted & Stabilized Maple
Butt Length: 30″
Core: Shagbark Hickory
Collars: Phenolic
Probable full cue natural weight: 18-21 oz.
Pin: 3/8-10 mod; radial, or QR
Glue Date: 11/3/25
Earliest Finish Date: 5/26
CAFETERIA STYLE: email me at Clayton@charactercues.com if you’d like to purchase this butt with any of the following. I’ll protect the page for you and change the listing and price to include the items you’d like to purchase. To discuss on the phone, email first. 🙂
Low Deflection Shafts:
- Carbon Fiber: $450
- Black BurcHowdy: $400
Break Shafts:
- Purple Heart Shaft: $400
- Osage Orange: $400
- Hickory: $350
Wood shaft: (any species, w/ matching ring) $350
- Maple
- Black Birch (recommended)
- Ash
- Sassafras
- Walnut
- Hickory
- Honey Locust
- Beech
- Cherry
Matching wood joint protectors: $75 each
Extensions:
- 3-6″ Same Wood: $250
- 7-12″ Same Wood: $300
- 3-6″ Like-Design: $450
- 7-12″ Like-Design: $500
$1,250.00Original price was: $1,250.00.$1,175.00Current price is: $1,175.00. -
Stick 169: Screamer
Quick View$825.00Butt & Joint Protector: $825
There is so much funky behavior going on in this stick I don’t know what to say. I used blue dye on one end of the forearm and one end of the butt sleeve. I used red on the other. No idea where the other colors came from. Green doesn’t come out of blue and red, normally. But there are so many different hues it’s like someone brought their own colors to the party and dumped it in the punchbowl.
Regardless, American Hornbeam is also known as Ironwood in west PA. The trees are scrubby and twisted, hard to get nice stuff to work with. This is the first butt I’ve done that is all Ironwood on the outside. Expect a very firm hit. This is the kind of butt that seems to have its own gravity. Very solid. Low key and stable, for a screamer.
PS… Want to add the best wood shaft on the planet to your order? I’m on a quest to build the best low deflection wood shaft on planet earth. Check out my reasoning and progress here… and maybe grab one of the first 30 along with a prototype shaft for testing and feedback: https://charactercues.com/product/black-burchowdy/
Monthly payments. No interest. No automatic bank draft.
Woods Used: Spalted & Stabilized American Hornbeam (Ironwood)
Butt Length: 30″
Core: Purple Heart
Collars: Phenolic
Probable full cue natural weight: 19-21 oz.
Pin: 3/8-10 mod; radial, or QR
Glue Date: 11/2/25
Earliest Finish Date: 5/26
CAFETERIA STYLE: email me at Clayton@charactercues.com if you’d like to purchase this butt with any of the following. I’ll protect the page for you and change the listing and price to include the items you’d like to purchase. To discuss on the phone, email first. 🙂
Low Deflection Shafts:
- Carbon Fiber: $450
- Black BurcHowdy: $400
Break Shafts:
- Purple Heart Shaft: $400
- Osage Orange: $400
- Hickory: $350
Wood shaft: (any species, w/ matching ring) $350
- Maple
- Black Birch (recommended)
- Ash
- Sassafras
- Walnut
- Hickory
- Honey Locust
- Beech
- Cherry
Matching wood joint protectors: $75 each
Extensions:
- 3-6″ Same Wood: $250
- 7-12″ Same Wood: $300
- 3-6″ Like-Design: $450
- 7-12″ Like-Design: $500
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Stick 165: Deep Space Love
Quick View$825.00Butt & Joint Protector: $825
Expect a firm hit: indeed, expect the cosmos to whisper in your ear.
She did mine, building her. 🙂
–Clayton
PS… Want to add the best wood shaft on the planet to your order? I’m on a quest to build the best low deflection wood shaft on planet earth. Check out my reasoning and progress here… and maybe grab one of the first 30 along with a prototype shaft for testing and feedback: https://charactercues.com/product/black-burchowdy/
Monthly payments. No interest. No automatic bank draft.
Woods Used: Spalted & Stabilized Tiger Maple, Beech
Butt Length: 30″
Core: Purple Heart
Collars: Tomahawk
Probable full cue natural weight: 19-21 oz.
Pin: 3/8-10 mod; radial, or QR
Glue Date: 9/16/25
Earliest Finish Date: 4/26
CAFETERIA STYLE: email me at Clayton@charactercues.com if you’d like to purchase this butt with any of the following. I’ll protect the page for you and change the listing and price to include the items you’d like to purchase. To discuss on the phone, email first. 🙂
Low Deflection Shafts:
- Carbon Fiber: $450
- Black BurcHowdy: $400
Break Shafts:
- Purple Heart Shaft: $400
- Osage Orange: $400
- Hickory: $350
Wood shaft: (any species, w/ matching ring) $350
- Maple
- Black Birch (recommended)
- Ash
- Sassafras
- Walnut
- Hickory
- Honey Locust
- Beech
- Cherry
Matching wood joint protectors: $75 each
Extensions:
- 3-6″ Same Wood: $250
- 7-12″ Same Wood: $300
- 3-6″ Like-Design: $450
- 7-12″ Like-Design: $500
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Stick 164: Santa’s Fargo
Quick View$825.00Butt & Joint Protector: $825
Oh, no, not at all. I’m not suggesting Santa shoots with a Character Cue.
I’m suggesting you do. 🙂
–Clayton
PS… Want to add the best wood shaft on the planet to your order? I’m on a quest to build the best low deflection wood shaft on planet earth. Check out my reasoning and progress here… and maybe grab one of the first 30 along with a prototype shaft for testing and feedback: https://charactercues.com/product/black-burchowdy/
Monthly payments. No interest. No automatic bank draft.
Can be set up with specific monthly payment amount or you can make periodic payments on your own schedule until finish time.
Woods Used: Spalted & Stabilized Tiger Maple, Beech
Butt Length: 30″
Core: Purple Heart
Collars: Tomahawk
Probable full cue natural weight: 19-21 oz.
Pin: 3/8-10 mod; radial, or QR
Glue Date: 9/16/25
Earliest Finish Date: 4/26
CAFETERIA STYLE: email me at Clayton@charactercues.com if you’d like to purchase this butt with any of the following. I’ll protect the page for you and change the listing and price to include the items you’d like to purchase. To discuss on the phone, email first. 🙂
Low Deflection Shafts:
- Carbon Fiber: $450
- Black BurcHowdy: $400
Break Shafts:
- Purple Heart Shaft: $400
- Osage Orange: $400
- Hickory: $350
Wood shaft: (any species, w/ matching ring) $350
- Maple
- Black Birch (recommended)
- Ash
- Sassafras
- Walnut
- Hickory
- Honey Locust
- Beech
- Cherry
Matching wood joint protectors: $75 each
Extensions:
- 3-6″ Same Wood: $250
- 7-12″ Same Wood: $300
- 3-6″ Like-Design: $450
- 7-12″ Like-Design: $500
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Stick 163: Color Penetr8tion
Quick View$825.00Butt & Joint Protector: $825
What’s special here? The top of the butt was dipped in yellow, the bottom in black. The forearm (top) and butt sleeve (bottom) were dipped in green on the ends closest the handle section. Then the forearm and butt sleeve were submerged in burnt orange. (see first video) Four colors in the resin and a fifth in the purple rings.
Also note the grain is aligned through the beech and maple ring sections. The handle is heavily spalted tiger maple with a single shade of green in the resin. All the color dynamics in the handle are from the coloring left by the wood or most often, the fungus that ate it!
For a closeup on the grain and a rotational look, see the second video below.
Collars can be swapped out with black, white, or even shades of brown. Butt currently has a darker brown on the bottom. Got my collars mixed half and half with another set and didn’t notice until the finish was on them, as they look the same before.
–Clayton
PS… Want to add the best wood shaft on the planet to your order? I’m on a quest to build the best low deflection wood shaft on planet earth. Check out my reasoning and progress here… and maybe grab one of the first 30 along with a prototype shaft for testing and feedback: https://charactercues.com/product/black-burchowdy/
Monthly payments. No interest. No automatic bank draft.
Can be set up with specific monthly payment amount or you can make periodic payments on your own schedule until finish time.
Woods Used: Spalted & Stabilized Tiger Maple, Beech
Butt Length: 30″
Core: Purple Heart
Collars: Phenolic
Probable full cue natural weight: 19-21 oz.
Pin: 3/8-10 mod; radial, or QR
Glue Date: 9/16/25
Earliest Finish Date: 4/26
CAFETERIA STYLE: email me at Clayton@charactercues.com if you’d like to purchase this butt with any of the following. I’ll protect the page for you and change the listing and price to include the items you’d like to purchase. To discuss on the phone, email first. 🙂
Low Deflection Shafts:
- Carbon Fiber: $450
- Black BurcHowdy: $400
Break Shafts:
- Purple Heart Shaft: $400
- Osage Orange: $400
- Hickory: $350
Wood shaft: (any species, w/ matching ring) $350
- Maple
- Black Birch (recommended)
- Ash
- Sassafras
- Walnut
- Hickory
- Honey Locust
- Beech
- Cherry
Matching wood joint protectors: $75 each
Extensions:
- 3-6″ Same Wood: $250
- 7-12″ Same Wood: $300
- 3-6″ Like-Design: $450
- 7-12″ Like-Design: $500













