Butt & Joint Protector: $1325
BurcHowdy Shaft: $550
8″ Extension: $300
Total: $2,100
Black Cherry Burl, Maple Burl, Spalted/Stabilized Maple, Ebony, and Copper rings
Secretariat. I’m not a horse guy. Not a race guy. Not into gambling. I don’t like crowds. But there was a horse called Secretariat that had an oversize heart, descended from another champion with an oversize heart, and racing against another descendant of the champion — that also had an oversize heart — and defeated him by 32 lengths, or 28, or some crazy number.
I am a firm believer that animals possess awareness comparable to our own and in many cases superior. And I believe in that perfect moment when Secretariat won the triple crown, that it was God himself on the track, nostrils flaring, conscious through his creation, savoring excellence, that heart pounding full throttle experience of living in a total embrace of the calamity of the moment.
We are all Secretariat except we run laps around days, not a track. And when we win by 32 lengths, no one sees: we hold sharp tongues. We provide. We give in private. We praise when we want to be silent. We hurt but don’t complain — just change position. We embrace duty and honor with all we have because we were made to run full throttle and we have but moments on the track. We’re Secretariat and the world we honor with our best life will bury us one day, and the only one who will know those wide open moments is the One who lived them with us.
Anyhow, this stick made me think of Secretariat. It’s going to be an absolute stunner.
Pair with a BurcHowdy low deflection shaft for the ultimate Character Cues experience.
Monthly payments. No interest. No automatic bank draft.
Woods Used: Black Cherry Burl, Maple Burl, Spalted/Stabilized Maple, Ebony, and Copper rings
Butt Length: 30
Core: Purple Heart
Collars: Phenolic
Probable full cue natural weight: 18-21 oz.
Pin: 3/8-10 mod; radial
Glue Date: 2/16/26
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
