Stick 199: Woodstock

Stick 199: Woodstock

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Stick 199: Woodstock

Butt, Extension, BurcHowdy, Joint Protectors

The rings are ebony and the main body is silver maple from my good friend Andy, first BurcHowdy Benefactor, and great friend and mentor. Silver maple is soft and light, unsuited to cue use unless it is also rotten and stabilized. After that it’s like an African hardwood but more stable.

It takes a few days and several cooks to get this, color applied from each end of the piece, in sequence, assisted by alcohol and compressed air. (No, not drinking and yelling, lol).

When you’re lucky, color follows fungal rot lines and that help keep colors separated, which helps create clear objects and depth. Trunk wood from silver maple benefits from branches that sprout and compression, so you also get giant birdseye patterns and ripples.

All that on a Shagbark Hickory core, denser and stiffer than hard maple. Paired with your low deflection BurcHowdy, expect to feel real, honest joy in your life on a consistent basis going forward.

Clayton

Woods Used: Spalted & Stabilized Silver Maple

Butt Length: 30 3/8″

Extension Length: 6 5/8″

Core: Shagbark Hickory

Collars: Phenolic

Probable full cue natural weight: 18-20 oz.

Pin: 3/8-10 mod; radial

Glue Date: 11/4/26

Earliest Finish Date: 6/27

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

$2,775.00

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2 Payments | 14 day interval

Initial Payable: $1,387.50

Total Payable: $2,775.00

2 Payments | 14 day interval

Payment Amount	Payment Date
$1,387.50	November 10, 2026 6:17 pm
$1,387.50	November 24, 2026 6:17 pm

4 Payments | 30 day intervals

Initial Payable: $693.75

Total Payable: $2,775.00

4 Payments | 30 day intervals

Payment Amount	Payment Date
$693.75	November 10, 2026 6:17 pm
$693.75	December 10, 2026 6:17 pm
$693.75	January 9, 2027 6:17 pm
$693.75	February 8, 2027 6:17 pm

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 6:17 pm
$1,387.50	December 10, 2026 6:17 pm

5 Payments | 30 day intervals

Initial Payable: $555.00

Total Payable: $2,775.00

5 Payments | 30 day intervals

Payment Amount	Payment Date
$555.00	November 10, 2026 6:17 pm
$555.00	December 10, 2026 6:17 pm
$555.00	January 9, 2027 6:17 pm
$555.00	February 8, 2027 6:17 pm
$555.00	March 10, 2027 6:17 pm

3 Payments | 30 day intervals

Initial Payable: $924.91

Total Payable: $2,775.00

3 Payments | 30 day intervals

Payment Amount	Payment Date
$924.91	November 10, 2026 6:17 pm
$924.91	December 10, 2026 6:17 pm
$925.19	January 9, 2027 6:17 pm

6 Payments | 30 day intervals

Initial Payable: $462.59

Total Payable: $2,775.00

6 Payments | 30 day intervals

Payment Amount	Payment Date
$462.59	November 10, 2026 6:17 pm
$462.59	December 10, 2026 6:17 pm
$462.59	January 9, 2027 6:17 pm
$462.59	February 8, 2027 6:17 pm
$462.32	March 10, 2027 6:17 pm
$462.32	April 9, 2027 6:17 pm

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SKU: 0197-198 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).

Trusted by Players

Join the Character Cues Facebook Group to see owner reviews, photos, and videos. Ask about the hit, build process, or my lifetime warranty. Curious about the return policy? It’s straightforward and buyer-friendly—check it out.

Indie Author; 1/4 million sold

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.