Built to order in Hanoi · 10 to 14 days · Free to ask, no deposit to talk
Plain Butt / The MK Series
THE MK SERIES · PLAIN BUTT · REFERENCE MK04
MK04 Bird’s-Eye Maple
A thousand small eyes in pale wood. It moves as the light moves.
Quoted, not priced. Wood, weight, inlay work and engraving all change the number, so we quote each cue on its own. Ask and you will get a real figure the same day.
15 oz butt, about 19 oz complete · 10 to 14 days · Free engraving · Ships worldwide
One maple in a thousand
Bird’s eye figure is rare and nobody has properly explained why it happens. You cannot fake it and you cannot farm it.
Inlay set by hand
Each turquoise petal chiselled into the wood, filled, then sanded flush. Most of a morning per cue.
Numbered and registered
A serial cut into the joint and written in our book beside your name.
You see it before it ships
We photograph your actual boards before we cut, and the finished cue before it leaves.
Bird’s eye figure turns up in maybe one maple in a thousand, and nobody has ever properly explained why.
Hundreds of small eyes swirl through pale grain, and they shift as you turn the cue. Photographs never quite catch it. This is one you really have to see in your hand, which is awkward for us because we sell online.
We put the same turquoise ring on it, and honestly that took three goes before we were happy. Pale wood, black leather, one narrow line of blue holding them apart. Get the spacing wrong by a millimetre and the whole thing falls flat.
Our standard butt is fifteen ounces, about nineteen as a complete cue, with the balance set a touch forward. If you play with a long bridge you will feel why.
Look closer
The eyes. Hundreds of them, each one a tiny swirl in the grain. They catch light differently as you rotate the cue.
The ring. Pale wood, black leather, one narrow line of blue between them. Three attempts to get this spacing right.
The joint. Ivory collar, stainless pin, and real maple end grain behind it. This is where you check the wood is real.
SOLID HARDWOOD · HAND SET INLAY · NUMBERED AND REGISTERED · MADE IN HANOI · ONE CUE AT A TIME · SOLID HARDWOOD · HAND SET INLAY · NUMBERED AND REGISTERED · MADE IN HANOI · ONE CUE AT A TIME
Maple, or one of the others?
All five play the same. Pick the one you want to look at for the next ten years.
| Wood | Looks like | Pick it if |
|---|---|---|
| Bird’s-Eye Maple | Pale, hundreds of small eyes | You like light wood and movement in the grain |
| Bocote | Dark ribbons on honey | You want figure without shouting about it |
| Purpleheart | Violet, deepening to plum | You want the cue to change as you own it |
| Leopardwood | Russet with bright flecks | You are happy being asked about it every night |
| Ebony, plain | Near black, no ornament | You want nothing at all to look at |
Specification and policies
Full specification
- Forearm and butt sleeve solid bird’s-eye maple with fine white pinstripe veneers
- Inlay turquoise petal ring above and below the wrap, cut and seated by hand
- Wrap full grain black leather, hand stitched
- Butt cap ivory white with black pinstripe rings
- Weight 15 oz butt as standard with the balance set slightly forward, about 19 oz complete. Built lighter or heavier on request.
- Engraving up to 16 characters on the butt cap, no charge
Shaft diameter, joint pin and tip are being confirmed with the workshop and will be listed here shortly.
Lead time and shipping
Ten to fourteen days to build, then shipping on top. We ship worldwide from Hanoi with tracking. You will hear from us when your boards are chosen, when the cue goes on the lathe, and when it ships.
If something is wrong when it arrives
Write to support@murakicustomcues.com with a photograph and we will sort it out. A cue that arrives damaged, warped, or not matching what we agreed is our problem, not yours.
WHAT CUSTOMERS SAY
Messages we did not expect
These are screenshots, not typed-out quotes. We asked each person before putting their words here. Nothing has been edited except cropping out phone keyboards and one message about pricing that was nobody else’s business.
“The inlay work is insane. Pics don’t even do it justice. Already got a buddy who wants one, I’m sending him your way.”
Jake M.
“You are an artist man. Omg I’m in love with you man.”
Ali A.
“I received it. It’s really good. The packaging is also very good. I tried it too, it’s awesome.”
Yaeyang
We have been selling to players in Vietnam for years. Shipping abroad is the new part, so these are the first customers overseas to write back. More will go up here as they come, good and otherwise, and we will not be quietly deleting the bad ones.
Want one in maple?
Tell us the weight you play with and whether you want the inlay ring. If you are not sure, say that instead and we will work it out with you.