Built to order in Hanoi · 10 to 14 days · Free to ask, no deposit to talk
Inlaid Butt / The MKP Series / Reference MKP04
THE MKP SERIES · INLAID BUTT · REFERENCE MKP04
MKP04 Ebony
A tiger’s head cut into the butt in pale shell and bone against black ebony. Our most detailed single image inlay.
Quoted, not priced. Wood, inlay work, rings 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
Real inlay, not print
Every piece of shell, stone or contrasting wood is cut and seated by hand into its own pocket.
UV blocking topcoat
Hand rubbed lacquer with a UV blocking topcoat protects the colour and the inlay alike.
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.
This is a picture, not a pattern.
Every other cue on this page repeats a shape up the length of the butt. This one does not repeat anything. It is a single tiger’s head, teeth and all, built out of dozens of separately shaped shell and bone pieces fitted together like a very small, very unforgiving jigsaw.
There is no template that makes this fast. Each piece of the face, the stripes, the eyes, gets cut to its own outline and test fitted before anything is glued. One piece cut wrong and the whole expression changes.
We only take on a picture inlay like this a few times a year. It is the clearest example we have of what the bench can do when a customer wants something that has never been cut on this cue before.
Look closer
The full length. Ebony butt with the tiger head inlay set into the forearm.
The tiger’s face. Dozens of individually shaped shell and bone pieces fitted by hand.
The joint end. Plain ebony and ring work below the picture inlay.
REAL INLAY, HAND SET · SOLID HARDWOOD · NUMBERED AND REGISTERED · MADE IN HANOI · REAL INLAY, HAND SET · SOLID HARDWOOD · NUMBERED AND REGISTERED · MADE IN HANOI
Specification and policies
Full specification
- Butt solid ebony with tiger head shell and bone inlay on ebony
- Finish hand rubbed lacquer with a UV blocking topcoat
- Wrap full grain black leather or textured wrap, hand fitted
- Inlay hand cut and seated, no printed or moulded substitutes
- Weight 15 oz butt as standard, about 19 oz as a complete cue. Built lighter or heavier on request.
- Engraving up to 16 characters, 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 ten to fourteen days in transit depending on where you are. We ship worldwide from Hanoi, tracked, with a signature on delivery.
Can you build a different picture inlay to order?
Yes, this is exactly the kind of custom work we like being asked for. Send a reference image with your inquiry and we will tell you honestly whether it is a good fit for shell and bone at this scale, and what it will take to build.
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.
Wood is a natural material. Grain and colour will vary from the photographs above, because every board is different.
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 ebony?
Tell us the weight you play with and how much inlay you want. If you are not sure, say that instead and we will work it out with you.