Tim Prince, from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, has been making cues since 1996, when he bought his first lathe and started doing basic repair work. Being a tool and die maker by trade, he is self-taught as a cue maker. When you see his sticks, it is obvious they are the work of a very experienced machinist as well as a very good artist.
For a number of years Tim "partnered" with the well-known full splice blank maker John Davis and made cues under the name Davis-Prince. At that time, many of his sticks were made from the blanks made by Davis, who passed away several years ago. In recent years Tim has stepped up the complexity of his work considerably. While always focusing on quality, he is now making a full range of cues across a wide range of prices, doing all the work himself. He also has a full time job and a tool and die maker, so his output of cues is relatively small. He is not taking custom orders.
His designs start with basic Merry Widow designs all the way up to super-fancy high end designs that compete with any in the world. His work is always meticulous, extremely detailed and very precise. It is about as close to perfect as a man-made product can be. They are also some of the prettiest cues around.
Recollection Cues is proud to be representing his work, and will be presenting a selection of his cues across a variety of price ranges.
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This cue is typical of the quality of work Tim Prince is doing these days. Not only is the quality of his work as good as it gets, but the design and complexity is unsurpassed.
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