For several months now, OnCue has been bringing you some of our favorite cues from years past. Choosing a cue for the next edition is not always an easy task; with over four decades of building cues, we have hundreds of past models to choose from. Every once in a while, however, a cue turns up that makes selecting the month’s subject an easy choice.
A few weeks ago, Mike walked into our showroom carrying a wonderful collection of our popular E-L McDermott transfer-artwork cues, along with the WC-05 seen here. The incredible Wildlife Collection of the late 1980s has always been destined to appear in OnCue – our Vice President and former production manager has long held that this is among the best work he’s ever done – but this WC-05 has an added bonus: it was a gift to Terry Doughty, the accomplished wildlife artist behind the E-L series, from Jim McDermott.
The Wildlife Collection was designed to appeal to nature lovers, with detailed scenes ranging from the hunting dog on the WC-05 to the family of bears on the WC-01. Each cue featured complex inlays and ringwork from a multitude of materials, all meticulously designed on the latest computer technology available. The WC-05 shown here features a ring of green dymondwood grass, birds of walnut, black urethane and padauk cattails, and an ebony lab named Sam.
Even here at the McDermott headquarters, where some of our finest works from the past arrive for service, a cue from the Wildlife Collection is a head-turner. The fact that this was a personal gift from our founder to an artist whose work graces so many of the cues that come through our doors makes this one extra special. Thank you, Mike, for sharing this one of a kind piece with us.
This article originally appeared in our May 21, 2018 email newsletter.
Very nice cue
Love McDermott nature cues 😉
That is a beautiful cue stick I would love one myself
Tengo un Mcdermott y son tan buenos que quiero otro .saludos a todos.
Could a person still get one of these?? I am a very active duck hunter and currently use one of your cues. And would love to have a cue like this!
Dalton,
We haven’t made these for some time, and can’t currently make them. Your best bet would be a cue trading group on Facebook, a dealer that handles used cues, or a site like eBay.
Best pool cue for the money
I love that I received an email title a special gift and then got baited to an article. This is the absolute worst kind of marketing and makes me pretty ashamed of McDermott.
Clint,
That was entirely my fault. Sorry about that. I typically use the title of the piece as the subject line of the email, but didn’t stop to think about the fact that this particular title might have been taken in a different context when used as a subject line. Won’t happen again.
Andrew
Got my pool cue and absolutely love it!! Can’t wait to try her out🤪 thank you!!!
Amazing i would like to try it
my first Mcdermott was a C152, then bought a lucky for a breaker, the next one was a G501, I then got a deal on G207, then I traded the lucky and a jump cue for a stinger, I’ve since got another Mcdremott butt not sure on the model it doesn’t say lucky or star but not on the website that I can see but came with a hybrid shaft that I wanted to try and I got it cheaper than buying the shaft alone
Old cues, I got a McDermott about 32 years ago. I’m not sure of the name of the cue but the but is blue with two shafts. I still use too this day even though I got a new stick, (it’s not a McDermott) I’m sorry it’s not a McDermott. I’m down to one shaft on my old cue because one bowed slightly, I should have gotten a new shaft and not spent 800.00 on a cue I don’t use. regardless I love my McDermott cue thank you for years of in enjoyment.
Love it
So nice ! I love that Design!!
The WC series of cues still sits as one of my favorite groups of cues from McDermott. Great works, and an absolutely great history with this one. Thanks for sharing it again.
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Stik biliar dengan warna, corak, dan desain yang bagus
Vary nice cue
Please re release that cue! I have wanted a waterfowl cue my entire life!
Can you purchase a WC-05 CUE. AND HOW MUCH.
John,
We no longer make them. You’d have to find one secondhand.
Would love it for my son. He just started playing
I have always liked this brand of pool cues