[JimBo]

Originally Posted by ThomasWayne

He appears to be quite the design thief, which banishes him from the cue-artist rolls for life, as far as I'm concerned. What can be accurately said about Tom Trott's work is this: It is both beautiful and original; unfortunately, the beautiful parts are not original... and the original parts are not beautiful.

I wonder if Jerry has seen his website? (McWorter original design on right, Tom Trott stolen design knock-off on left)



Thomas Wayne

Really sucks to see this, I'm not really sure if anyone has been more vocal then I have about design theft online, makes me ill. I also noticed a Black Boar copy on his site. The other day I replied to this thread wondering if the people posting were real posters or just shills, I never checked out the web-site. I think what makes this worse is that Tom seems to be an ACA member, you would think that fellow members would have more respect then to steal from one another. I welcome 2 people to post on this thread Jerry and or Tom. I hope this stuff comes into the light and people really start to understand how wrong this is, the more people (and cuemakers) ignore it the more it will continue. For those who think it's not a copy because he put a few diamonds in or that there are only so many designs out there I say OPEN YOUR EYES.

Jim <----Stop cue design theft!