There is one thing that is extremely rare about your Hoppe - It has the original shaft with an original ferrule.
IMHO - less than 1% of Hoppes still have the shaft they were born with, way less.
If I had this cue I would repair the shaft to make it "playable" then make a new shaft. Not a big job at all.
Dale
For some reason I can upload only one pic at a time.
Interesting.
I have a Hoppe that is in virtually new condition. I am fairly certain it has the original shaft. I never thought that was very unique. But, of course, I would not have wanted it as a collector piece without the original shaft. If I were looking to do a conversion I would likely have a new shaft made anyway if only for the length. Of course, repair the old shaft as well.
Can we really tell the shaft is original on that cue? We could say it is old. Period correct. We could say it certainly looks like a Brunswick shaft. But I would say that it certainly is possible it isn't original to the cue. If it screwed on correctly, same diameter, aligned, straight, and concentric, then I would say it is likely the original
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Are you serious?
Can any part of any used cue be guaranteed to be original?
Look at the cue. Most anything COULD have been changed/replaced.
But what are the odds? Does it look to you like it was owned by someone who fiddled with it a lot?
Dale
ps;
The later pic of the broken joint sorta argues for the idea that this is indeed the shaft that came with the cue,
or at the very least was with it when someone missed the game ball
There is one thing that is extremely rare about your Hoppe - It has the original shaft with an original ferrule.
Any idea when they stopped producing those Hoppe cues? .
Wasn't arguing. Just discussing.
But, yeah, I think we can assume it is probably original.
But I really didn't think having the original shaft, or even the original ferrule, with the cue was rare, as was stated. That what the brunt of my point. So, yes, I was quite serious. There seem to be a plethora available in original state. I didn't have any trouble at all finding one, even in nearly new condition.
When we consider how much that cue was screwed with then I would say it is quite remarkable that anything at all about it is original. Which is, I believe, what you were saying.
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My estimate is based on several decades of seeing Hoppes 'in person' followed by a couple decades of viewing Hoppes online.
I'll stick with less than 1%
Dale