National? Gandy? Something perhaps interesting

Chopdoc

Chopdoc

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Edit 8-28-2018: After reviewing and comparing with known cues and showing the cue to a person who dealt with these cues I have decided this is a mid to late 1960's National cue.

Anybody have any ideas on this?

It has an aluminum insert. Shallow pilot. Brass 5/16x18 pin.

I am unfamiliar with the weight bolt.

Smooth leather wrap, really nicely done.

Interesting note is that the design is very similar to the Gandy HC-115, which had a white butt cap and black rings bordering the pearl ring in the butt cap.
 

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Chopdoc

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PhilosopherKing said:
the whole thing reminds me of meyer or fedunka.
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Yes, it does look very Mayer-ish.

(Meyer vs Mayer, I have seen it both ways.)

Any examples of aluminum inserts? Any pilots like this? Any weight bolts like this?

I have a Mayer cue believed to be from the 70's. I'll haul it out and look, but this cue seems much older.

I don't know Fedunka enough to say.
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PhilosopherKing

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Chopdoc said:
Yes, it does look very Mayer-ish.

(Meyer vs Mayer, I have seen it both ways.)

Any examples of aluminum inserts? Any pilots like this? Any weight bolts like this?

I have a Mayer cue believed to be from the 70's. I'll haul it out and look, but this cue seems much older.

I don't know Fedunka enough to say.
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Fedunka used aluminum on the outside.

There was a cue in this style on ebay or craigslist not long ago that was made by a NJ maker I had never heard of.

I was sure I'd remember his name, but it's gone from my memory.
 
Chopdoc

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PhilosopherKing said:
Fedunka used aluminum on the outside.

There was a cue in this style on ebay or craigslist not long ago that was made by a NJ maker I had never heard of.

I was sure I'd remember his name, but it's gone from my memory.
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Interesting. This cue turned up here in Florida. The seller found it in an old Valley case, so they thought it was a Valley cue.

The case is marked Valley, Bay City, Michigan.

If one believes the case was originally paired with the cue, perhaps the Valley logo could help date it? I don't know.
 

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