The Most Cues?

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bstroud

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Hate to blow up anyone’s expectations but I visited Adam Japan years ago and it was a very small shop. Not a factory at all.

I think Viking was the largest producer. They had a factory and produced many cues under other names.

McDermott started later but never caught up.

Bill S.
 
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poolguy4u

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There also lots of cues made with the Joss logo on the bottom.

Where they are made...I don't know------LOL




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Chopdoc

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bstroud said:
Hate to blow up anyone’s expectations but I visited Adam Japan years ago and it was a very small shop. Not a factory at all.

I think Viking was the largest producer. They had a factory and produced many cues under other names.

McDermott started later but never caught up.

Bill S.
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I'll take that firsthand experience. :thumbup:

Yes, Viking did supply various brands. I have been identifying some of those lately.

Viking had a head start against several of the bigger US brands. Mali started earlier...but they are gone. There was National...and they are gone. Brunswick has not made cues in a long time. Viking was gone too but resurrected.


I wonder about Schmelke?


Anyway, for me it's about whether the cue maker or his apprentice is at a lathe making cues that defines the difference between a cue shop and a cue factory. Obviously the level of automation has something to do with that as well. But even in the most highly automated settings there are people working at lathes. Are they cue makers or technicians? You can train a guy to install pins and joint rings but he is not a cue maker.



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cueman

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I think Mc Dermott easily wins among American Cuemakers.
Adam may have out done them in their heyday, but Adam is just a brand name now and not a factory from what I have read.
But China and Taiwan have both produced many times more cues than the Americans and have for the last 50 years at least.
 
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WildWing

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Great thread, and the usual names are coming up. It's highly debatable, especially when the name is not on the cue.

Not to hijack the thread, but, how about an alternative to the question... What well known cuemaker made the least cues. Not talking about unknowns working on a lathe in their garage. Not talking about current cuemakers, as they haven't stopped yet. But, well-known cuemakers, who made the least number.

There will be a fair number of opinions. My guess is Frank Paradise. Nobody copied him. Supposedly, he made fewer than either George or Gus, which I believe. I wonder...

All the best,
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Chopdoc

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Fewest?

Harvey Martin?

George didn't make many....

Fewest?

That's a challenge. ...

There are a few notable that made very few....

I am struggling to think of their names but surely someone will chime in.

There was one that made less than 100...can't think of the name but I am at the bar so I have an excuse.

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WildWing

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Chopdoc said:
Fewest?

Harvey Martin?

George didn't make many....

Fewest?

That's a challenge. ...

There are a few notable that made very few....

I am struggling to think of their names but surely someone will chime in.

There was one that made less than 100...can't think of the name but I am at the bar so I have an excuse.
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Hope it's a good drink at the bar, but don't overdo it, or you'll be in the ER. Well, you're used to that.. Anyhow, it's a good question, isn't it...

All the best,
WW
 
Shawn Armstrong

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WildWing said:
Great thread, and the usual names are coming up. It's highly debatable, especially when the name is not on the cue.

Not to hijack the thread, but, how about an alternative to the question... What well known cuemaker made the least cues. Not talking about unknowns working on a lathe in their garage. Not talking about current cuemakers, as they haven't stopped yet. But, well-known cuemakers, who made the least number.

There will be a fair number of opinions. My guess is Frank Paradise. Nobody copied him. Supposedly, he made fewer than either George or Gus, which I believe. I wonder...

All the best,
WW
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WildWing said:
... Not to hijack the thread, but, how about an alternative to the question... What well known cuemaker made the least cues. Not talking about unknowns working on a lathe in their garage. Not talking about current cuemakers, as they haven't stopped yet. But, well-known cuemakers, who made the least number.
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Art Cantando would be a candidate for that.
 
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