Dogman
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Greetings and Salutations,
First post, better make it a good one.......
Wisconsin is home to let's see; McDermott, Viking, J. Pechauer, Jacoby and of course Schon (Cue Cube as well).
I grew up in Milwaukee WI and began playing pool in college at UW-Milwaukee in the early eighties. I've played at the original Romine's High Pocket Billiards when it was on 27th St and Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee where I believe Schon Cues was started. I remember purchasing a Schon around 1983 or 84 while in college. Simple cue with no wrap or points, but it hit very well (hindsight is what 20/20? Should have never sold that one.....).
Fast forward a few years and my wife and I relocate to Waukesha WI a suburb of Milwaukee. Within one month of purchasing our home I had our Ohlhausen Drake II delivered by MasterZ's (our local billiard supply house), which is 1/2 mile from our home.
2004 comes along and I am searching for a new cue. Around the same time there was a rash of burglaries in the Milwaukee area involving the theft of high end cues from billiard supply houses. MasterZ's was one of the victims of the burglaries, something like $30,000 worth of cues were taken. This is where the story gets interesting. The perp tried selling them at the 2004 US Open in Alexandria, VA to an unsuspecting fella. That gentleman ended up sending photo's of the cues to Evan Clarke in an attempt to place a value on the cues. You guessed it, Mr. Clarke recognized the cues as stolen and working with local law enforcement in Virginia assisted in having the burglar arrested and they were able to get the stolen merchandise back. MasterZ's couldn't sell the cues as new as they went through hell and back but were never hit or other wised used. I was able to purchase a Schon LTD for 1/2 price and was able to get copies of the newspaper articles of the burglaries, copies of the police report including the inventory list of the stolen merchandise and a receipt branded "stolen".
A couple years later I stopped at Schon Cue Manufacturing with the cue and I met an older gentleman (Even Clarke) who wanted to know in no uncertain terms how and where I came into possession of my cue lol.
I am NOT going to get into a debate on custom v production but I really do have to say their shop is:
1.Tiny
2.Dingy
3.Dusty
Sorry for the long initial post but I've been dying to tell this story for years and thought this site the most appropriate to share my tale.
Played some Intercollegiate tournaments and one bar league a few years back but I drink too much, way too much so now I just basically play at home where my wife can keep an eye on me.
One last thing, yea I dog the eight hence the nickname "Dogman"
See ya,
Dogman
First post, better make it a good one.......
Wisconsin is home to let's see; McDermott, Viking, J. Pechauer, Jacoby and of course Schon (Cue Cube as well).
I grew up in Milwaukee WI and began playing pool in college at UW-Milwaukee in the early eighties. I've played at the original Romine's High Pocket Billiards when it was on 27th St and Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee where I believe Schon Cues was started. I remember purchasing a Schon around 1983 or 84 while in college. Simple cue with no wrap or points, but it hit very well (hindsight is what 20/20? Should have never sold that one.....).
Fast forward a few years and my wife and I relocate to Waukesha WI a suburb of Milwaukee. Within one month of purchasing our home I had our Ohlhausen Drake II delivered by MasterZ's (our local billiard supply house), which is 1/2 mile from our home.
2004 comes along and I am searching for a new cue. Around the same time there was a rash of burglaries in the Milwaukee area involving the theft of high end cues from billiard supply houses. MasterZ's was one of the victims of the burglaries, something like $30,000 worth of cues were taken. This is where the story gets interesting. The perp tried selling them at the 2004 US Open in Alexandria, VA to an unsuspecting fella. That gentleman ended up sending photo's of the cues to Evan Clarke in an attempt to place a value on the cues. You guessed it, Mr. Clarke recognized the cues as stolen and working with local law enforcement in Virginia assisted in having the burglar arrested and they were able to get the stolen merchandise back. MasterZ's couldn't sell the cues as new as they went through hell and back but were never hit or other wised used. I was able to purchase a Schon LTD for 1/2 price and was able to get copies of the newspaper articles of the burglaries, copies of the police report including the inventory list of the stolen merchandise and a receipt branded "stolen".
A couple years later I stopped at Schon Cue Manufacturing with the cue and I met an older gentleman (Even Clarke) who wanted to know in no uncertain terms how and where I came into possession of my cue lol.
I am NOT going to get into a debate on custom v production but I really do have to say their shop is:
1.Tiny
2.Dingy
3.Dusty
Sorry for the long initial post but I've been dying to tell this story for years and thought this site the most appropriate to share my tale.
Played some Intercollegiate tournaments and one bar league a few years back but I drink too much, way too much so now I just basically play at home where my wife can keep an eye on me.
One last thing, yea I dog the eight hence the nickname "Dogman"
See ya,
Dogman
