Fractional Aiming/Cue Ball

Fractional ball aiming has been a standard technique that was taught in billiard books since the 1800s or even earlier. Usually it was 3/4, 1/2 and 1/4, but occasionally there were more divisions. Here is a drawing from a book over a century old (1911) that breaks the ball down into 16ths.

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Very cool find, Bob. I'm guessing the cut angles increase logarithmically?

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Unknown cue please help

A buddy of mine let me take pics of this cue tonight. He was in the Philly area in the early 1980`s.
Was playing a guy that was in his mid 60`s. They were playing small sets and this guy didn`t have the cabbage to pay him so he gave my buddy this cue. My buddy has no idea what he has or who made it. I`m asking for any help from you azers as to the make, model, year and who the cue maker was that made this cue. There is a weight bolt as shown in 1 of the pics, but I did not try to remove it. Thanks for any help you all can provide me with.

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