Best Cueman in the South!
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Keith Josey
Savannah, GA
Great cues. Great people.
As for the why...his cues are constructed from premium matrerials. This is a person who lets the beauty of the wood speak. His playability has been excellent every time I've tried a Josey cue. (I own one). His is a family owned business (works with his wife Sherri) and he stands behind his product.
Savannah, GA
Great cues. Great people.
As for the why...his cues are constructed from premium matrerials. This is a person who lets the beauty of the wood speak. His playability has been excellent every time I've tried a Josey cue. (I own one). His is a family owned business (works with his wife Sherri) and he stands behind his product.
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How far South ? Add fla ..
Sorry, FL isn't ever really included when people generally discuss 'The South' - at least in NC :wink:
Can't get much more south than La, Ms. and Fl., but what do I know.
Can't get much more south than La, Ms. and Fl., but what do I know.
Fair enough - LA, and MS are definitely southern states, but a whole different brew of south - a double shot
Still not inclined to include FL though. Just too many factors and variables that excludes it from the South and the East and the South East... probably should even require US citizens to possess a valid passport before entering it's borders :wink:Fair enough - LA, and MS are definitely southern states, but a whole different brew of south - a double shot
That's a shame. Because when you're looking for the best cuemakers in "the south", Florida is home to a TON of them...
Dennis Searing
Bob Manzino
Murray Tucker
John Showman
Randy Mobley...
And this list goes on and on.
Looks like he is talking the kin marrying section of the south. Florida gets a pass because of it's northern transplant people.
JV (----guess anyone with a whittlin' knife qualifies
JV (----guess anyone with a whittlin' knife qualifies
Looks like he is talking the kin marrying section of the south. Florida gets a pass because of it's northern transplant people.
JV (----guess anyone with a whittlin' knife qualifies
Well he is making his own south, if he is refering to the old confederate southern states then that includes Texas and Florida.
Technically speaking, you are correct sir.
But it is my very own kin marrying south we're discussin' here!
TheCueHunter
Banned
Best in the south
Steve Lomax,hands down ,by far the best made and playing cue ,located in Georgia. Next by a.001 of a percntage point is Dickie Neigbors in Columbus or Cinnicinnati Ohio. Tibbets cue very good like a Buska ,But can ya get one? My opinion only,which is hardly ever wrong or off. Rich aka the Skunk..
Steve Lomax,hands down ,by far the best made and playing cue ,located in Georgia. Next by a.001 of a percntage point is Dickie Neigbors in Columbus or Cinnicinnati Ohio. Tibbets cue very good like a Buska ,But can ya get one? My opinion only,which is hardly ever wrong or off. Rich aka the Skunk..
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I wish you had used the term Cuemaker instead of Cueman, since I was the one who started using that term first.
You might also have said Southeast or Middle Southeast.
I also wish this thread had not "gone south" with the derogatory remarks about the southern people.
Who is the best???????
I don't think that question can be answered. I could attribute certain cuemakers with having excelled at certain aspects of cuemaking above most others. But they do not excell above all others in every aspect, so others would be better than them at other parts of cuemaking.
You might could ask who does the best butterfly points and get a few good choices.
Or who does the best full splice work,
The best v-groove points,
The best silver and gold work,
The best scrimshaw,
The hardest hitting cue,
The softest hitting cue,
The best finish,
The best leather wraps,
The best exotic wraps like snake and such.
The list could go on and on.
You might even ask who are the best all around cuemakers, but then you would need a list of items to judge off of.
Bill Schick would be one that has done most of the above list himself, so he would have to make the short list on all-arounds. There are only a handful that have done the scrimshaw themselves and he is one of them. But even Bill has been surpassed in other areas of cuemaking like butterly work and full splice with veneers. Go on over to Texas and you would have Richard Black who has beat just about everyone in his silver and gold work in cues, but like Bill he was not the tops at everything. Come back to Georgia and Danny Tibbits would be hard to beat on V-Groove points with veneers. Also here in Georgia is Keith Josey who does super nice dressed out Sneaky Pete style full spliced cues. Go to Tennessee and you have Donald Bludworth who would be hard to beat on CNC work. In South Carolina you have Mike Gulyassy with his break jump cues. All these cuemakers do other things really good also. But they all have their specialties and it is impossible to say who is the best cuemaker.
You might also have said Southeast or Middle Southeast.
I also wish this thread had not "gone south" with the derogatory remarks about the southern people.
Who is the best???????
I don't think that question can be answered. I could attribute certain cuemakers with having excelled at certain aspects of cuemaking above most others. But they do not excell above all others in every aspect, so others would be better than them at other parts of cuemaking.
You might could ask who does the best butterfly points and get a few good choices.
Or who does the best full splice work,
The best v-groove points,
The best silver and gold work,
The best scrimshaw,
The hardest hitting cue,
The softest hitting cue,
The best finish,
The best leather wraps,
The best exotic wraps like snake and such.
The list could go on and on.
You might even ask who are the best all around cuemakers, but then you would need a list of items to judge off of.
Bill Schick would be one that has done most of the above list himself, so he would have to make the short list on all-arounds. There are only a handful that have done the scrimshaw themselves and he is one of them. But even Bill has been surpassed in other areas of cuemaking like butterly work and full splice with veneers. Go on over to Texas and you would have Richard Black who has beat just about everyone in his silver and gold work in cues, but like Bill he was not the tops at everything. Come back to Georgia and Danny Tibbits would be hard to beat on V-Groove points with veneers. Also here in Georgia is Keith Josey who does super nice dressed out Sneaky Pete style full spliced cues. Go to Tennessee and you have Donald Bludworth who would be hard to beat on CNC work. In South Carolina you have Mike Gulyassy with his break jump cues. All these cuemakers do other things really good also. But they all have their specialties and it is impossible to say who is the best cuemaker.
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