Can someone explain what means titlist conversion?
Thanks in advance ^^
Thanks in advance ^^
titlist conversion
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You would get better answers to your questions in the "Ask The Cue Maker" section.
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The answer to your question is...
Any conversion is a house cue that has been cut and made into a two piece cue.
A Titlist conversion is a two piece cue made from a One piece Brunswick Titlist Model house cue.
Hope this answers your question.
Lee
LP Custom Cues
Any conversion is a house cue that has been cut and made into a two piece cue.
A Titlist conversion is a two piece cue made from a One piece Brunswick Titlist Model house cue.
Hope this answers your question.
Lee
LP Custom Cues
Am i wrong or this is Main forum?
My mistake, sorry.
I answered your question above.
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It's where you convert a titlist golf club into a pool cue. Usually a 9 iron works well, but an old wood driver is just as good. :grin:
JV
JV
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The Bruswick Titlist was a one piece cue with a "Willie Hoppe" signature on the forearm and a decal on the butt. The cue had full splice construction with 4 colorful veneers on the points and it was the most famous, popular and and classic of all cues. It was introduced around 1941 and took the place of the Brunswick 26 1/2 which preceeded it. It was manufactured by Brunswick until the 1960's or early 1970's when they closed their cue operation.
A conversion is when a cue maker takes an existing cue, installs a joint, usually makes a shaft for it, and then does whatever custom work he will do to it. They are not cheap by any means. The basic work alone can be $800 to $1000 for a first class job plus the cost of the cue.
There are many Titlist conversions around and some are very interesting. The distinctive blue-green and purpleheart veneers are pretty easy to spot.
Chris
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Jup,,, i try something similar with my wife,,, didn't work out :grin:
Yes, and if you subscribe to some of these aiming threads, this style probably works just as well too.
Man you look tall. How tall are you?
1,92 m omg can't post short msg lol
That's almost 6'4" - among the taller pool players. My good friend is 6' 7", that's 2 meters - the tallest pool player I know. He never has to use a bridge. I'm taking some pictures of Titlists and a conversion for you in a minute here.
Chris
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Here are some pics for you.
- The cue to the far left is a Brunswick 26 1/2 from the 1910 era. The one next to it is a 26 1/2 from the 1920's. Sometimes "Titlist conversions" actually use these older cues. The layout of the points are identical but the veneer colors are a little different usually. T
- The next 4 with green decals are all Titlists from the 1940's and 1950's.
- The large unfinished cue is a Brunswick Titlist "blank", a cue getting ready for the sanding machine.
The one next to that is from the creator of "Titlist Conversions" himself, one of the legendary cue makers of all time, Herman Rambow, who worked out of Chicago. This cue is from around 1950. Him and George Balabushka are the two most famous cue makers to use Titlists as the basis for many of their cues.
The one next to that is from Palmer Cue company out of New Jersey in the 1960's. They made more conversions than any other company and sold many hundreds of cues made from customized Titlist blanks and house cues.
There are also some close up so you can identify a Titlist forearm in the future.
Sorry you asked?
Chris
- The cue to the far left is a Brunswick 26 1/2 from the 1910 era. The one next to it is a 26 1/2 from the 1920's. Sometimes "Titlist conversions" actually use these older cues. The layout of the points are identical but the veneer colors are a little different usually. T
- The next 4 with green decals are all Titlists from the 1940's and 1950's.
- The large unfinished cue is a Brunswick Titlist "blank", a cue getting ready for the sanding machine.
The one next to that is from the creator of "Titlist Conversions" himself, one of the legendary cue makers of all time, Herman Rambow, who worked out of Chicago. This cue is from around 1950. Him and George Balabushka are the two most famous cue makers to use Titlists as the basis for many of their cues.
The one next to that is from Palmer Cue company out of New Jersey in the 1960's. They made more conversions than any other company and sold many hundreds of cues made from customized Titlist blanks and house cues.
There are also some close up so you can identify a Titlist forearm in the future.
Sorry you asked?
Chris
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If you leave the clubhead on you can call it a mace...
JV (---mace's don't squirt or need to be compensated for
Tried real hard to green rep you, Chris, but they won't let me.
You're a good man for answering in such detail - and with pics! :thumbup:
Best,
Brian kc
No sweat Brian. I especially want our friends in other countries, in this case Croatia, to know about American cue craftsmanship. Also, a lot of questions get asked repeatedly, so sometimes I put up web pages so the answers can get quickly linked.
I've been threatening to re-design my web site to clean up some old information from my more current rersearch and add a lot more. I also have to add a lot of cues that are interesting to the site. I havent updated it in about 4 years.
I'll make it a point to add Titlist conversions and also the difference between the forearms used, splices, etc. in these older cues. Also, the show the earlier cues that used the Hoppe ring, etc.
I think it's cool that Efren is using a full length handle wrapless Diveney Titlist conversion . It just shows us how good these cues were for playing. Of course he played good with his $15 junker too!
Chris
I tried to do the same Chris, since you've always been very helpful!!! Soon I'll be able to hit you up with some greenies again!
Ty for kind words man. Really appreciate that :clapping: