I remember long ago and my home pool room,this old man had a pabst blue ribbon cue like yours and i also seen some budwiser ones too.
Need help; identify grandfather's cue..
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Same my friend (terrible player) has one EXACTLY the same. It broke a little while ago.
Only thing is i know it has been sitting in his closet for at least 30 years then mine for the past 5 or 6...soo ya they may be making them newer like this but this one is older...
Also I really appreciate everyone putting in ther thoughts, it really helps me know a bit more about this cue and my grandfather..the price is not important in the least, I just wanted to know if he was as intrested as I was and had a deicent cue or not...thanks again to everyone
Also I really appreciate everyone putting in ther thoughts, it really helps me know a bit more about this cue and my grandfather..the price is not important in the least, I just wanted to know if he was as intrested as I was and had a deicent cue or not...thanks again to everyone
This is very close to how I see my grandfather getting his almost, I cant tell you all what your help means to our faimly..thanks
Looks like an inexpensive 70s import to me, and most probably not king wood or cocobolo. The color of the pics looks like pink ivory, but it's probably not that either. Is there something engraved in one of the joint collars?
Ya my grandfather was a sheetmetal worker and woodworker by himself, so he ingraved his insingia in it...
Grandfather's cue
I wish I had better news for you about the value of these cues, but Manwon is right. I actually worked for a company back in the '80s that imported these cues. We simply called them "MITS" cues. {Made in Taiwan Specials}.
The real value in this cue is that it belonged to your Grandfather. As Manwon has suggested, the best thing to do (IMO) is to put the cue on display along with the picture of your Grandfather. Memories are priceless!
The cue is an import from the 1970's, I think they came from either Taiwan or Japan, these cues were the lowest end of all the imports from that time period I have ever seen.
If it were mine and it came from my Grandfather, I would keep it in the family and pass it along to your kids. I would make or have made a little case made to put the cue in with a picture of your Grandfather and hang it on the wall.
Sentimental value is about all the value these cues have but in my book that makes it priceless.
Oh and by the way, it is doubtful you will ever find out who made these records about cues like this just to my knowledge were not kept, so I would call it Grandpa's cues that way you can't go wrong!!
JIMO
I wish I had better news for you about the value of these cues, but Manwon is right. I actually worked for a company back in the '80s that imported these cues. We simply called them "MITS" cues. {Made in Taiwan Specials}.
The real value in this cue is that it belonged to your Grandfather. As Manwon has suggested, the best thing to do (IMO) is to put the cue on display along with the picture of your Grandfather. Memories are priceless!
I watched a guy break really hard with one of these cues
It looked like a
snake at impact,but it did not break.
Had a drunk trying to gamble with me after I busted him,he tried to tell me
he had plenty of money cuz the weight rings were silver! Funny as hell
when he was biting on one of the rings,reminded me of the beginning of the cartoon Underdog.:thumbup:
It looked like a snake at impact,but it did not break.
Had a drunk trying to gamble with me after I busted him,he tried to tell me
he had plenty of money cuz the weight rings were silver! Funny as hell
when he was biting on one of the rings,reminded me of the beginning of the cartoon Underdog.:thumbup:
cues as promos
I just noticed your post and it reminded me of the time our company used these same cues as promotional items. We ran an ad that said every 10th person through the door would receive a free cue. On the day of the sale I noticed this young man, probaly in his late teens, standing in the parking lot counting the people going in. Obviously, he was there only for the free cue, so I decided to mess with him a bit. The first time he came and proclaimed himself number 10, I told him he must have miscounted because he was number 9 and I gave a cue to the next customer. The kid didn't give up, he went back outside and started counting again. This process repeated itself several times. Each time that I told him that he had miscounted, he got more pissed. Finally, the kid stood by the door and hollered at me each time someone went through the door, "Thats number one, thats number two, etc.". When he came in and said that he knew for a fact that he was number 10, I said, "Your right, but unfortunally, we just ran out of cues." The kid went beserk before I could tell him that I was kidding, and gave him a cue.
Funny thing is, the kid showed back up the very next day complaining that the first time he broke with the cue, the ferrel shattered. My response, "Sorry kid, the ad said the cues were free, not good."
I just noticed your post and it reminded me of the time our company used these same cues as promotional items. We ran an ad that said every 10th person through the door would receive a free cue. On the day of the sale I noticed this young man, probaly in his late teens, standing in the parking lot counting the people going in. Obviously, he was there only for the free cue, so I decided to mess with him a bit. The first time he came and proclaimed himself number 10, I told him he must have miscounted because he was number 9 and I gave a cue to the next customer. The kid didn't give up, he went back outside and started counting again. This process repeated itself several times. Each time that I told him that he had miscounted, he got more pissed. Finally, the kid stood by the door and hollered at me each time someone went through the door, "Thats number one, thats number two, etc.". When he came in and said that he knew for a fact that he was number 10, I said, "Your right, but unfortunally, we just ran out of cues." The kid went beserk before I could tell him that I was kidding, and gave him a cue.
Funny thing is, the kid showed back up the very next day complaining that the first time he broke with the cue, the ferrel shattered. My response, "Sorry kid, the ad said the cues were free, not good."
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Seeing that cue brought back some memories. I got one for christmas when I was 10 years old. My dad got me a real nice soft pleather case to go with it. I already loved cue sports because snooker was so big in the UK. We didn't have a table at home but I was sat there on Christmas day holding my fancy new cue, taking it apart changing the weights around etc. Eventually I wanted to use it so bad that I ended up on my hands and knees on the floor hitting a ping pong ball from one side of the room to the other. Thanks for sharing.
ya no problem, thank you for sharing. This is what I love about this sport..Enthrawled from the first time you see a table and hold a cue till last breath on earth..
either way im happy to bring back some good memories. thanks
either way im happy to bring back some good memories. thanks
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