Need to know what material Schon used for shaft ferrules in 1998.
I have had a couple go thru my hands from around then,and as best I remember it was a slightly better version of Ivorine 3 than what McDermott was using in the same time frame. Evan told me one time that it was made specifically for him,but never said what it was called.
From doing repairs on it,the stuff Schon had looked nicer even on brand new shafts,and especially when polished up after a fresh tip,and was leaps and bounds easier to clean up due to the pores in the McD stuff,and looked nicer when done.
I never saw an unmodded Schon with a cracked ferrule either.
Good luck finding out whatever it was,I'd sure like to have a stick of it myself.
If you are looking to replicate the hit or cosmetics,the Mason Micarta is awful nice .
They've been using Ivorine 4 for about 10 years now.Tommy D.
I thought the Schon ferrules of the 90's had ferrules closer to the GE micarta ( not Westinghouse ).
They looked off-white . I still have one here I bought years ago.
The original batch of Mason Micarta is the closest one to it , I think.
Maybe the earlier 90s? I had one from the later 90s & it was a white melamine. Wasn't as clean as ivorine so I assumed it was aegis.
These are the closest material to the old Schon micarta ( not Westinghouse ) I have come across .
I just hate making ferrules from blocks though.
My knickle for the thread. Atlas offered what they called Schon Micarta once but it was machined wrong and all of it split side ways.
Translucent Melamine was also offered by them, a lot of makers were using it. The only two I know of who weren't using it was Joss and Scruggs. Scruggs was using the original grayish cast Aegis. Porper started offering thermoset ferrules that he intended for break ferrules. Sources for good playing ferrules were drying up and some started using Porpers for playing. It didn't play that good but stayed clean. Melamine had changed, it was more white now and if you sanded the ferrule with black paper, the pits retained the black dust so super glue was suggested before final sanding.
The hunt for good playing ferrule is a continuous search.
Interesting. Before Ryan left Muellers, I bought some of the Porpers ferrules. It took a little waiting because of some issues with the machinery but the folks at Muellers contacted me as soon as they were able to get everything up and running. The ferrules play pretty well but they are definitely not like the Aegis ferrules I was used to with Joss cues in the early 90's. I had one split on me due to my own mistake, but apart from that I've had no issues. At this point there have been so many materials I've lost touch with what plays like what anymore. That's probably why I personally still play with ivory. At least I know it's going to be consistent.
My knickle for the thread. Atlas offered what they called Schon Micarta once but it was machined wrong and all of it split side ways.
Translucent Melamine was also offered by them, a lot of makers were using it. The only two I know of who weren't using it was Joss and Scruggs. Scruggs was using the original grayish cast Aegis. Porper started offering thermoset ferrules that he intended for break ferrules. Sources for good playing ferrules were drying up and some started using Porpers for playing. It didn't play that good but stayed clean. Melamine had changed, it was more white now and if you sanded the ferrule with black paper, the pits retained the black dust so super glue was suggested before final sanding.
The hunt for good playing ferrule is a continuous search.