Can you identify this cue? Hiolle?
- Thread starter BayGene
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I would start here, just keep hitting the next button on the bottom of each page.
http://users.skynet.be/billard.billiards/sum.htm
http://users.skynet.be/billard.billiards/sum.htm
That is a French Hiolle cue- positive because of the rubber bumper and how it is attached
Coming in clutch 13.5 years later
Yes, I just acquired a Hiolle cue and learned a lot about them. Mine is about a 100 years old and it is actually very well constructed and plays really well - amazing how straight it stayed! hoping to generate some renewed interest in these antique cues-
I also picked up a 1960s Sampaio recently- my first one of those too- this one was in the original retail box, basically unused, and it plays very well too- the metal joints are just sleeves- there is actually a lot of wood to wood contact in the joint. I was never into the older European cues, but I have a renewed respect for them.