I don't think these are so new. Maybe the wraps? But the finish etc looks older.Not Fedunka. They look too new for him. Ill guess Horn or Klein. Probably latter.
Edit: They are great looking cue regardless.
I don't think these are so new. Maybe the wraps? But the finish etc looks older.Not Fedunka. They look too new for him. Ill guess Horn or Klein. Probably latter.
Edit: They are great looking cue regardless.
Wow. Even older than I thought. I was thinking 70's by the finish etc.These cues were made around 1965.
The fancier one has a relatively "new" wrap. The other simpler one has an original wrap from 1960s.I don't think these are so new. Maybe the wraps? But the finish etc looks older.
I have a letter from the second owner of the cue that new the first owner of the cue. The cue was made in 1965. The fancier cue was made before 1970.Wow. Even older than I thought. I was thinking 70's by the finish etc.
Cool.The fancier one has a relatively "new" wrap. The other simpler one has an original wrap from 1960s.
I see you've removed the reference to Balabushka with respect to the shafts. If we go back that far to the mid-60s, one maker stands out that is Tad Kohara that did "Bushka" styles way back then. For example, Luther Lassiter played with a Tad cue for decades that people swore was a Bushka.These cues were made around 1965.
This is very similar to Luther Lassiter's cue from the 60s to the 80s, a TAD, not a Bushka. But you say your current cues are East Coast, not West Coast. Too early design for Balabushka, not right for Palmer or Paradise. Not right for Fedunka. Definitely not a Karl Mayer.
That's why I asked for pictures underneath the bumper.Not too early
Well, had a feeling of that, but your pictures and clues weren't helping. However, since you didn't post a pic of beneath the bumper, it makes sense now. No other maker on the East Coast was quite like that.Well you all have been great sports about this. Yes both are genuine George Balabushka from 1965-1969 era. Burton Spain blanks and in near mint conditions. The letter of ownership is written by Larry Lisciotti, it was one of his Balabushkas.
Yes, Larry's later cue was the maple windows butt sleeve with ivory arch inlays connecting the windows. If I remember right, Larry and Steve were gambling in Asbury Park, NJ, and Larry ended up winning Steve's cue. No matter, as Steve later on went to have George make what is the famous "Dove" Balabushka.Correct, the one he won off of Mizerak is a Gus Szamboti blank cue with wood butt sleeve, maple windows and I think ivory arch inlays connecting the windows.
My cue was owned by Larry Lisciotti from 1986 to 1991. It was the acrylic butt sleeve era. You could see in all the photos of the inlays where he chipped away the round circle holes into the diamond shapes to add the mop slotted diamonds.