A.E Schmidt tables

DynoDan said:
I learned straight pool on a Schmidt ball-return table that looked BTW, a lot like the table they used in the ‘Hustler’ movie. Has anyone ever been able to positively ID the brand at Ames?
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I looked this up a few yrs ago and all i got was various models of B'wick tables. In the first few seconds when they walk into Ames you can see a cover being put on what looks like a 20thCentury based on the pocket castings. The room had various models but from all i gathered they were B'wicks.
 
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Texas Carom Club said:
they look cheap and incredibly overpriced
and most likely play like crap especially when what we mostly play on these days are valleys diamonds and gold crowns

id get a valley before ever spending that much on one of those that you probably would have a hard time giving away let alone reselling, you can kiss away 8k instantly off resale price id say
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So, you're the only one on here who has never seen or played on one and you know everything? 🤷‍♂️ ok
 
xX-Wizard-Xx said:
To be honest concerning resale value ... He's probably not wrong ... A diamond or brunswick is more familiar to most
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Sure, but how many people buy a pool table to resell it? I have no idea what the resale value is, and I'm sure they don't either. Just sayin
 
Got onto this thread a little late. I had 17 Schmidt Ivanhoes in my pool room. They played just as well as a Gold Crown. Had many All About Pool/Joss Northeast tournaments there. Never a complaint. When I closed my pool room I had 2 of the tables moved to my men's club. Still play on them today. They look like furniture but play like a commercial table.
 
HawaiianEye said:
It depends on what area you are in.

In SE Missouri, Schmidt tables were very popular.
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which really goes back to the resale value .... most everyone knows diamond and brunswick ... you often cant pick where you live ..... your better off to purchase a table that has some kind of ability to keep its value ..... if someone was gonna ask me if i want a pool table and they said it was a diamond or brunswick .... well its identifiable ..... if someone said its a Schmidt .... im like wth is that ... i need pictures info ... and so on .... and i would still rather have a diamond or brunswick ...
 
xX-Wizard-Xx said:
which really goes back to the resale value .... most everyone knows diamond and brunswick ... you often cant pick where you live ..... your better off to purchase a table that has some kind of ability to keep its value ..... if someone was gonna ask me if i want a pool table and they said it was a diamond or brunswick .... well its identifiable ..... if someone said its a Schmidt .... im like wth is that ... i need pictures info ... and so on .... and i would still rather have a diamond or brunswick ...
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most pool table buyers are not all that concerned with resale value. this thing gets set up with no plans of it going anywhere. They often are part of the house when it gets sold.
 
xX-Wizard-Xx said:
which really goes back to the resale value .... most everyone knows diamond and brunswick ... you often cant pick where you live ..... your better off to purchase a table that has some kind of ability to keep its value ..... if someone was gonna ask me if i want a pool table and they said it was a diamond or brunswick .... well its identifiable ..... if someone said its a Schmidt .... im like wth is that ... i need pictures info ... and so on .... and i would still rather have a diamond or brunswick ...
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Most used home tables are bought locally.
 
xX-Wizard-Xx said:
which really goes back to the resale value .... most everyone knows diamond and brunswick ... you often cant pick where you live ..... your better off to purchase a table that has some kind of ability to keep its value ..... if someone was gonna ask me if i want a pool table and they said it was a diamond or brunswick .... well its identifiable ..... if someone said its a Schmidt .... im like wth is that ... i need pictures info ... and so on .... and i would still rather have a diamond or brunswick ...
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I had to pass on a table a few years back because of logistics. It was better than a Diamond or a GC. We know the tables we see or have seen on TV. Doesn't mean they are the best tables out there by any means. If I had my druthers I would have one of the ten footers I played on many years ago. Two and a half inches of slate, no table with an inch or less of slate plays as well. I don't remember the nameplate if those tables even had one.

Name recognition isn't the only proof of quality, sometimes isn't any proof.

Hu
 
ShootingArts said:
I had to pass on a table a few years back because of logistics. It was better than a Diamond or a GC. We know the tables we see or have seen on TV. Doesn't mean they are the best tables out there by any means. If I had my druthers I would have one of the ten footers I played on many years ago. Two and a half inches of slate, no table with an inch or less of slate plays as well. I don't remember the nameplate if those tables even had one.

Name recognition isn't the only proof of quality, sometimes isn't any proof.

Hu
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i played on one with 4inch thick slate ... it was way better
 
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