Romine's High Pockets selling Schon cues

wilkamania

wilkamania

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Hey Everyone,

Weird question, but has anyone ever gotten a Schon cue from Romine's? (I know of the history of Terry Romine founding Schon, and I believe Jr. now runs Schon).

Anywho, always been a fan of Schon cues and for shits and giggles, was humoring the idea of driving up to Milwaukee, stopping by, and grabbing a Schon. I'm in Chicago so it's about 1.5 hours each way, nothing crazy at all.

If anyone frequents there, or has bought a Schon there, do they have the same pricing you'd find online at say Seyberts, or would it be MSRP like on teh Schon site? Also do they carry the basic models too?

I guess I can always call and ask, but was curious from the most knowledgeable pool base on the internets lol.
 
For shits and giggles, you might as well drive to Schon also, not a whole lot further. Worth the trip. Sometimes when you go there you see cues in their rack you have never seen before. No discount's there though. I've probably been there 4 or 5 times, something new every time. They are really a great bunch of guys, if it's break time and they are playing pool, grab a place to to sit and wait till break is over.
 
muskyed said:
For shits and giggles, you might as well drive to Schon also, not a whole lot further. Worth the trip. Sometimes when you go there you see cues in their rack you have never seen before. No discount's there though. I've probably been there 4 or 5 times, something new every time. They are really a great bunch of guys, if it's break time and they are playing pool, grab a place to to sit and wait till break is over.
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noted! I know in the past I sent an email around Sept 2018, asking if it'd be cool to come visit the factory. John Fuhrman owned it at the time and said they can't for insurance reasons. Has that changed or do they have a guest area now? I promise to be respectful and not go all willy wonka factory kid on all the machines.
 
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I visited the factory about 15 years ago and it was like it was some top secret facility. They were polite but none too hospitable. Yes, this is our factory where we made your cues, we can't/won't show you anything, please leave, thank you for being a Schon customer. I can understand that they have trade secrets and processes they want to keep secret, but jeez....I'm just a pool player that likes their sticks, not a CIA spy.

But that's cool, I still like my Schons.
 
Cartune said:
I would go to simply see what they have that might not be available to others!!


I also would not ask for a tour, respect the builder's privacy
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Totally get that. I'd honestly just want ot check out the cues haha.

Only other time I got to hang out in a cue shop was at Joey Gold's Shop here in Chicago. Always had fun hanging there and he's such a character. Had a Cog once but had to sell it for financial reasons. Now they're priced a bit out of my range haha.

Schons were always dear to me so i figured it'd be fun to get it "from the source" whether that's the factory or Romine's lol.
 
That's kind of wild if that's true that you can't get a shop tour. I visited two custom cue makers today and chatted with each of them for about an hour. I saw both of their shops. I suppose it didn't hurt that I bought 1 cue today and committed to having 3 more built.
 
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Cartune said:
I would go to simply see what they have that might not be available to others!!


I also would not ask for a tour, respect the builder's privacy
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I didn't even ask for a tour, it was almost like I came in the back door, non-public entry. Heck, maybe I did. It was very industrial setting, not fancy, all work, type of place in an industrial part of Milwaukee/south side?? if I recall correctly.
 
I guess they are closed on weekends which would be the only time I'd be able to get up there anyway haha (with the exception of taking some time off)
 
wilkamania said:
noted! I know in the past I sent an email around Sept 2018, asking if it'd be cool to come visit the factory. John Fuhrman owned it at the time and said they can't for insurance reasons. Has that changed or do they have a guest area now? I promise to be respectful and not go all willy wonka factory kid on all the machines.
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I've never experienced that, I never did call first though, just stopped in and they never made me feel unwanted. That being said, I always had a reason for stopping in, never went there just for a look see. If you do go, lock your car good, and make sure your insurance is up to date just in case, ha ha.
 
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muskyed said:
For shits and giggles, you might as well drive to Schon also, not a whole lot further. Worth the trip. Sometimes when you go there you see cues in their rack you have never seen before. No discount's there though. I've probably been there 4 or 5 times, something new every time. They are really a great bunch of guys, if it's break time and they are playing pool, grab a place to to sit and wait till break is over.
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Their retail prices (in recent years) is just completely insane (imo), and not the same high quality that you would have gotten during the Evan Clarke era, in my opinion.
 
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