Underappreciated Cue Makers Section

jazznpool said:
Mike Stacey is vastly under appreciated. He’s a 30+ year veteran cuemaker and American Cuemaker Association officer. His cues generally follow South West specifications. He’s a standup and no nonsense man who delivers when he says he will. His cues are an excellent value to boot.
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I have looked at a few of his on your site. I had to force myself not to buy one. Spent too much recently. They look to be a great value.
 
Cornerman said:
You would think that after all these years, and after all Evan Clarke’s efforts, people would have stopped referring to it as acme pin. Evan hated the term, especially since whoever called started calling it an acme pin had no idea what an acme thead was.
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You are correct, I even put it in quotes so nobody got mad...haha.

Back on topic, Dave Kikel was under appreciated and Im sure there are modern makers flying under the radar. I would like to try a Mike Durbin or Tim Prince.
 
Cornerman said:
Only the ignorant called it that. Evan created that pin, and he didn’t call it that.
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I stand corrected. I will just refer the them as the "worst playing Schon joint" from here on out...or most over appreciated era of production cue.
 
cuesblues said:
Evan Clark used to go nuts when people called that an acme. Pin.
It's just a 5/16-14 pin that is not interchangeable with other Schon shafts
Some of them actually are interchangeable.
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Not quite sure what you’re saying but that pin, that pilot nosed 5/16-14 Schon pin that Evan created in 1993 should fit every Schon 5/16-14 shaft (except for maybe the S-series). That was Evan’s pride… that all Schon 5/16-14 shafts fit all Schon 5/16-14 butts. He thought he was the first to be able to say that. He was a little chuffed when I told him that Ray Schuler could say that of his cues and shafts from way earlier.
 
Cornerman said:
Not quite sure what you’re saying but that pin, that pilot nosed 5/16-14 Schon pin that Evan created in 1993 should fit every Schon 5/16-14 shaft (except for maybe the S-series). That was Evan’s pride… that all Schon 5/16-14 shafts fit all Schon 5/16-14 butts. He thought he was the first to be able to say that. He was a little chuffed when I told him that Ray Schuler could say that of his cues and shafts from way earlier.
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I've had several schon shafts from vintage to vintage, that were not interchangeable and the simple fix was to run a tap through them.
But then again I've own a huge variety of Schon cues from every vintage.
I remember when the late. Great, Don Sherman sent me 7 of them to run a tap through because they were not interchanging.

I have some nice R series dash ring Schon shafts I'm going to sell if anyone is interested
 
I just ordered a BOMB break and playing cue from Gulyassy. Ebony forearm with a white and black ebony handle and 4” extension. The playing cue is 60” with an even split. I can shoot every shot on a 7’ table with it. I add the 4” extension and can shoot any shot on a 9’.

The shaft is kielwood, 30” with a 12.5mm tip and ordered with a stiff feedback.

I wanted something classy but not over the top and something to make my main player. I ordered 5 matching rings on the butt which I debated back and forth on. I’m glad that I won’t have to care about matching shaft rings in the future.

I opted not to go with a white ring on the butt cap.

Overall, I couldn’t be more pleased. I absolutely love how the cue plays. I have been most impressed with the Jump/Break cue.

The jump/break does separate at the upper handle but I always leave it screwed in. I can jump with the full cue with control as easily as I can with my air rush. I love grabbing my break cue, stepping up to the table and executing a jump without any unscrewing or requiring of a short cue. I’m very happy with how it breaks but mostly surprised at how well it does jumping with the full cue.
 

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staticfire98 said:
I just ordered a BOMB break and playing cue from Gulyassy. Ebony forearm with a white and black ebony handle and 4” extension. The playing cue is 60” with an even split. I can shoot every shot on a 7’ table with it. I add the 4” extension and can shoot any shot on a 9’.

The shaft is kielwood, 30” with a 12.5mm tip and ordered with a stiff feedback.

I wanted something classy but not over the top and something to make my main player. I ordered 5 matching rings on the butt which I debated back and forth on. I’m glad that I won’t have to care about matching shaft rings in the future.

I opted not to go with a white ring on the butt cap.

Overall, I couldn’t be more pleased. I absolutely love how the cue plays. I have been most impressed with the Jump/Break cue.

The jump/break does separate at the upper handle but I always leave it screwed in. I can jump with the full cue with control as easily as I can with my air rush. I love grabbing my break cue, stepping up to the table and executing a jump without any unscrewing or requiring of a short cue. I’m very happy with how it breaks but mostly surprised at how well it does jumping with the full cue.
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I also am a fan of Mike's pool cues and his jump break cues they're top shelf all the way !
 
Ahwahnee said:
I’m going to sell my Runde ST-11…
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FYI, Bob Runde left Schon in 1992. The Schon in the pics was 1993, the only year
they used that pin and Schon an shaft diameter on the collar.
Only Schon I've owned was a '93 STL 1. Great cue but too stiff hitting for me.
I imagine there might be an overlap from when these pins/collars started and Bob left but I don't think that's the case.
Someone else may chime in and correct me if I'm wrong. Nice cue.
 
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