Recent content by onefastmfn71

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. Paul used black bumpers in the early days. First they were small pill bumpers, then he started using a larger size.

I have a nice DH-3. I will send you a message.

. I also have picked up a few Gandy's over the years. I have one from the Ricco era and the rest are most likely made with Viking parts or directly by Viking..

. Chopdoc, that is why I wasn't sure if my "HC-145" is really a Gandy. The National cues share a lot of similarities and there just isn't much documentation on these old cues. Ricco is gone so we can't ask him. I am pretty sure mine is a HC-145 Gandy, but I like it either way. It is made from a...

Gandy cues Lizardking asked me to post some pics of my Gandy collection. Maybe it can help with future ID's. I am pretty sure the newer Gandy's were either made by Viking or maybe they sold the parts. I have owned enough old Viking's to recognize their work. These have 3 points, with plastic...

. Great to see that old French Brunswick saved. I was lucky enough to find an old French "fish pole" cue that has some similar design elements to yours. It also has a really nice ebony spliced shaft. This cue is not for sale.

. The unmarked shaft is pre-93 Schon. Everything else is made after Bob left. Evan made those silver ladder rings, so it is one of his cues.

. Knew I had a pic of it somewhere. Mali model 144, but yours has an extra band above the wrap.

. Looks like an old Mali model #144 to me

. That logo is correct and original. Schon briefly used that script around the 1993 era. Here is a 1993 SL-24

. I visited Rice Lake, WI a few years back and ordered ebony, purple heart, and cocobolo two piece sneakies. They all hit nice, although the ebony is my favorite. I also bought a set of bocote one piece house cues from Schmelke back when they still made them. They have all remained straight...

. Plain Jane ebony Scruggs

. It may be the worst Titlist on the planet, but is it wrong of me to want it? Maybe for $10 or $20.00, but I would definitely own it....ha, ha! I would display this right along side of my beautiful two piece Hoppe Pro's and Titlist one piece cues.

I was wondering how many would people pick up on the carom cue I posted as being a full splice 8 point. Helmstetter certainly had some interesting designs. I can't think of any other cue maker that has done an 8 point full splice outside of an early 1900's French Brunswick I saw.