Jim Buss....Blue Book of Pool Cues cue!
I decided to take some more pictures of this amazing cue built by legendary Jim Buss who is well known as one of the smartest guys in industry.
Jim Buss was born on November 23, 1942 in Boone, Iowa.
In his rich CV stands that he worked for NASA as electrician engineer.
His first assignment was to design an umbilical cable for one of the Gemini astronauts to use while doing a "space walk".
In 1982 McDonnell Douglas that he worked for get a contract to support NASA in Houston, Texas. They provided the technical assistance to the Space Shuttle program by developing the flight plans, flight trajectory studies, orbital studies, and training the astronauts to perform all the functions associated with flying the Shuttle and operating the Payloads & Experiments. Since Jim had the background that NASA needed, he was asked by McDonnell Douglas to transfer there and support the program, which he did.
Talking to his cue making career... in July, 1994, he was elected President of the American Cuemaker's Association. In August, 1997, he moved back to the St. Louis area, which is where he considers home.
Josh Treadway was tought by Jim and when Jim retired Josh took over his shop and kept building his cues.
It is really hard to get one of his cues since he has been retired for years and it is even harder to come across one which is unplayed!
So, here it is unplayed Jim Buss in Ebony and Pink Ivory.
The cue has been published in 3rd edition of Blue Book of Pool Cues as an example of Jim's finest work!
Enjoy the pics!
I decided to take some more pictures of this amazing cue built by legendary Jim Buss who is well known as one of the smartest guys in industry.
Jim Buss was born on November 23, 1942 in Boone, Iowa.
In his rich CV stands that he worked for NASA as electrician engineer.
His first assignment was to design an umbilical cable for one of the Gemini astronauts to use while doing a "space walk".
In 1982 McDonnell Douglas that he worked for get a contract to support NASA in Houston, Texas. They provided the technical assistance to the Space Shuttle program by developing the flight plans, flight trajectory studies, orbital studies, and training the astronauts to perform all the functions associated with flying the Shuttle and operating the Payloads & Experiments. Since Jim had the background that NASA needed, he was asked by McDonnell Douglas to transfer there and support the program, which he did.
Talking to his cue making career... in July, 1994, he was elected President of the American Cuemaker's Association. In August, 1997, he moved back to the St. Louis area, which is where he considers home.
Josh Treadway was tought by Jim and when Jim retired Josh took over his shop and kept building his cues.
It is really hard to get one of his cues since he has been retired for years and it is even harder to come across one which is unplayed!
So, here it is unplayed Jim Buss in Ebony and Pink Ivory.
The cue has been published in 3rd edition of Blue Book of Pool Cues as an example of Jim's finest work!
Enjoy the pics!
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