What is ir Strange Cue on E-bay

PoolSleuth · May 11, 2006

Anyone have any ideas as to what it is...

http://cgi.ebay.com/CUSTOM-HAND-MAD...241021889QQcategoryZ21212QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Black-Balled · May 11, 2006

dunno, but to pay $1700+ in '77...must not be the wisest shopper!

1pRoscoe · May 11, 2006

Black-Balled said:
dunno, but to pay $1700+ in '77...must not be the wisest shopper!

LOL, I was actually thinking the same thing, unless it was Gus' fanciest cue......

pawnmon · May 11, 2006

mystery cue

I am fairly certain that this cue is from the Helmstetter 97 series. Look at the top of page 114 in the Book of Pool Cues 3rd Edition. That cue looks very much, though not exactly, like the one on ebay. Also the story is pretty unlikely. More than $1,500.00 for a cue in 1977 was nearly unheard of.

Snapshot9 · May 11, 2006

And I don't think ...

that we had phenolic ferrules in 1977. I have seen that design before. Trying to place it ... Maybe $750 in 1977, not $1,700 though.

Black-Balled · May 11, 2006

pawnmon said:
I am fairly certain that this cue is from the Helmstetter 97 series. Look at the top of page 114 in the Book of Pool Cues 3rd Edition. That cue looks very much, though not exactly, like the one on ebay. Also the story is pretty unlikely. More than $1,500.00 for a cue in 1977 was nearly unheard of.

I was gonna guess Helmstetter as well, but the butt-piece throwded me off...I have seen a Gunn cue that was a good match too...

PoolSleuth · May 11, 2006

I too thought it was Creative Ad Writting...

JustPlay · May 11, 2006

Looks like a dime store special from 1977....

Mick56 · May 11, 2006

The sticker on the butt says Cornerstone. Couldn't find any info about it.

cueball1950 · May 11, 2006

corner staone i believe is the company selling it...Mike

wannaplaySOME? · May 11, 2006

cue

a friend of mine says that based on the joint screw, his best guess is a palmer, but he swears its not from 1977, and no one should ever have paid $1700 for any cue back then...

3kushn · May 11, 2006

I'm not an expert on this stuff but my first impression was Palmer. But looking closer it's very similar to an Adams cue I owned in 1974-5
Cost me about $100.

sheaprek · May 11, 2006

Hanbat

I could be wrong but this cue looks like a Korean made cue (Hanbat). The design is right. I looked up their home page (hanbatbilliards.com) and they don't have all their models but they have one that is close to this cue.

What is ir Strange Cue on E-bay

PoolSleuth

Banned

Black-Balled

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1pRoscoe

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pawnmon

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Snapshot9

son of 3 leg 1 eye dog ..

Black-Balled

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PoolSleuth

Banned

JustPlay

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Mick56

Go Pack!!!!!

cueball1950

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wannaplaySOME?

stack it up!

3kushn

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sheaprek

At least I made the shot