Hello ,
I posted in the want section but no to much traffic there , was hoping someone would have or know were a Adam Japan made Balabushka would be for sale. I had to sell mine years ago and liked it . I am looking for Another one , I don't know to enough about the new China made version's to get. I really like that look and design and The one I had played really good. Thanks for any help
I have an ADAM Japan Hall of Fame model that I bought several years ago when I found out they were going to quit making them. Mine is MINT. It has only hit a few racks and then has remained in the case in the closet.
Mine does not have a signature on it and that is the reason I bought it. George Balabushka never signed his cues and that big signature made them look cheap to me. Another reason I bought this particular cue was that it was ebony and had a straight grain maple forearm. George Balabusha preferred ebony for the butts and he said straight grain maple was the best for forearms.
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"Cue forearms were characteristically made with straight-grained maple, based on Balabushka's belief that a single-direction maple grain provided superior integrity to that of curly maple or birdseye maple."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Balabushka
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Here is a picture that I found online. I can post some real pictures of it, if I can find them on my hard drive here. I may have them on my other laptop.
I've had several people ask me if it was a Szamboti when I took it out of the case at the pool hall a couple of times.
If you are interested, let me know and maybe we can make some kind of deal.
In edit:
I found a thread I put on here a while back.
You can see the cue at this link:
https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=437482&highlight=mcdermott+adam+pancerny