UPDATE: Spoke with Ernie at Ginacue today. This is one of his very first cues from 1963. :thumbup: When he responded to my email with a phone call the first thing he said was "Hi, this is Ernie; man that thing is old!".
He did not remember the gentleman whose name appears on the cue, he said he didn't remember what he had for breakfast this morning.
The material used for the beige rings and buttcap are a very rare exotic material he called "cue ball". :grin-square: I have heard of cuemakers using cueballs before. He also said the black plastic used was *very* hard and antique at the time it was used. And, oh yeah WW, he actually made the acme style pin himself.
We also spent a couple minutes reminiscing over our mutual friend, Kevin Brewer. Kevin may well have been Ernie's #1 fan - and, of course, his very dear friend.
The cue is heading back to Ernie for an inspection and then a decision on restoring it.
Did I mention how this unrestored nearly 60 year old Gina hits like a freight train? Seriously!
will keep everyone posted on progress.
best,
brian kc