Schön Break Shaft?

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JasBy

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I just acquired a Runde Schön R-5 that came with 2 shafts. One is the typical micarta ferruled shaft, but the other one is different. It was marketed as a 'break shaft' It is 3 inches shorter than the playing shaft, and has what looks to be a LBM ferrule instead of micarta. It does have the Schön pilot stitch ring joint though.

Did Schön ever offer a shorter break shaft? Has anyone ever seen such a thing? Or is it, as I suspect, a shaft that perhaps sustained damage at one time and was shortened?

The taper seems a bit beefier, but nothing like you would expect from a break shaft.
I can take detailed measurements if you like, but I was just curious if this was a known thing that Runde did.

Thanks for any input!
 
Tommy-D

Tommy-D

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Not saying it doesn't exist,but have never heard of such a thing. Even the shafts that went with the break/jumps aren't much if any different than their normal shafts,other than a slightly stockier taper and different tip on the ones I've seen. Tommy D.
 
mattb

mattb

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Never seen one but

I have never seen one but I did see one that was really thin, so it was cut off short and a new ferrule added to make it seem like it was a full shaft. The one I saw seemed a bit deceptive to me. Not saying this is it or that was the intent of the seller, but...
 
Shooter08

Shooter08

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Schon Break Jump cue shafts are marked SchonJB where they normally only say Schon or SchonIV on the shaft of a regular Schon playing cue. I have never heard of the shaft being shorter, but who knows what someone could of custom ordered or modified at a later time.
 
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JasBy

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Thanks for the input guys - I visited my local cue guy today and we discussed and agreed it was probably a fix done at some point. It's way too short to be just a broken tenon on a ferrule or anything like that. So I either have an insert and rings to have another shaft made, or a shorter 5/16x14 shaft for my kid to use when he grows up a little more.
 
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