I just bought a used cue and was not sure who made it. After putting a post on here I pretty sure it is a KC-6 from Karella Custom cue.Their add says the custom line is made in the USA but their regular line does not I am reading on some sites that they are imported from the same oversees factory as Adams and Lucasi ect,and other sites say they are made in the U.S. and the company also sells cues from the oversees factory.The cue seems well constructed to me,looks and feels a lot like my Schons butI have not hit with it yet.Can someone tell me the real deal are they advertising imports as American made or not or maybe I'm wrong about it being a Karella Thanks
The karrela line of cues is nothing but a Brand name of cue that was imported by Competition Sports which is located in Farmingdale, New York. The way this brand came into existance is very interesting and I suspect most people will be surprised who designed the brand and who it is particaly named after.
In the 1980's David Foreman leased the distribution rights to Adam Custom cues to Competition Sports, who took on the US distribution for all Adam Custom cue brands. Competition sports at that time had a part time repairman who worked in their repair shop 2 or 3 days a week and did repair for older Adam cues and current cues that where sent back for warranty work, and his name was Pete Tascarella. Yes this is the same Pete Tascarella who took over George Balabushkas equipment and materials, and he is also the builder of Tascarella Custom Cues, which are very much in demand. During this time Pete helped Competition Sports secure the rights from the Balabushka family to build Balabushka production cues that are still being made today. During this time Competition sports also started the Karella series cues, I am uncertain of all the locations they were produced in but, they have been made all over Asia like the Balabushka Cues.
The owner of competition sports asked Pete Tascarella to design the initial line of Karella cues, and the name Karella came from a combination of Tascarella with the first letter (K) being from the first letter of the Compettions Sports owners name.
In 2004, David Foremans son Jed Foreman took over control of the production Adam Custom Cues from Competition Sports. Since that time, while the Balabushka, Karella and some other brand names of cues are still made by Competition Sports they no longer have the distribution rights to the Adams Custom Cue Brand.
Just some information some may not know!!!