Ever seen one of these?
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Did you end up selling the Abe Rich cue you had back in 2012 or is this another one?
It can be very hard to tell the difference. People generally call it an Abe cue when in dout for obvious reasons.
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I absolutely agree. Back in the day we called them Abe cues to not confuse them with Rich cues. As I recall Rich cues were more of a mass production cue but I could be dead wrong about that. In fact....my VERY first half/decent cue was a Rich that I got in a from a billiard supply in S. Jersey. At the time you could send away and have your name engraved on a plate that you would slide into a slot in the butt. Man, did I think I was one BAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa MFer with that cue. A personalized cue? What, are ya kiddin' me??? Oh....I was 13 at the time.
Depending on what era, that isn't consistently true.
There were cues out of the NY shop that are indestinguishable from Abe's cues.
In general it is true that the quality was quite different. But it wasn't always so.
I can post an example later of a cue with a Rich Q label that I am 100% certain would be identified as an Abe cue if not for the label. In fact Abe did make some identical cues.
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And here is what I am talking about.
I am confident this cue would have been identified as an Abe cue if it did not have the original label.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rich-Cue-Co...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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I am confident this cue would have been identified as an Abe cue if it did not have the original label.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rich-Cue-Co...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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Is that what Chopdoc said? Looks like he linked something that showed Abe Rich cues that his nephew Howard had.
That would mean Star Cues or Florida Cues. Rich Cues are from New York. Abe Rich learned to make cues from his cousin Saul Rich at Rich Q before moving back to Florida to build cues on his own. There should be overlap in design and look.
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