Who made this cue?

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Flanagand28

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Not sure that make of this cue. Tried to check for the weight but no normal weight . My father got this cue before I was born and want to know about it. The only letter I found is a "R" has 4 sections any info would help thanks
 

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greyghost

greyghost

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It might be a sampiao...they were made in Portugal.

Collectible with the billiards players they usually have carvings and ivory and MOP inlay. It’s got the wooden pin too. I just never seen one with the weight rings so it could be a 60-70s knock off of a turn of century Sampiao

With the finish blackened and the wood so light underneath...add those weight rings....I’d say knockoff

Others who may know a little more should be around shortly
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ibuycues

ibuycues

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I believe it is a French made Hiolle cue.
I bought my first one in 1962.
Not a Sampaio cue.
I have occasionally seen the parallelogram design in a Finck cue,
But everything else says potentially Hiolle.
The multi sections may suggest not Hiolle.

Google Hiolle, then tap on "Images" at the top of page. You will get dozens of
Hiolle cues, and may see one like yours.

Look very closely, it may have Hiolle stamped on either the shaft or butt, not always.

Nice, original cue with personal history.
You should keep it.

Will Prout
 
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erriep

erriep

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french made cue.
IMHO not a Hiolle but more likely an Henin Ainé cue.
 
greyghost

greyghost

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Pangit said:
No clue, but a manicure is overdue for the guy holding the cue.
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Working Men don’t get them.....surecthey are nice but that nice manicure I’ll destroy it about as fast as they made my hands pretty and soft 🤣.....

So I get my girl one instead lol


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Flanagand28

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The cue on the bottom of that link looks to have the same inlay and almost same design as the on in the picture with it being a 3 piece butt. That would only say that it was made in Germany but after looking through some henin Aîné cues and they also look close but the one made in Germany by Boetzel looks very close. Still up in the air I'll have to do some more research yet and maybe find a value
 
hang-the-9

hang-the-9

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Flanagand28 said:
The cue on the bottom of that link looks to have the same inlay and almost same design as the on in the picture with it being a 3 piece butt. That would only say that it was made in Germany but after looking through some henin Aîné cues and they also look close but the one made in Germany by Boetzel looks very close. Still up in the air I'll have to do some more research yet and maybe find a value
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In the shape it's in, there will not be a lot of value in it. When I first saw it I thought "$20 WalMart cue" but the shaft threads looked a bit unusual as was the shaft color.

Looks like 17 here http://users.skynet.be/billard.billiards/unident.htm
 
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Chopdoc

Chopdoc

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hang-the-9 said:
In the shape it's in, there will not be a lot of value in it. When I first saw it I thought "$20 WalMart cue" but the shaft threads looked a bit unusual as was the shaft color.

Looks like 17 here http://users.skynet.be/billard.billiards/unident.htm
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Yup.

That's the one I think.

As for the appearance and value, that's one of the things I find amusing about these cues. Sometimes people see an antique billiard cue and immediately think $20 Chinese cue...and so you can get one for a song. Some can be worth quite a bit.

I don't think this one is worth so much...but a lot more than $20.

And that shaft...it isn't maple I think...not Ramin...what is it? Oak?
.
 
Cuebuddy

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Chopdoc said:
Yup.

That's the one I think.

As for the appearance and value, that's one of the things I find amusing about these cues. Sometimes people see an antique billiard cue and immediately think $20 Chinese cue...and so you can get one for a song. Some can be worth quite a bit.

I don't think this one is worth so much...but a lot more than $20.

And that shaft...it isn't maple I think...not Ramin...what is it? Oak?
.
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Not Oak. I have a feeling it’s a very early Predator shaft, you can see the glue lines running length wise:eek:
 
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jasonlaus

jasonlaus

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DelawareDogs said:
Someone dipped their toes outside the NPR threads, and came here with some NPR comments......

...about manicures.....(facepalm)
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Somebody let him off his leash a while back - he barks a lot, and craps on the floor, but nobody really pays attention.
Jason
 
ibuycues

ibuycues

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Chopdoc said:
Yup.

That's the one I think.

As for the appearance and value, that's one of the things I find amusing about these cues. Sometimes people see an antique billiard cue and immediately think $20 Chinese cue...and so you can get one for a song. Some can be worth quite a bit.

I don't think this one is worth so much...but a lot more than $20.

And that shaft...it isn't maple I think...not Ramin...what is it? Oak?
.
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Wenge?
Will Prout
 
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