Most complete Runde era Schon catalog?

Is Blue Book the most complete catalog for this time period? I have a very old Schon, it was old when I got it used back around 1990.

I recently got back into pool and took it to a local cuemaker for a rewrap/refinish and I was asking him what his opinion was for a date on it. We scrolled through BB but couldn't find the exact model. He put it on '81-'84 in his opinion. I looked on Schon's website and another collectors site and didn't see it.

From the wrap down it looks exactly like Level 3 R9 listed here:
https://store.bluebookinc.com/InstantAccess/Model.aspx?product=7&id=1368

but above the wrap it is a 6 point, solid color, the same color as the hardwood windows in the base with a black outline on each point.

At the time I was told it was unusual because it was a 6 point version of this cue design, but since they didn't make many of any type I figure they are all fairly unusual.

I have searched online quite a bit but can't seem to find my exact cue anywhere. Does anyone have any suggestions on other places I can find catalogs of old Schons?

Cornerman said:

Did you try Chris Tate's site?

http://palmercollector.com/Schon/SchonPage.html

Fred

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Ya, I looked there, he has a nice color pic of the R9, but again, above the wrap it is different, a simpler single color point with black outlines and there are 6 points instead of 4. But thanks for the suggestion though...appreciate you taking time to respond!

JB Cases said:

Don't know but when I was 19 I had a Schon catalog that consisted of drawings for each cue. That was in 89.

Wow, we actually wrote letters back then and I had written to dozens of cue makers and collected their catalogs. I wish I knew where those two binders full of catalogs and brochures is now.

Schon did a lot of mixing as far as I know. If a customer wanted a R14 butt with an R19 forearm then they would do it.

You should check with Danny Barrouty as he was the person I bought my first Schon from. He might have some info on old catalogs.

Also you might just try Evan Clarke at Schon. Or even Bob Runde.

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Wow, you just brought back some memories. I am just a year or two younger than you and like you, I used to send my name out to any billiard supply company or cue company I could. I used to sit in high school class and look at all the high end cues and dream.....

I thought about getting a hold of Evan but I wasn't sure if he would have complete older catalogs since they didn't list much old stuff on their website and this cue would have been before his time. I didn't think about trying Bob. I may just have to give it a shot because my curiousity is killing me. The cue hits incredibly. I have shot with all sorts of different cues and nothing feels as solid as this one. And man, it screws together so tight...

I was just hoping I somehow overlooked a resource that would have a more complete listing of the old cues. Thanks for the reply!

Does anyone know if rundeq@aol.com is still a good email contact for Bob Runde? It is the most recent one I dug up on here, but there was never a confirmation on that thread if it was still good.