Happy to see Huebler mentioned. I ordered mine from a brochure in ‘88. Figured he had similar in the ‘70’s. Have the cue and a Huebler case still. Sent in in for a refresh not too long before Paul stopped working. I actually never fell in love with how it played but I’m glad I got my name on the butt so I wouldn’t sell or trade it.
70's DOMESTIC CUES
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Don't know any of that for sure.
However, I believe that Doc Frye's lathe is at The Spot, Pete Fusco's room in Trevose, Pa.
Trevose is about 5 miles from where Doc lived in Bensalem.
When I got out of the service in 70, and started playing pool, sometime in the 70's I noticed a lot of players in my home town had Sailor cues. Looked just like a house cue. You had to look really close to see the joint.
Never knew his place even existed. We went one day to see what he had, and I just couldn't spend $60 for what looked like a bar cue. Stopped in to watch pool a few times after that, but always felt a little out of place. My memory is not the greatest, but if I remember, it was down in the basement of this place by the river.
Ended up buying my first cue from Schon.
They had just been in business a year or so and some friends said I should go look at them. They had about a dozen different ones laying out on a pool table and I picked bits and pieces from what they had laying out. Was about $325 and a spare shaft was $35.
Forgot to add, had that Schon made in 82 I think.
Never knew his place even existed. We went one day to see what he had, and I just couldn't spend $60 for what looked like a bar cue. Stopped in to watch pool a few times after that, but always felt a little out of place. My memory is not the greatest, but if I remember, it was down in the basement of this place by the river.
Ended up buying my first cue from Schon.
They had just been in business a year or so and some friends said I should go look at them. They had about a dozen different ones laying out on a pool table and I picked bits and pieces from what they had laying out. Was about $325 and a spare shaft was $35.
Forgot to add, had that Schon made in 82 I think.
Biloxi Boy
Man With A Golden Arm
What older players will remember is that there was a time when owning a cue was not required -- back when many of the house cues were straight and had decent shafts and tips. Mind you, not every house cue was acceptable, but, after rolling a few, we often found some that were real jewels. For a long time after I got my own 2 piece, I still used house cues for breaking. Eventually, however, house cues deteriorated to the point a break cue became a necessity. (Even today, I still cannot bring myself to risk injuring my "good" cue by breaking with it, although I am beginning to consider that such concern stems more from legend than reality. Anyone know of a 2 piece cue actually "blowing up"?)
For me, one impact of the demise of house cues is that my spur-of-the-moment pool shooting came to an end. It used to be so convenient to be able to just drop in and pick a fine old cue off the wall. Nowadays, I have to plan ahead and then worry about leaving my cue in my car.
For me, one impact of the demise of house cues is that my spur-of-the-moment pool shooting came to an end. It used to be so convenient to be able to just drop in and pick a fine old cue off the wall. Nowadays, I have to plan ahead and then worry about leaving my cue in my car.
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Get the $80sneaky from J&J. Great little cues for the money. Add a cheapo depot case and you're golden. I left one in a car for over a yr and it was still straight when i sold it.
I started playing pool in the ‘60s. House cues were all we used. I remember going to a pool hall on University Ave in Berkeley, Ca and seeing a National Tournament cue for sale for $50. It was more that a weeks pay. You’re right though, house cues were pretty well maintained and I could shoot pretty good with one.
All house cues were pretty good back then.
Nevertheless you would walk around the room to find one that you liked, taper, weight, tip.
If you found a cue you liked and you didn't like the tip just ask the houseman for some sand paper.
Simpler times.