Aloha all,
I bought this cue from the A.E. Schmidt Co. in St. Louis in around May of 1973. I ordered it from a catalog in the Sportsman's Club pool hall in Kennett, Mo. where I worked throughout my teens.
A few months after I bought it, I went overseas in the military and a left it with the owner of the pool room and I used it when I went home which wasn't too frequently.
Now, 39 years later, I just got the cue back in my possession this morning. It has held up remarkably well for a cue of its age and it has had considerable play put on it over the years while being in the pool room owner's keep.
I hadn't seen it in so long, I had forgotten exactly what it looked like and I was surprised at how it was made compared to the cues I have owned since buying this one.
To the best of my reckoning, it seems to be made from a Brunswick Titlist and I think it remains full-spliced under the wrap. It looks like the wrap is Cortland and the joint seems to be made of aluminum (could be steel) and it has a brass pin which I think is 5/16-14 (could be 5/16-18). The shaft joint also has a metal collar and it is piloted. The base of the pilot surrounding the brass insert in the shaft looks to be set in nylon. (From what I've been told, Paul Huebler used nylon sleeves when he made cues for them...he left A.E. Schmidt Co. to start making his own cues in 1974). There doesn't seem to be any kind of hard finish put on it...looks and feels like an oil finish.
There is no rubber bumper on it now, but I'm quite sure there was one when I bought it.
If anyone has an A.E. Schmidt catalog from around 1972-73 that shows this cue, I'd sure like to know more about it.
I bought this cue from the A.E. Schmidt Co. in St. Louis in around May of 1973. I ordered it from a catalog in the Sportsman's Club pool hall in Kennett, Mo. where I worked throughout my teens.
A few months after I bought it, I went overseas in the military and a left it with the owner of the pool room and I used it when I went home which wasn't too frequently.
Now, 39 years later, I just got the cue back in my possession this morning. It has held up remarkably well for a cue of its age and it has had considerable play put on it over the years while being in the pool room owner's keep.
I hadn't seen it in so long, I had forgotten exactly what it looked like and I was surprised at how it was made compared to the cues I have owned since buying this one.
To the best of my reckoning, it seems to be made from a Brunswick Titlist and I think it remains full-spliced under the wrap. It looks like the wrap is Cortland and the joint seems to be made of aluminum (could be steel) and it has a brass pin which I think is 5/16-14 (could be 5/16-18). The shaft joint also has a metal collar and it is piloted. The base of the pilot surrounding the brass insert in the shaft looks to be set in nylon. (From what I've been told, Paul Huebler used nylon sleeves when he made cues for them...he left A.E. Schmidt Co. to start making his own cues in 1974). There doesn't seem to be any kind of hard finish put on it...looks and feels like an oil finish.
There is no rubber bumper on it now, but I'm quite sure there was one when I bought it.
If anyone has an A.E. Schmidt catalog from around 1972-73 that shows this cue, I'd sure like to know more about it.
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