Nice wrapless Abe Rich Cue Test hit only. No Dents Scratches or Dings. The shaft rolls perfectly straight and is made of the most dense tiger maple I have ever seen in a shaft.The Butt is perfectly straight until the end where the red rings start. From the red rings to the bumper the butt end lifts about 1/16 inch. It had to be put together that way as Abe did everything by hand and the rings won't warp. This is the straightest Abe cue I have seen and I have had several. It is also hard to find a wrapless one. Weight: 16.51 oz. Butt : 12.12 oz. Shaft:4.39 oz.13mm. I took the 16 oz. sticker off when I rolled it but put it back on. Two corners of the sticker are not the same as shown in the picture. SOLD pending Shipped
Abe Rich: Inducted 2009
Abe was born as Abraham Rutschaisky. He started building cues in 1962 at his cousin Saul's “Rich Cue Company” in New York. In 1965 he and his brother Morris built cues as “Florida Cues” until Abe went out on his own as “Star Cues” in 1973. Abe had been a wood worker by trade and even carved wooden clogs and canteens while incarcerated in the Dachau death camp during World War II. Abe came from a family line of wood turners and prided himself on hand turning all of his cues. He did not use routers for tapering or pantographs for inlaying. He was truly one of the longest lasting old school cuemakers. He did not have any of the fancy equipment you might expect to find in a 21 st century cue shop. He had a simple wood turning lathe, a few pieces of wood working equipment and floor to ceiling shelves full of wood that he had been turning on for decades. Walking into his shop was like walking back in time a few decades. He kept turning cues by hand all the way up until he passed away at age 82 in 2008. Our industry not only lost a great cuemaker, but his passing closed out an era of cue making that had almost totally died out decades ago. Abe was the last of the popular cuemakers that turned all of his cues by hand on a wood lathe. He was inducted into the cue makers Hall of Fame in 2009.
Abe Rich: Inducted 2009
Abe was born as Abraham Rutschaisky. He started building cues in 1962 at his cousin Saul's “Rich Cue Company” in New York. In 1965 he and his brother Morris built cues as “Florida Cues” until Abe went out on his own as “Star Cues” in 1973. Abe had been a wood worker by trade and even carved wooden clogs and canteens while incarcerated in the Dachau death camp during World War II. Abe came from a family line of wood turners and prided himself on hand turning all of his cues. He did not use routers for tapering or pantographs for inlaying. He was truly one of the longest lasting old school cuemakers. He did not have any of the fancy equipment you might expect to find in a 21 st century cue shop. He had a simple wood turning lathe, a few pieces of wood working equipment and floor to ceiling shelves full of wood that he had been turning on for decades. Walking into his shop was like walking back in time a few decades. He kept turning cues by hand all the way up until he passed away at age 82 in 2008. Our industry not only lost a great cuemaker, but his passing closed out an era of cue making that had almost totally died out decades ago. Abe was the last of the popular cuemakers that turned all of his cues by hand on a wood lathe. He was inducted into the cue makers Hall of Fame in 2009.
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