Age? Butchered Cue Lives Again

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This old Brunswick came out of a storage room at the assisted living center where I play. I had never seen such a beat-up cue. I felt a challenge to give it a new life.

Fred, the apparent owner, modified the cue so the short steel rod slid forward into 1"+ of compressed foam when shooting. Newspaper was placed around and at the rear of the rod. I unraveled a piece of newspaper and found an ad for a Volvo car dealer in Santa Maria, CA dated 1954. What a mess.

I dug out the foam and newspaper, epoxied a 7" length of half inch rebar and a butt plug cut from a broom handle, installed a new bumper, ferrule, and Elkmaster tip, and wrapped the butt with coarse speckled linen stitchery thread, Three coats of water based varnish, and the cue now weighs 18.2 ounces with a shaft diameter of 11.5 mm. It is straight enough and plays better than I do.

Can anyone tell me how old this cue is? I am guessing it was sold in the US in the early 1950s.

Thank you.

Rick
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Freeeeed is going to be pissed!!! Or perhaps he knew the closet is the stash spot for cues and he knew the right person would be looking there one day just as you did.
May let the pool gods be with you'

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Rob.M
 
Rob -

Yes, Fred might not have been pleased,

Hoping someone will tell me when this cue was first sold in the US. I suspect it sold for $10-15 in the early 1950s. After spending time restoring it, I suspect it is now worth $10-15 again.

Rick
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> Freeeeed is going to be pissed!!!...
 
Bumpa said:
Rob -

Yes, Fred might not have been pleased,

Hoping someone will tell me when this cue was first sold in the US. I suspect it sold for $10-15 in the early 1950s. After spending time restoring it, I suspect it is now worth $10-15 again.

Rick
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> Freeeeed is going to be pissed!!!...
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It's not as old as the early 1950's. you are correct about the value after restoration.
You did the old girl justice and that's where the value lies.
Nice work and thanks for the pics.

Cuebuddy>has restored many worthless cues.
 
Cuebuddy said:
It's not as old as the early 1950's. you are correct about the value after restoration.
You did the old girl justice and that's where the value lies.
Nice work and thanks for the pics.

Cuebuddy>has restored many worthless cues.
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Might be worth $30, even! The old Brunswick plastic insert is hard to find.
 
ideologist said:
Might be worth $30, even! The old Brunswick plastic insert is hard to find.
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I have fixed up several of these cues in the past and then I drilled out the Brunswick logo in the butt cap and inserted a tiny picture of myself in its place. :p
 
I threw away a cue that looked like this not long ago.


But i sincerely like how you fixed it up !
 
Looks like you did a nice job of it too.

Lots of these on EBay so not really worth a ton but thats not the principle in this case.

You gave a tomato stake a new lease on life.
 
Mr. Bond -

Thank you for your generous offer. I am honored, but I think I'll keep it for awhile.

About a year ago, I bought a beat-up Dufferin one piece, four prong house cue from our local SPCA thrift store for $2. It was filthy. I washed it on our front lawn with Dawn dishwashing soap and a Scotch-Brite pad. With a new ferrule, Elkmaster tip, and three coats of varnish, it looks like new. It probably plays better than any cue I have used, but I'm a newbie and have not used many cues. I call it "Two Buck Chuck."

Fun bringing an old 'tomato stake" back to life.

Rick
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> If its straight, i'll give you $30 for it. :cool.
 
Here is my take and I do this on a lot of stuff.

I think you did a great job.

I collect the cues I like.
I collect the coins I like.
I collect the guns I like.

Do what makes you happy, not what makes others happy.

Ken
 
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michael4 said:
I threw away a cue that looked like this not long ago.


But i sincerely like how you fixed it up !
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I was at a non-pool playing friend's house 3 weeks ago and he pulled out a similar Brunswick from his closet. He said he was going to throw it away.

I didn't stop him, but did tell him it was repairable.


Jeff Livingston
 
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