Lots of DIY pool hall repair guys. I've seen pins on ferrules and joints. Paradise definitely didn't do that, it's not nearly clean enough work
I own 3 Paradise cues and all 3 of them have pinned brass joint collars and pins! Certainly Paradise pinned his early cues!
Thats really interesting! I suppose the glues were not as good back then so they used mechanical means?
No, I'm saying some idiot pinned the example you showed. Paradise did not. His work was flawless.
It might also be a Balabushka or Searing, tooMight still be a Paradise, though?
Someone knocked out the original pin for whatever reason/repair/replace pin?
Then didn't know you could get bronze rod cheap at the welding store (or didn't care) so he knocked a steel nail through & ground it off?
Wonder why a new hole was drilled, though.
Pretty crazy, but I guess if it's still usable they saved some money. Pretty ingenious even if it looks odd. Might be a good way to get some fish on the line too.
It's pretty terrible, I plan to chop it all off and restore the shaft
Hard to believe what some people will do to their cues. I wish someone would actually answer my question, were there any other cue builders who pinned their joints besides Frank Paradise??? If not, then I'm wondering who did this cue.
I gave you an answer. Lots of "cue builders" operated out of regional Brunswick stores and we're authorized to perform repairs.
Thank you!!! I'm not saying it's a Paradise by any means, just was curious who else did the pinning of the joint and pin area. It doesn't say Personal on it, but it is a Titleist Willie Hoppe 2 piece and no ivory ring either. It's very original and the leather wrap is well done from the factory, so I suppose someone special ordered it with the pinning, or had it done shortly after buying it. The letters DT are stamped into the butt sleeve, but not very deeply stamped. The original shaft has a well fitting black collar and also has the black ferrule which may help me date it more accurately. Overall it's a pretty clean Titleist. The butt sleeve has a nice 3-D look to it when you rock it back and forth, but the points don't have the same 3-D shimmer look even though they're the same wood. Nice bright veneers too!
It could have been broken and repaired at some point. I have seen 1000 different nonsense repairs. Someone could have pulled the joint. I'd love to see the entire cue to know what's going on.
