I would say the only thing I did not like on some of the older ones was how some of the stitch rings do not line up in various parts of various cues. This is purely a visual thing as all of them were still rock solid and played great.
I'm probably the only one who thinks this way but I can honestly say that I like the post Rundee Schons the most.
Or I should say I like Schon cues the most after they started CNC-ing their points.
Those are very consistently the same as far as hit and feel goes.
The newer Schons feel real good and solid to me.
The old ones were - in my opinion and experience (I have 3) - a hit or miss as far as workmanship and consistency in the hit goes.
That being said I tend to prefer the hit of cues with no decoration at all but the CNCs come close.
A cue maker once told me it made sense because you remove the least wood from the butt when you have no decoration, a little wood when you CNC and more wood is removed when you have those sharp points. But then....maybe he just had excessive stock of his CNC'd cues...lol.
I have no idea if it's true or not but I know that I do TEND to like the hit of a good CNC cue vs. sharp points from the same maker.
Could be all psychological too....