Are Brunswick Centennial Cues Any Good?
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Those cues play pretty good. I have a friend with a set similar to this with his home table. They are great for your guests to use because they look like something "special" compared to just house cues. He puts his in cheap vinyl cases so they can pull them out and put them together like he does with his nice cues. Kids really like this!:smile:
The Joss cues were late 90s early 2000s IIRC.
The most popular series was the Magnum line.
The cues made by Joss were all marked as such IIRC. But even if they did a series or 2 that werent, they all had a Joss look to them.
Thanks Chuck, it's been a while. I almost forgot about these. Palmer did an earlier line for Brunswick as well. This gave Brunswick dealers extra product for their retail stores.
Adam, Falcon, Dufferin, Joss and Palmer all did lines for Brunswick at one time or another after Brunswick stopped manufacturing their own cues in the 1960's. Then you had the Brunswick Taiwan imports as well in the 1970's made by Imperial.
Adam, Falcon, Dufferin, Joss and Palmer all did lines for Brunswick at one time or another after Brunswick stopped manufacturing their own cues in the 1960's. Then you had the Brunswick Taiwan imports as well in the 1970's made by Imperial.
They're here!
The cues arrived yesterday. They are really very nice! They are obviously used, but not much. The shafts still feel new. The tips are hardly shaped at all.
The only indication of weight is the sticker that says "Made in Canada." I wish it was stamped somewhere so I could remove the stickers.
While the shafts are interchangeable, we found they mated-up best with certain butts.
They play nice, the family enjoyed them.
The cues arrived yesterday. They are really very nice! They are obviously used, but not much. The shafts still feel new. The tips are hardly shaped at all.
The only indication of weight is the sticker that says "Made in Canada." I wish it was stamped somewhere so I could remove the stickers.
While the shafts are interchangeable, we found they mated-up best with certain butts.
They play nice, the family enjoyed them.
Congratulations on your purchase and Merry Christmas. I also just received the same model cues as a set that came with a Brunswick Cromwell table I purchased. Just wondering if you have any info as to where I can find new shafts? The shafts on the 18 and 19 oz cues are warped, but the 20 and 21 are straight. The stickers on mine are oval and only show the weight, not country of origin. Also my pins are different than yours... they are threaded all the way to the tips.
I'm not an expert on these, sorry! TATE seems to be a cue expert, perhaps he can chime in. I wish I knew how to "fix" a warped shaft, my snooker cue has a warped shaft.
I imagine, if you wanted to spend the dough, you could send them to someone who could fit new shafts, using your shafts' hardware and trim. Perhaps a question for the "ask the cuemaker" forum.
Cheers,
jv
GG, I have a John Guffey Carom cue that's 36 years old, Stone Cold Dead Straight with both shafts!
Hindsight 20/20, I recently passed on a Guffey for my collection. Should have snagged it. It was inexpensive.
He made Only one Carom cue, (One of a kind) mine!
i have a bunch of different brunswick cues that came with tables or whatever. yeas they are cheap cues. but brunswick didnt let cheap garbage cues out with their tables. those cheap table cues both one piece and two piece ones all hit well and stay straight.
no reason a player even a decent one couldnt shoot with one of them for his regular cue if he wanted.
same with those player cues that were about. they hit well and stay straight with a good taper on the shaft.
no reason a player even a decent one couldnt shoot with one of them for his regular cue if he wanted.
same with those player cues that were about. they hit well and stay straight with a good taper on the shaft.
These particular examples were made by Dufferin between 1997 and late 2003.Sorry for the image size, but I didn't want to lose detail by resizing, in case you want to zoom in.
Not KPS, not Falcon.
About 2010 I stayed a few months in an extended stay corporate apartment for work. I used to stop in the clubhouse where they had a Brunswick table on the way home.
It was just easier to play off the wall than go to my apartment to grab my Joss. They had a set of those Brunswick branded cues that likely came with the table. I often just used one of those.
Honestly they played fine. Nothing wrong with them at all.
By the way, though many of the China/Taiwan made ones were 18 pins, I have verified they also made 14 pins. So that isn't a reliable way to differentiate them if one is trying to ID whether it is an Asian or Canadian made Brunswick cue.
Personally, I wanted a nice late Canadian Dufferin for my collection so I went down the rabbit hole to identify them. I think mostly it won't matter to most people under most circumstances.