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Could anybody give me the lowdown on this please in terms of rarity, potential value ($) etc. Looks to be an old Brunswick.
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Are you suggesting his cue is a Titleist and Conversion? I know its not one of those and suspect its neither. I guess we'll know the answer to the original question about 3 days and 13 hours from now.
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I believe the cue is a Schmelke Titlist. These cues were made later then the Titlists in the 40's and 50's. Not as collectible but still cool cues. From my experience the cues made by Schmelke were a bit thinner than the older Hoppe's, so they are not used for conversions as much.
Right and right.
If you want to convert this, it will cost more money than it will be worth, with mediocre specs
Convert it to what?...or do you mean put a different joint in it?
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People commonly take the old Titlist house cues and convert them to modern playing cues. This one is already turned down with a huge brass joint added. Would take considerable effort to repurpose the wood in this cue.
I was under the impression the joint is typical original equipment Brunswick. The pictures in the Ebay listing are more clear.
Unless that poorly executed custom nameplate associates it with someone famous, I stick by my $200ish estimate. The ferrule has been ruined, the shaft has a weird taper, the finish is a mess, the wrap.is a disaster...and then there's the nameplate. If it was someone famous...why cover it? It may run to 250 but the seller will net under 200...or I could be completely wrong.
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That joint is a horrible 1970s abomination, it is as crummy as a production cue gets.
I had an old one with that joint. It played fine...as a handle for my bridge.
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I'm not a cue expert but the forearm looks exactly like the Brunswick titlist cues we had back in the late 60's so I figured it was a house cue.
I am probably even less of an expert but I suspect the joint is original to the cue.
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Yes it is original. I have several cues with this joint made by Schmelke, I think they still offer this joint. The joint system is put together with a taper on the wood that matches the internal taper of the brass. Held in place by glue, a aluminum washer and a wood screw. Easy to take apart with a little heat. I restored a old Shmelke/Brunswick four point cue years ago. The shaft had been used to stir blue paint and needed a ferrule. I removed the joints black plastic band and replaced it with antler to match the antler ferrule I put on.
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Shaft used to stir blue paint? Would have been a great bar hustling cue.
LOL I rescued this cue from a antique store. Funny thing is they wanted ten dollars for it and since the shaft had 10" of blue latex paint on it, I passed on buying it. A year or two later I went back and this cue was still sitting in an umbrella stand, I felt bad for it and paid the $10. I believe the butt is Red Palm and it cleaned up nice. The shaft is thin at 11.84 mm but I like the cue so its sits in my collection of cue oddities. The cue is happy again.
