Can anyone ID this 1950's-1960's cue?

beetle

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This was my grandfather's cue. I believe he must have gotten it in the 1950's to 1960's. There are no maker's marks of any sort. Could just be a cheapy, but if it's a good one, I'd like to know. Seems like the brass joint is something uncommon. Thanks much.
 

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beetle said:
This was my grandfather's cue. I believe he must have gotten it in the 1950's to 1960's. There are no maker's marks of any sort. Could just be a cheapy, but if it's a good one, I'd like to know. Seems like the brass joint is something uncommon. Thanks much.
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Dandy reply: I'll give you $20 for it, I consider that generous as it looks like firewood to me. I was playing in the 50's and I don't remember that thing.
:D
 
Brunswick....

jazzn4444 said:
They used that kind of pin?

- I have a (marked) Brunswick with that same exact pin/joint...
PS: Mine was made in the mid-70's

Beetle,
Can you post a pic of the handle?
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Opinion- Yes, it's a "cheapie" Brunswick... But I played with my "cheapie" ($14.95) for many years- and it hits nicely. Probably not real "collectable" or "valueable"... but it has sentimental value... and that's all that counts. I wish I had ANY of my Grandfather's cues... he got me interested in pool and taught me to play when I was 7 years old... on an old Sears (composite bed) table..

Ray
 
jazzn4444 said:
They used that kind of pin?

Beetle,
Can you post a pic of the handle?
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Sorry Jazzn, don't know what you mean by "handle". Do you mean the very end of the butt?
 
Baker(6x6) said:
Opinion- Yes, it's a "cheapie" Brunswick... But I played with my "cheapie" ($14.95) for many years- and it hits nicely. Probably not real "collectable" or "valueable"... but it has sentimental value... and that's all that counts. I wish I had ANY of my Grandfather's cues... he got me interested in pool and taught me to play when I was 7 years old... on an old Sears (composite bed) table..

Ray
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Thanks Zim, Ray, and Jazzn for your insight. I wish the Brunswick site had a chronological gallery of all their cues. Yeah, it's great to have my grandfather's cue, brings back great memories! When I was 7-10 years old, I remember visiting him every year in Southern Illinois and was always anxious to go to their local pool hall. This was in the mid 1970's and I remember games were about 20 cents and the proprietor would come and rack for you!
 
if it was a brunswick, it would be clearly marked as such. looks like a cheapy to me.
 
beetle said:
This was my grandfather's cue. I believe he must have gotten it in the 1950's to 1960's. There are no maker's marks of any sort. Could just be a cheapy, but if it's a good one, I'd like to know. Seems like the brass joint is something uncommon. Thanks much.
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Here's a pic of an older Brunswick joint. It's a cheapie too.

Bean
 

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beetle said:
Sorry Jazzn, don't know what you mean by "handle". Do you mean the very end of the butt?
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It's the area where the hand normally goes. I.E. where the wrap would go on a cue.
 
beetle said:
This was my grandfather's cue. I believe he must have gotten it in the 1950's to 1960's. There are no maker's marks of any sort. Could just be a cheapy, but if it's a good one, I'd like to know. Seems like the brass joint is something uncommon. Thanks much.
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OK, here we go again. Let’s set this straight. The photo in Beetle’s original post shows a typical joint used on Taiwanese import cues from the mid-70’s to early 80’s. They were brass with an integral pilot on the pin, which was located on the shaft. Yes, some Brunswick cues from that period used this joint, but those cues were clearly marked as Brunswick’s via the “B” in the Lucite circle. To expand on that a little, not all Brunswick cues so marked were Taiwanese.

The joint shown in Jelly Bean’s responding post is a Dufferin joint. Also a piloted pin-in-shaft type joint. However, the pilot on the Dufferin joint is before the threads and on the Taiwanese cues it is at the base of the threads. Dufferin also manufactured cues for Brunswick during this period and these, too, were marked with the “B” under Lucite.

The cue shown in Beetle’s post is a Taiwanese import – unbranded – from, most likely, the mid-70’s. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

PS: Brunswick’s records were destroyed by natural disasters in the early 90’s, so, unfortunately, there are no records from this interesting time period for B’wick cues.

PB
 
Pizza Bob said:
The cue shown in Beetle’s post is a Taiwanese import – unbranded – from, most likely, the mid-70’s. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Adios,
Pizza Bob

PB
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Thanks for the info, Pizza Bob! It will stay in my collection because of the sentimental value (like they say on Antiques Road Show all the time...).

p.s. Jazzn, you asked about the "handle": the grip region (not photographed) is exactly like the portion shown on the top part of the original photo (the butt). There is no wrap, and nothing different in that portion of the cue.
 
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