Classic Bert Schrager For Sale
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wow!
Just my style of cue, very nice!! Makes me wanna take up playing again!
Good luck
Just my style of cue, very nice!! Makes me wanna take up playing again!
Good luck
I can't believe this cue is still here....
$895??? :yikes: that's a steal of a deal sir!!!
No worries here folks -- I've seen it and hit a few balls with this gem!
Just a lovely cue; definitely a classic and collectible item for sure :wink:
If you can't find a cash $$$ buyer David maybe we can work out a partial trade and lotsa beer chips at the Pub
BLWS :thumbup2:
$895??? :yikes: that's a steal of a deal sir!!!
No worries here folks -- I've seen it and hit a few balls with this gem!
Just a lovely cue; definitely a classic and collectible item for sure :wink:
If you can't find a cash $$$ buyer David maybe we can work out a partial trade and lotsa beer chips at the Pub
BLWS :thumbup2:
Hate to let it go, and unless I get a serious offer you may hit a few more balls with it:thumbup:
$895??? :yikes: that's a steal of a deal sir!!!
No worries here folks -- I've seen it and hit a few balls with this gem!
Just a lovely cue; definitely a classic and collectible item for sure :wink:
If you can't find a cash $$$ buyer David maybe we can work out a partial trade and lotsa beer chips at the Pub
BLWS :thumbup2:
Bert built cues for 22 years before he ever "signed" one....
From "The Blue Book of Pool Cues: 2nd Edition:
Maker of pool cues from 1964 to present, starting in North Hollywood, California.
Bert Schrager grew up in Chicago, in a family that enjoyed billiards. Bert became more interested in the game while he was in the Navy in World War II. A mediocre three-cushion billiards player, Bert did manage to play Willie Hoppe at an exhibition in 1945. After the war, Bert eventually had a custom woodworking business in Chicago. Through his interest in billiards, he came to know Herman Rambow.
In 1962, Bert moved from Chicago to Los Angeles, and was soon working at "The Pool Table Store." In 1962, a customer brought in six cues that needed repair. With his background in custom woodworking, Bert agreed to fix the cues, one of which was split in two. He repaired this cue with glue and two hose clamps and re-tipped the others. After that experience, he knew he wanted to work on cues for a living.
He soon met Harvey Martin, who became Bert´s friend and inspiration. Harvey helped him build his first tipping lathe, and he was soon replacing tips for 25 cents each. By 1964, Bert made his first cue. With a bird´s-eye maple forearm and butt sleeve, it was very similar to Harvey Martin´s most popular cue. Bert continued to make this style of cue for years. When Bert decided to start making cues with spliced forearms, he spent four years perfecting his four-point, four-veneer blanks before he used one in a cue. Soon Bert was making six-point cues, a design for which he is credited with originating. Bert had not learned how to do inlay work, as Harvey believed it weakened the integrity of a cue. The inlays on early Schrager cues were done by a man named Howard Vermillion. But soon Bert was doing his own inlays.
Once Lou Butera started playing on the tour with a custom Schrager cue in the 1970s, Bert´s work became popular with pros around the world. Working in North Hollywood, Bert has also made cues for many top celebrities. One of the first to sell cues in Japan, he is recognized as a living legend there.
Although his early cues are unmarked, cues made since 1986 will have "By Schrager" written in an ivory oval for identification.