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Rich cue "Zebra" model. Nice basic vintage players, please let me know if you're selling it
The butt is super thick. Heavy cue. Has that old school vibe that I love and it plays great. Figured I couldn’t go wrong for what the guy was asking.
He was thinking possibly an old Brunswick or Viking. I was thinking possibly an old Mali.
It's a Rich from when they were using brass 5/16-14
If it is a Rich Cue, then it’s worth going back and getting the original shaft too then, lol. The guy I got it from is a dealer. The original shaft was in rough shape, so he let me go through his stock of old shafts and pick one out I liked. I figured if it was some generic no name cue it wouldn’t matter. I don’t plan on selling it, but it’d still be nice to have the original shaft.
I mean, the Zebra sells for $100. It's not going to change much with it without an original shaft
Well, I picked it up for $40. I’m still here, so I went ahead and grabbed the original shaft too. Like I said I don’t plan to sell it, but if it’s actually made by someone then, to me, it’s worth getting the original shaft and having it cleaned up. Thanks for the info!
If you want to triple up your investment, let me know
I was thinking that. For as old as the joint and wood is, the wrap and butt cap look way too new. Whoever rewrapped it did a pretty good job though. Nice and smooth.
Interesting
Any pictures of the shaft?
Any pictures of the shaft?
Send pictures to Tascarella.
I’ve gotta know about this one.
I’ve gotta know about this one.
You do, read above
Yes it is low grade Zebra wood- top grade Zebra wood is the nuts on a pool cue
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I don’t think I’ve really seen zebra wood. If I did I didn’t know. The cue actually looks pretty nice on the other side. I accidentally took that full length pic from the worst angle I could, lol. You can kind of see more of the figure in the pic I took of the joint.
Nice cue from a bygone era of known cue makers- they are great cues to just keep the tradition alive IMO- something magical about 60s/70s cues from known makers.
I’m glad I decided to pick up the original shaft too. Even if I never use it, nice to keep it with the butt.
I remember my two visits with old Abe Rich at his cue shop down at the bottom of Miami Beach in the mid 90s - what a throwback to true Old School- so glad I wandered into his shop "Star Billiards" by accident during a business trip to Miami at that time. An old converted stand alone wooden garage- probably a very similar set up to George Balabushka in the 60s/70s- no frills just lots of wood being stored, a lathe, a bench, and a few hand tools - never see it like that again! he had paper pads and a pencil to write down orders and an old phone in there, but he was kind of out of it by then and he never even filled my order when I returned for it - he was just writing stuff down and then his mind seemed to wander off somewhere.