Cue identification, possibly Balabushka?

Double-Dave

Double-Dave

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Hi guys,

A friend of mine owns this cue and says it is 30 or more years old.
Obviously it looks alot like a GB-1 but it is too old for that.
The cue is not signed anywhere. I took some pictures, I can take more.



 
Hi Marcus,
i`m Markus from Cologne/Germany and the owner of that cue. Thanx for your reply. I´m interesstet in the details of the determination from that cue to a real bushka. Maybe i will be a little more competent in future...
Have you any idea what it could be?
Greetz
Markus
 
cuechanger said:
Hi Marcus,
i`m Markus from Cologne/Germany and the owner of that cue. Thanx for your reply. I´m interesstet in the details of the determination from that cue to a real bushka. Maybe i will be a little more competent in future...
Have you any idea what it could be?
Greetz
Markus
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THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE JOINT RING. THE PROPORTIONS ARE WAY OFF
THE BLANK ISN'T ONE THAT GEORGE WOULD HAVE USED.

THOSE ARE THE 2 THAT I CAN BE CERTAIN OF FROM THE PICTURES.

THE LINK IN THE POST ABOVE GIVES ALOT OF GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT ID'ING GEORGES WORK.

Marcus
 
Hi Marcus, hi Maurice,
thanks for information. The different in the joint i can see, but i don`t know why he wouldn`t have used this Blank....
In that classic-cues HP i found this: "The prong wood could be oak, mahogany, rosewood or ebony". Did he never use any from Maple? I can`t belive... Most Bushkas looks like having a Maple-Prong. (from far away... never seen one in my Hands. ;-) )

Has anybody an idea, what it could be else? A very early Helmstetter-Attemp, a unknown artist... The hit is very straight and stiff. You can feel the old, dry ans hard wood very clearly.

Greetz
Markus
 
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cuechanger said:
hi marcus, hi maurice,
thanks for information. The different in the joint i can see, but i don`t know why he wouldn`t have used this blank....
In that classic-cues hp i found this: "the prong wood could be oak, mahogany, rosewood or ebony". Did he never use any from maple? I can`t belive... Most bushkas looks like having a maple-prong. (from far away... Never seen one in my hands. ;-) )

has anybody an idea, what it could be else? A very early helmstetter-attemp, a unknown artist... The hit is very straight and stiff. You can feel the old, dry ans hard wood very clearly.

Greetz
markus
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he used titlist, spain/davis, and szamboti prongs. Your cue has none of those.

The butt assembly is also wrong.

Looks to be an old adams/helmstatter. But there are many other possibilities.

Pm manwon, see what he thinks.
 
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Double-Dave said:
Hi guys,

A friend of mine owns this cue and says it is 30 or more years old.
Obviously it looks alot like a GB-1 but it is too old for that.
The cue is not signed anywhere. I took some pictures, I can take more.

The cues weight bolt kinda tell sit all, this style weight bolt is commonly used on import cues. It addition, Balabushka used Delrin for a butt cap material unlike the plastic material pictured. The cues points / splice also leads me to believe that the cue is a 80's model Adams. I would suspect that the cue is one of the early Balabushka models made by Adams. They started making the Balabushka Series cues in the early 80's, I think you friends estimate of the cues age is not correct.

Please include an additional photo of the cues butt with the weight bolt removed.

Thanks Craig
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