Does this Schon cue have ivory inlays?
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sales@schoncues.comI've been trying to find details on this 2005 Schon CX-61, but google searches have not yielded anything. Do these inlays look like genuine ivory, plastic, or something else?
I believe I can see the patina lines, but not certain here.
IIRC they used ivory up until around 2015-ish so this could well be.I've been trying to find details on this 2005 Schon CX-61, but google searches have not yielded anything. Do these inlays look like genuine ivory, plastic, or something else?
I believe I can see the patina lines, but not certain here.
Does recon ivory retain the Schreger lines / patina? I'd imagine those lines would disappear if the ivory was ground down and remolded like particle wood. I think I see those lines in the attached photo. My 2nd cue's inlays definitely have those lines present.
That's a cuestix international cue and I'd be terribly surprised to see one with ivory. They generally sport micarta. They were all made to retail and no way they built a bunch of them in various weights and stuff to retail, so if it had ivory it would be part of one of the custom lines, SPL or likewise and not a CX series at all. It's micarta.
I have a 1980's Meucci that uses mircata inlays, and the material does not look similar up close -- no lines, completely smooth:
Here is a genuine ivory inlay for comparison:
The lines look similar to the initial post image, hence the inquiry.
I did e-mail sales@schoncues.com (TY Mike Webb) and am awaiting an official reply.
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I do have a small UV flashlight available, though I'm not sure if it is bright enough to differentiate between the inlay materials:
It almost looks like the Meucci's old finish is reacting to the UV light given its foggy appearance. However, the center (Schon) and right (Andy Gilbert) inlay images appear very similar under the same UV light source.
It almost looks like the Meucci's old finish is reacting to the UV light given its foggy appearance. However, the center (Schon) and right (Andy Gilbert) inlay images appear very similar under the same UV light source.
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going by the pictures....which can be deceiving......the image on the right and maybe the center are ivory, but not the one on the left the meucci.I do have a small UV flashlight available, though I'm not sure if it is bright enough to differentiate between the inlay materials:
It almost looks like the Meucci's old finish is reacting to the UV light given its foggy appearance. However, the center (Schon) and right (Andy Gilbert) inlay images appear very similar under the same UV light source.s.......
I thought the white inlays were always ivory until a certain year for a schon per Evan. Different cues but, in the late nineties I had 2 cues built.
The cuemaker said you might as well get ivory inlays because the price wouldnt be much different then plastic
The cuemaker said you might as well get ivory inlays because the price wouldnt be much different then plastic
they also used Corian
Corian,pink ivory, and ivory in a schon I had
When I originally read the FAQ on the CueStix website back in 2005, it mentioned that its Schon cues were made with the same materials and workmanship as other Schon's, but the designs were CueStix exclusives. Ivory was still readily available in 2005. I don't remember the exact price I paid, though I believe it was around $1200 to $1400. The CX61 is a long-discontinued model, and its old sales / brochure info has been thoroughly scrubbed from its old dealer sites.
Still no reply from sales@schoncues.com, but I'll update this thread once I get an answer.
My bottom schon had a lot of ivory
What model and year is that bottom Schon? The forearm matches an SH102, but the bottom sleeve is different.
The SH102 was the other cue I considered buying before pulling the trigger on the CX-61.
90's Ltd-202. The origional sh-102 had solid diamonds when I first saw it on the j&j site
