Sorry to ressurect an old thread but its relavent to my question. Yesterday I was in my local room and a guy came in with a very old R8 (dice cue). I have always loved this cue and I tried my hardest to buy it. The cue was really beat up but played fantastic. Extremely solid hit. I haven't stopped thinking about it but I just can't bring myself to pay over retail. Anyhow, I'll stop crying about it.
He said that he bought the cue in 1977. This thread says that Schon began in 1981. This cue looked REALLY old. The butt cap was made of that "clear" looking snow white plastic. It also had a round bumper. Is it possible that this cue is that early? Also, is this an S series and what would you think a fair price is? Cue butt is straight, 2 stitch ring shafts with micarta ferrules, one shaft has slight taper roll.
I have 2 of them, Jay, an R 3 and an R13. Both are mint, and both play very good.All I have to offer is an observation. In the 80's and 90's a lot of good players were using Schon's. It was one of the most popular "players" cues. Their resale value was equal or greater then the cost new. Not many cues at that time held value as well.
By the mid to late 90's fewer and fewer pros were playing with Schons. It was well known that Bob Runde was no longer making them. The pros for the most part passed on the new Schons. At that point they became a true mass production company, marketing mainly to all the amateur pool players. A good company decision I'm sure. They had already built their reputation. Now they were just another production cue, along with Meucci, McDermott and Viking. Still good cues but not 'Rundes'.
I personally owned several early Schon's. Some of them were one of kind cues, with no model number. I regret the fact that I sold all of them. Those old four pointers Bob made were the NUTS! And still are if you can find one.
You sure its NOT an SP-40? About a 85% chance it is. Look CLOSE at the Bushka ring ivory square indexing. I have 3 now and always looking for more. Most were light, medium, or dark stained maple in brown, with medium being most prevalent. I say most were brown only because I have a medium grey stained one..the only one Ive ever seen.Just found this old thread and it caught my attention. Figured I'd add some info about my own Schon. It's from the transitional time when Evan apparently took over the company.
I have what is today called an STL13, but at the time of it's making was an SL14. I purchased it new from a shop in Rantoul, IL in 1991. After sending it back in to be refinished last year (2013), I was told by Evan that it was one of the first of that particular model to be made, but he didn't have an actual date. It seemed he believed he had made it. Somewhere in this thread it states Runde made cues there through 1992, yet the SL models started with Evan? Based on my conversation with Evan, I believe my cue was made by him in early '91. He personally refinished it and did a fantastic job on it, and was glad to have seen it back in the shop after all those years.
Regardless of who made the cue originally, it hits as good today as the day I bought it. I love hit, it's solid, not hollow in any way. I have played with many cues over the years and I've always felt my Schon hit as good as any other cue I've played with. The balance is great, the feedback is good. It's just a great cue. I find it hard to believe Evan's cues, if he built this one, aren't as good as Runde's for playing purposes. I've played with both, and I believe they're both very good. I know I will be keeping my Schon in the family as it's already been gifted to my daughter and don't have any plans to ever sell it.
i think they do it because they lack the attention to detail that Bob Runde had
SL's were mid-90's cues.Hi all,
I just bought a near mint Schon SL15 and am hoping someone can tell me when it might have been made. Also would this have a cored butt?
Thanks,
henrylr