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mjantti said:
So, anyone can tell more about Libra cues ? Blue book has only 2 lines of info that they were made 1988-90. What price range is a plain jane Libra cue nowadays ?
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Sent them quite a bit of info that I had compiled, but guess it got lost in all that fiasco/changeover from Martyne back to Brad....

Mikko, roughly $1000. I just ballpark the plainer ones about half the value of a SW.
 
bruin70 said:
also sean,,,didn't libra tend to copy a lot of styles and never really had one of their own? i recall them promoting their cues that way or jack what's his name telling me that,,,,around '94-5.
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Don't know if they really made enough cues to have their own style, per se. They were kind of expensive when they were new and I've been told by a few cuemakers that the perception of some was that they "didn't pay their dues" to justify that kind of money when they came out on the market.

Yeah as for "copying", somewhat, but who didn't back then? Many of them have a general SW appearance, but there are noticeable differences, like they did everything from no-point to every different point configuration. An example of the "copying" I guess might be the JW type designs that originated with Ginacue in the 60s. You can see that same style in the two ivory inlaid Libras on our site and even Mark's 8-point CP. A lot of cuemakers "copied" each other's work back then.

Incidently, I have heard that when Libra started out they got some of Stroud's equipment when he moved to CNC. One thing that Libra also did...they made some nice cues featuring scrimshaw ivory windows and inlays. Think they were among the first to begin doing that.
 
Ruthless said:
Only having Laurie look at it will tell for sure. To me the rings are not typical DPK as someone else mentioned, so I would say it may be a late 80's SW. Either way you have a nice cue up for grabs.
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If I thought I had a DPK, I would only send it to DPK since he's alive an all.
 
cueaddicts said:
Nope, not all. The two I've seen with a brass 3/8-11 pin did not have the ivory dot. We've also encountered a few others with a 3/8-10, both stainless and brass, without the dot. They just had the tip of the pin filed or machined down and polished. I've heard the thing about the early vs the late ones, too, but one we had was the last cue out of their shop and I don't recall it even having the dot. McChesney and Wright use to sell most of their cues from what I understand...c. 1988-1990.

The majority of the ones you will see though have the stainless 3/8-10 pin with the small ivory dot on the tip like the ones featured on our site and Scot's photo gallery. "Majority" not meaning there's a lot of them....just percentage-wise. I doubt there is more than 150 or so Libras in existance. IMO they are one of the greatest made and hitting "unknown" cues of all time. I'll put the hit and feel of their cues up against anybody's.

Sean
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Hey Sean, The cue on Proficient's dite labeled "Simple" is mine. It does not have an ivory dot in the pin. Looking at the pics, do you have any question as to whether the cue is a Libra?
 
Ktown D said:
Hey Sean, The cue on Proficient's dite labeled "Simple" is mine. It does not have an ivory dot in the pin. Looking at the pics, do you have any question as to whether the cue is a Libra?
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No, it sure looks like one to me.
 
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