Frye vs (Abe) Rich cues

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I love my Doc. It's more than a cue. It's a memory. I was at his house a few times. Played 1ball in the corner with him at Cue & Cushion on Cottman.
The Rich was my first 2piece. I sold it to buy the Doc Frye. Should have keep it. I managed to get another a few years ago.

Aside from the Doc the Rich cue's that are still around are in really good shape considering their age. I'm no expert but why are they not worth more? There is nothing negative about them. They are built. They are solid. Historic.
 
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GoldCrown said:
Your opinion of an Abe Rich cue quality?
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Abe? I don't know that I have handled enough of them to say. I have a few, just not the one I want.

From what I have seen in general through that era, with the exception of the "top" makers, the materials, fit and finish was much the same among numerous makers. Abe didn't splice cues or do inlays. Mostly basic cues. Some simple window cues.
 
Chopdoc said:
Abe? I don't know that I have handled enough of them to say. I have a few, just not the one I want.

From what I have seen in general through that era, with the exception of the "top" makers, the materials, fit and finish was much the same among numerous makers. Abe didn't splice cues or do inlays. Mostly basic cues. Some simple window cues.
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Are Abe cues the multi color wrap and 2-3 segments of colored acrylic?
 
You mean like this?

cueman

Thread 'Abe Rich Collection'

This is my Abe Rich Collection. The cue on the right is mint conditon unused Florida Cue he built before going out on his own as Star Cues. The first cue is one I bought from Abe myself. He made me come to Miami to pick it up. He said he would not ship it. So I took my wife to the Keys. It was like stepping back in time when I walked into Abe's shop. He had very minimal equipment and thousands of pieces of wood he had turned round by hand on a wood lathe. It was worth the trip.
The second cue in the picture was Mike Danner's personal playing cue. Mike was a road player and was most famous...
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GoldCrown said:
Are Abe cues the multi color wrap and 2-3 segments of colored acrylic?
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my cue bought directly from abe is not muticolored
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Abe was mostly a cue assembler from parts that he bought and sometimes built. - his cues play fine, nothing special - his lack of adding spliced cues and classic inlays kept him from achieving higher cue building status.
Just a true throwback in the craft though, I visited him in Fl. At times in his shop - he is one of the true grandfathers of this fine craft any way that you want to look at it. Owning one of his cues just adds to the history of any cue collection!
 
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kling&allen said:
I always liked his old school equipment. That might be the same model (or at least style) of lathe that Rambow used in his later years.
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I believe GB worked on a wood lathe as well. Abe called himself a "wood turner". Definitely "old school", which appeals to many of us I think.
 
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