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chuck amos

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Selling my 1950's Titlist Hoppe professional cue. Very nice cue! Beautifuly restored by Scott Sherbine Proficient billards fresh finish, leather wrap, ivory ferrule, mori med tip, origonal perfict decal. asking $1,000 or best there no nicks or dings. Shaft has a very slight fractional lift that does not effect play. 21 oz
 

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Looks to be original other than the refinish and possibly new buttplate...
Nice looking cue. Good luck with a sale.
 
chuck amos said:
not converted, all origonal from a cue that was in great shape to start with.
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Do you mean this cue was born a 2 piece cue? It wasn't a one piece that was converted to a 2 piece? Please excuse my ignorance.I don't know a lot about Titlist cues.Thanks.BTW,it's a nice looking old school classic,and good luck with the sale.
Marc
 
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not a titlist

batalarms said:
Do you mean this cue was born a 2 piece cue? It wasn't a one piece that was converted to a 2 piece? Please excuse my ignorance.I don't know a lot about Titlist cues.Thanks.BTW,it's a nice looking old school classic,and good luck with the sale.
Marc
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Its actually a willie hoppe professional, basically a titlist blank that came from the brunswick factory as a two piece. kind of like the true balance was the full splice house cue without veneers I think the keen shot or the high run were the two piece version of that. Back then if brunswick made a one piece house cue they would also make a two piece as well with the same blanks, hit both sides of the market. Sell to the rooms a one piece cue, and sell to the players a two piece cue, plus they sold all the tables to the rooms, they were marketing geniuses back then.
By the way, awsome looking willie hoppe:grin:
Tom
 
In my research I think Brunswick made the Titlist which is a 1 piece with 4 veneers, and the Willie Hoppe Professional, which was born a 2 piece cue with identical veneers.
 
POOLGODBEWITHME said:
Its actually a willie hoppe professional, basically a titlist blank that came from the brunswick factory as a two piece. kind of like the true balance was the full splice house cue without veneers I think the keen shot or the high run were the two piece version of that. Back then if brunswick made a one piece house cue they would also make a two piece as well with the same blanks, hit both sides of the market. Sell to the rooms a one piece cue, and sell to the players a two piece cue, plus they sold all the tables to the rooms, they were marketing geniuses back then.
By the way, awsome looking willie hoppe:grin:
Tom
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Great info Tom.Thank you.
Marc
 
hoppe professional

Thanks for the input. Yes it was made as a two pice cue. The ttlist cue and its role in the history of american cues is an intrestng story. Here are a few pictures of one of my other titlist, an origonal factory blank.
 

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Beautiful restore by Scot. He does great work. I would love to have it but I just bought a Rauenzahn Titlist conversion and a 50's original Hoppe Pro.

GLWS on a beautiful cue.
 
titlist blank

Unless someone made me an offer I could not refuse, I will keep the blank. Not many out there and would like to preserve it rather than seeing it made into a playing cue
 
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