Gus Szamboti question

macguy

macguy

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I moved this from the other thread hoping to get an answer.
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Originally Posted by SK Custom Cues
"I think you're looking for something like this? Watch a video about how this 'small time' cue maker assembles his cues next thing you know, P-R-E-S-T-O. Instant gratification. It's as easy as 1-2-3."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9EtqCqbUaE

reply from Macguy:
I have seen that video a number of times. It is interesting he glued up his points with the blank square. I know Palmer also did it this way. I wonder if anyone stills does it this way today. What would be the advantages, anyone have any thoughts? Does his son also do it this way? He made me a cue once with 8 points once that he didn't want to do but I talked him into it. I heard from someone else that he had mentioned the cue he was building for me and he had to do it three times to get it right. Maybe because of the way he built his blanks is why he had such a problem with the 8 point cue.
 
Yes barry still does his points into a square blank. barry also did points for gus's cues As for the other questions thats for barry. I know gus did alot of 8 pointers without veneers and inlays on top. I think he only did 1 cue 8 points all veneers. Atleast thats what i was told
 
dave sutton said:
Yes barry still does his points into a square blank. barry also did points for gus's cues As for the other questions thats for barry. I know gus did alot of 8 pointers without veneers and inlays on top. I think he only did 1 cue 8 points all veneers. Atleast thats what i was told
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The one he did for me was 4 long and 4 short. It was sort of a copy of a Gina cue I had at the time. It had quite a bit of inlay as well. From looking at pictures of his cues mine may have been one of the most elaborate cues he ever made. I wish I still had it (I have a picture of it somewhere), but it came to a bad end during an argument with my wife. I had the cue in my hand and that was the end of it. I honestly think smashing that cue changed me. After crying by myself over what I had done, I have never did anything like that again. I smashed another Szamboti before that as well as other cues, but that cue was special.
 
dave sutton said:
thats a 40,000$ mistake.
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The other Szamboti was just a plain 4 point Bushka style but that cue would be worth maybe $5000.00 today as well. Not to mention the host of other cues I broke. I must have broken at least 6 Joss cues. I may have been keeping Billy Stroud in business. Just joking. To someone who has never done it, it is hard to explain. At the time you don't even think about what you are doing. I am not sure what the point is you are trying to make, it's really nuts, I am just glad I never really hurt anyone back then. I did shoot a guy but he was intending to rob me.
 
macguy said:
The other Szamboti was just a plain 4 point Bushka style but that cue would be worth maybe $5000.00 today as well. Not to mention the host of other cues I broke. I must have broken at least 6 Joss cues. I may have been keeping Billy Stroud in business. Just joking. To someone who has never done it, it is hard to explain. At the time you don't even think about what you are doing. I am not sure what the point is you are trying to make, it's really nuts, I am just glad I never really hurt anyone back then. I did shoot a guy but he was intending to rob me.
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wrong.... i dont think you could find a gus for 5000$ today. in fact not even a barry for that. atleast nothing with points. try 7500 min
 
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