Help ID this 70's cue, looks good!

[cuetique]

In addition Mcdaniel made as many, if not more, BUSHKA'a as GEORGE did.

The Delrin butt cap, that exact weight screw, the 5/16-14 joint screw, chamfer style on the insert, 1" joint (he has since switched to a 3/4" SS joint), and the old Brunswick natural rubber bumper scream McDaniel. I just completed refinishing two of them, and I'd put all my cash on them being early McDaniel.

 

[bruin70]

The Delrin butt cap, that exact weight screw, the 5/16-14 joint screw, chamfer style on the insert, 1" joint (he has since switched to a 3/4" SS joint), and the old Brunswick natural rubber bumper scream McDaniel. I just completed refinishing two of them, and I'd put all my cash on them being early McDaniel.

it's not as if others cuemakers never use those parts!!!

gotta a macro pic of some 70's mcdaniel veneer points?

 

[cuetique]

eh, good point --- it's just looking down that bumper seat into that rusty screw is so eerily familiar...

 

[TATE]

IMHO the BUSHKA spin is very wishfull thinking.

In addition Mcdaniel made as many, if not more, BUSHKA'a as GEORGE did.

I saw hundreds of brown bumpers in his shop during the time frame that this Q was probably made.

I still think the Q has to be in hand for someone to determine who the probable maker was.

Based on feedback left by buyer and seller it appears everyone is pleased....thats all that matters

Oh, and birdseye figure in the maple. What does that tell you?

 

[cueman]

Oh, and birdseye figure in the maple. What does that tell you?

I am not sure what birdseye figure should tell us?? But Spain was not the only one who made blanks for George. Bob Meucci and Gus also made some from what I understand. I think all three used birdseye as well as straight grain. Did George never use birdseye?

 

[cueaddicts]

.....Did George never use birdseye?

Can't say as I've ever seen one but that's certainly not to say some weren't done. From where I'm sitting, saying that 'somebody never did this or that' isn't always the wise path.....

 

[TATE]

I am not sure what birdseye figure should tell us?? But Spain was not the only one who made blanks for George. Bob Meucci and Gus also made some from what I understand. I think all three used birdseye as well as straight grain. Did George never use birdseye?

There were a few but he didn't like birdseye because he thought it was weak. There were some Gus blank cues with figure, but these would be very, very rare. The veneer colors should be black, red, green, and natural.

There are always exceptions.

Chris

 

[TATE]

But Spain was not the only one who made blanks for George. Bob Meucci also made some from what I understand.

Was that before or after he invented the Internet?

 

[classiccues]

The trade is still on the table...

The JWhite tulipwood cue for this unknown cue straight up.

JV (---thinks the veneers are blue and brown

 

[ChrisOnline]

The trade is still on the table...

The JWhite tulipwood cue for this unknown cue straight up.

JV (---thinks the veneers are blue and brown

its funny.. the jensen i got recently, i thought the veneers in that were
green... turned out it was the finish that gave them that color and they were infact blue... and if you looked at them before.. the green looked alot like the ones in the beginning of this thread...

i would say there is a good possibility that they are blue like ClassicCues says..

chris

 

[bruin70]

maybe i'm just being narrow minded about this, but since names are being thrown around here concerning who used what parts etc etc, which were readilly available to any cuemaker(i assume, yes), i'd like to get back to a certainty........the veneer work on this cue is terrific. granted we haven't seen ALL four prongs, but just based on the one pic.

i am no cue historian, and have never seen 70's workmanship by any of the cumakers mentioned. can anyone show me macro's of 70's veneer work made by mcdaniel, meucci, spain or whoever? it seems now from reading everybody, that craftsmanship like this was oozing out of the woodwork back in those early decades. all of a sudden i'm interested in seeing how good these guys were back then.

 

[cueman]

its funny.. the jensen i got recently, i thought the veneers in that were
green... turned out it was the finish that gave them that color and they were infact blue... and if you looked at them before.. the green looked alot like the ones in the beginning of this thread...

i would say there is a good possibility that they are blue like ClassicCues says..

chris

The veneers appear to be black, green, orange and natural. As you mentioned the colors may not be what they look like as the finish is definitely yellow. The tips of the black veneer almost look purple so the outside veneer could be very dark purple. There was a picture taken by Jimbo of about a dozen Bushkas a couple of years ago and a few of them had birdseye maple in them. I don't want to refinsh it to find out. I refinshed a Rambow years ago and was told it may have been worth more if left alone.