History of Schon

Rico said:
Schon

Bob started making cues in1975 in his basement. He later went to wqrk for Jim McDermott , Then in partnership with Terry Romine started the Schon cue co. Schon pronounced with the (long o sound ) not Shawn,It was Terrys idea he said it meant pretty.When he started Bob did everything he later when he could give him enough work brought Evan over from McDermott. He sold Schon in 92 In 95 started making a few cues (Runde,s) .And as Gregg say,s one of those guys who defines honesty.I am honored to be a friend . One of those handshake guys.Bob gave me a gift many yrs ago and in a pinch i sold it,for 10 yrs almost i regretted that. recently i had the chance to get it back (for almost triple)and it was like my bucket list. Cant wait for him to get home its warm enough to golf .
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The Schon name has 2 dots above the "O". It's called a umlaut. This is a German name that means beautiful. It isn't pronounced Shawn or ShOne, but I guess you can say it however you want, lol.
 
 
garczar said:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&hs=SEGp&sca_esv=75292d05ed8192ec&sxsrf=ANbL-n50fih27QpRy3vxYQ_osueHgeru6w:1769792910553&udm=39&fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKpmAsnXCN5UBx17opt8eaTXz9awvmwbLijfri5gfg3jJCJPQ0h4oA7srHripsC9qMh9qzWtw9p0ZwqdwNk69QSZwx3vOlh8nQdG5IjrqFiIN667RLx-rSx9tqNSlxc9SI_4QmBp9vqy-lVToQS84kVVLl_ij8KExGaMDO_7c5rvsF7r5AEu5YFOmEH3M3eeQLyu-uqiQ&q=how+is+Schon+with+a+umlaut+pronounced?&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4iImu4LOSAxVNxskDHcxxIqsQs6gLegQIFhAB&biw=1408&bih=653&dpr=1.36&aic=0#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:5808e2b4,vid:YWZ4-YaqpoY,st:0 its close to 'schurn' if trying to say it correctly. not 'shawn' or 'shone'. after 40+yrs 'SHAWN' is the standard use, right or wrong. BTW, i've called the shop before and they answered 'SHAWN'.
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Yep...the German is too hard to pronounce for us Americans and the umlaut is not used in English, so "SHAWN' is what sticks.
 
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