Here are some one piece cues that I have picked up thinking I could get a good shaft or butt from each one, hopefully. The top of the blue tape is .840, or whatever the joint is on a Runde R-6. Batteries ran out on the caliper.
#1 valley supreme
#2 has a 20 stamped at the bottom of the handle, doesn't look like it has ever had a bumper, and the wood is dense and colder than the others. It feels nice.
#3 50's Tru balance, I believe, with brunswick burned around the weight.
#4 50's Tru Balance's I believe. Normal weight stamp
#5 is 30's or older
#6 Not sure what it is, but it is the only old one with flat bottom points. Purple heart with 062032 stamped on a point. Looks original and machine stamped.
#5 & #6 have warped shafts, #4 has a hairline crack that runs the handle, #2 is missing 3/4" of a tip on one of the points.
Do these look useable for conversion butts or shafts if/when straight? Any idea on the woods, besides #6?
Patrick
#1 valley supreme
#2 has a 20 stamped at the bottom of the handle, doesn't look like it has ever had a bumper, and the wood is dense and colder than the others. It feels nice.
#3 50's Tru balance, I believe, with brunswick burned around the weight.
#4 50's Tru Balance's I believe. Normal weight stamp
#5 is 30's or older
#6 Not sure what it is, but it is the only old one with flat bottom points. Purple heart with 062032 stamped on a point. Looks original and machine stamped.
#5 & #6 have warped shafts, #4 has a hairline crack that runs the handle, #2 is missing 3/4" of a tip on one of the points.
Do these look useable for conversion butts or shafts if/when straight? Any idea on the woods, besides #6?
Patrick
