How do you tell the difference in a Leonard and Donald Bludworth cue?
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I only spoke to Leonard once, and he was an incredible a$$, so I wouldn't use his cues to start a fire.
He bad mouthed every cuemaker, I had ever heard of, and told me that he was the best cuemaker making cues. Every professional who was worth a damn used his cue and if they didn't they were idiots.
Truly a class act.:angry:
Ken
I only spoke to Leonard once, and he was an incredible a$$, so I wouldn't use his cues to start a fire.
He bad mouthed every cuemaker, I had ever heard of, and told me that he was the best cuemaker making cues. Every professional who was worth a damn used his cue and if they didn't they were idiots.
Truly a class act.:angry:
Ken
To the OP, the Donald Blud cues I've seen have been signed between the points.
Another thing, as Ken points out, the Leonard cues don't burn as easily.
Use the search function within forum. Also do you know if they both have the red dot on the butt sleeve ?
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The one I'm looking at does have a red dot on the butt.
Ok. All I know is that L.B. employed the red dot. Not sure about son. You should give him a call to verify.
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I don't think there is anyway to tell for sure....I know if it's signed by Leonard then it's made by him for sure... I had a Bludworth back in 2000..A great hitting cue...Finished higher in singles and scotch doubles then I have ever at BCA.......
Stupid me, I sold it later on....
I talked to Leonard once on phone and he was cranky. I was looking for joint protectors since he has a very rare size joint pin... His wife was very sick and then died...Maybe that's why, who knows....I know he makes a great hitting cue....Buddy Hall, C.J. and many other pro's used his cues...
Stupid me, I sold it later on....
I talked to Leonard once on phone and he was cranky. I was looking for joint protectors since he has a very rare size joint pin... His wife was very sick and then died...Maybe that's why, who knows....I know he makes a great hitting cue....Buddy Hall, C.J. and many other pro's used his cues...
If I remember right, I think Donald posted once on here that he typically signs his cues and may also use the red dot. Where his dads cues typically used the red dot only.
However I may be mistaken on this information. Donald used to post on here, maybe he'll see this post and give his input.
However I may be mistaken on this information. Donald used to post on here, maybe he'll see this post and give his input.
I know that on at least some of his cues, Donald used the red dot and no signature.
You can't.
The best answer is they both made the cues.
Leonard may have selected the wood, but Donald was doing the CNC programing. If your question is, who turned the machine on, then it could've been any of the guys they had working for them at the time.
In the late 90's Donald assumed 100% of Bludworth Cues and the signature "red dot". Later after, Leonard went in & out of retirement, coming back at least once building his "Bludworth Originals" identified with a red encircled B. They would re-collaborate off and on, some of those cues would've been signed Blud/dated and have a dot. The only admitted instances of Donald signing a cue were of his one-offs that he liked.
Once they went into moderate/macro scale production (xxx - xxxx cues a year) and the ring sections became uniform (especially c-e) it's anybody's guess where Leonard was in the building process. There were variances in the ring work from the early 90's and older. Spacing between the silver beauty ring in between the accompanied collars, and the selected wood being used instead of the common standardized black phenolic.
Cheers.