interesing traditional cue

[phil dade]

Coming from north St. Louis in the 60's, I really did not know where to go for a really nice custom cue. Fast forward to later in life, I still did not know but the first Enclyclopedia of Biliards was excellent and helpful, as was Brad's Bluebook.

Reading these, I came accross Dale Patten and because of his corrabortion with Gus Szamboti and his association with west coast legend Richie Florence, (his brother in law). A very good combination for input on making great cues.

I contacted Dale around 1997, but he had retired from making cues. However, one more thing.... Dale kept one cue for himself made out of a Gus blank but never applied the tips. I convinced him to sell it to me.

To start, I have enclosed the write up from the First Edition of the Enclyclopedia of Billiards.

 

[jazznpool]

Thanks Phil for posting this. I went to Dale to have a shaft made and other repairs 3-4x in 1982-1984 in Redondo Beach, CA (Emerald St, I think). One of his other hobbies was restoring Thunderbirds and reselling them. On one of my visits he has a baby blue 1957 or 1958 T-Bird in the driveway that had been restored to mint condition. It was awesome. Dale was easy to deal with and I was happy with his work. Back then there weren't many guys who did good quality cue repairs. Martin

 

[prewarhero]

Very nice. I like it ALOT

 

[ibuycues]

Talk about something special! Wow!

Phil, I enjoyed every square inch of your post about a very special cue.

Thanks!

Will Prout

 

[phil dade]

Thanks

Hello Will and Martin,

Thanks for your comments. I appreciate them. I am terrible with a camera and apologize for the poor pictures. The cue is not quite as dark as it looks in the photos. It feels great and as you can see, I still mint as it has never left my home.

Thanks also Prewarhero.
all the best,
Phil

 

[RascalDoc]

Thanks for sharing. Great story and a sweet cue Sir.

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[JimmyRayK]

Thanks for the story and pics. Love the traditional value of the cue.

JimmyK

 

[ga9ball]

Patten

Cool piece of history Phil! Enjoyed the story too.
Take care

 

[phil dade]

thanks for the comments

Hey Greg and Jimmy,
Thankks for the comments. I did the pics with my i phone. I need to learnmy wife"s camera for most posts!
Regards,
Phil

 

[EtDM]

What a great piece of history, thanks for sharing!

 

[deep]

Very cool. I own one of Dale's cues and its a great player.

 

[phil dade]

thanks

EtDM and Deep,
Thanks for your comments. It is very well balanced and a solid hitting cue.
all the best,
phil

 

[know it all]

cue

Dale patton made the cues in calif,was in with Richie Florence,the pool player. Gus made alot of blanks for him,and this one looks like one. I had alot of his cues in the 70's.real good construction and players,as well as good looking.Rich aka the skunk.

 

[skins]

very unique cue Phil.. I like

 

[cueaddicts]

Great cue, great story.....Dale built a very nice cue. Congrats, Phil !! :thumbup:

 

[phil dade]

Thanks

I want to thank Know it all, Skins and cue addicts for the kind words. It is a simple well executed classic. Has to be good starting with a Gus blank.
thanks again,
Phil

 

[ideologist]

I love this cue, excellent provenance. Can you get another shot of the veneers?

 

[ZiggyLee]

Congrats!!!

Wow Phil, that's a really sweet cue. I'd like to have that baby in my collection. Congrats:thumbup:

Chris:smile:

 

[phil dade]

veneers

The veneers are like a purple red, (rouge),orange, yellow and natural. I am sorry I can not do better pictures. Here is another attempt.

 

[phil dade]

veneers

another try, veneers are bright and chrisp, rosewood not quiteas dark as pictures.