Interesting Old Cues or Junk?

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pocket

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These are some house cues that a friend got when he purchased a cue rack. They seem interesting, are they just 'old house cues' or something more interesting. Thanks in advance.
 
I would not call them junk, but they are older low end imports. But I still for some reason find old cues interesting. If for nothing else, but just for the amount of work the Asian cuemakers would put into a cheap cue. All that groove cutting and still use cheap woods.
 
I collect vintage cues and when I get cues like these I give them to kids who are interested in the game, thats the real value of these cues.
 
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Cuebuddy said:
I collect vintage cues and when I get cues like these I give them to kids who are interested in the game, thats the real value of these cues.
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I've seen many of these cues, and actually got a stack of them with my pool table, those kids are better off using a house cue LOL

The shafts of these cues are made up of what is barely wood and feel horrible in the hand.

If you gave me one of those it's be like "Mister, what did I do to you to deserve this?" :grin:
 
hang-the-9 said:
I've seen many of these cues, and actually got a stack of them with my pool table, those kids are better off using a house cue LOL

The shafts of these cues are made up of what is barely wood and feel horrible in the hand.

If you gave me one of those it's be like "Mister, what did I do to you to deserve this?" :grin:
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The kids in your neck of the woods might be a little brighter then this area. :embarrassed2:
 
Thanks for all the responses. I really like the look of them if nothing else.
 
Ill tell another secret.

Years ago, guys that sold, refinished, or moved pool tables always came across tons of cues, generally one piece.

Occassionally, they would come across titlist cues, in pretty damn nice condition and that was where I got a lot of the ones I converted or sold.

The folks that had them didn't know what they were worth and frankly just wanted rid of them.

I have been offered 3 piece slate tables often, if I would just come and get it out to their way.

I too have a pile of these cues. At one house, my wife made current rods out the pool cues. :eek:

Ken
 
Those cues tend to made of ramin wood, a hardwood of Southeast Asia.
I bought 24 of them years ago at $2 apiece.....hung them for a year, but not one stayed straight.
I've always wondered what ramin wood would hit like if I gave a shaft to a good cue maker.
 
MCP said:
One mans Junk another mans Gold.
Mcp
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Unless youre Goldmember. Then your junk is just gold.

I would not use that term to describe these cues though hehe. Sometimes one man's junk is another man's junk as well :smile:
 
pocket said:
Thanks for all the responses. I really like the look of them if nothing else.
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The third one from the bottom should actually be pretty good, it looks to be a nicely spliced cue with quality wood. Hopefully the ferrule and wood was not too mangled. Get a good tip on it and it should be very usable.
 
hang-the-9 said:
The third one from the bottom should actually be pretty good, it looks to be a nicely spliced cue with quality wood. Hopefully the ferrule and wood was not too mangled. Get a good tip on it and it should be very usable.
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I think it's just painted......do a close up....the points bleed.
 
It's my opinion these are inexpensive import cues. When I was in college, I used to buy these at discount sporting goods stores, along with slip-on tips. In a frat house, these rarely last more than a one month. Later I started buying 1 piece cues at a real pool store; V. Loria and Sons in NYC. The price difference was maybe $5-10, but the difference in quality and durablity was noticeable. Real hardwood full spliced into maple shafts.
 
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