Keith Josey of Savannah, GA began shooting pool as a teenager. After building custom homes with his father, the late Skip Josey, he’d play pool with his brothers and dad after work every Friday evening.
He started a cue repair business in 1989 and then began building cues in 1992. His most expensive cue was sold to a collector in Taiwan for $16,000. The cue consisted of ebony, turquoise stone, and silver.
Josey cues are sought after by quite a few collectors as well as players. He uses ebony, purple heart, cocobolo, bird’s-eye maple, bocote, amboyna burl, rosewood burl, maple burl, snakewood, and tulipwood. Wow! There are so many different woods to choose from. He says he hasn't used diamonds yet, but has worked with malachite stone, turquoise stone, and silver.
Business is good. Josey says, "We’ve received multiple orders from Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Canada. We sell to Switzerland, Germany, Italy. We’ve recently taken several orders from China."
Skills needed for the job: "Woodworking. Machinist. Good at math. You have to be very meticulous with what you do. Probably the biggest thing is you have to have patience and be able to focus."
Keith Josey is on the American Cuemakers Association Board of Directors, and interestingly, his wife and he are both instructors for Savannah Taekwondo Academy.
Read more about Keith Josey: Keith Josey Makes His Living Making Pool Cues [Retrieved 16 May 2011]
Website: Joseycues.com
Here a picture of Tony Watson when he received his brand-new custommade Keith Josey cue at the U.S. Open. I think it has turquoise in it, too!
He started a cue repair business in 1989 and then began building cues in 1992. His most expensive cue was sold to a collector in Taiwan for $16,000. The cue consisted of ebony, turquoise stone, and silver.
Josey cues are sought after by quite a few collectors as well as players. He uses ebony, purple heart, cocobolo, bird’s-eye maple, bocote, amboyna burl, rosewood burl, maple burl, snakewood, and tulipwood. Wow! There are so many different woods to choose from. He says he hasn't used diamonds yet, but has worked with malachite stone, turquoise stone, and silver.
Business is good. Josey says, "We’ve received multiple orders from Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Canada. We sell to Switzerland, Germany, Italy. We’ve recently taken several orders from China."
Skills needed for the job: "Woodworking. Machinist. Good at math. You have to be very meticulous with what you do. Probably the biggest thing is you have to have patience and be able to focus."
Keith Josey is on the American Cuemakers Association Board of Directors, and interestingly, his wife and he are both instructors for Savannah Taekwondo Academy.
Read more about Keith Josey: Keith Josey Makes His Living Making Pool Cues [Retrieved 16 May 2011]
Website: Joseycues.com
Here a picture of Tony Watson when he received his brand-new custommade Keith Josey cue at the U.S. Open. I think it has turquoise in it, too!
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