It's George

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6ft 5" 285, hits 'em hard
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the search function on AZ does not lend itself well to names less that 4 characters or with special characters, and if you just search for George, you come up with A TON OF STUFF.

I was just curious if someone in the know could please tell the story of the "It's George" brand, timeline and who was involved?
 
found this through google... but was looking for a little more info

IT'S GEORGE
Maker of pool cues from 1989 to 1998 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Mike Roberts became involved in the billiard industry when he began making cue cases in the 1980s. He named the company for an old pool room expression from the 1920s: "It´s George," was said to indicate that something was good, as opposed to, "It´s Tom," which meant that something was bad.
After becoming successful in the cue case market, Mike knew he wanted to make cues next. Mike had one of the top cuemakers in the country help to set up his cuemaking operation, which started making cues in 1989. The cues were easily identifiable by the "It´s George" logo on the but caps. The classic 5/16 in. piloted joint was standard on It´s George cues, and a 3/8 in. flat-faced joint was also available. Shafts were interchangeable, so it was not necessary to send in the butt to replace them. In the mid-1990s, It´s George introduced a new white linen phenolic for joints and ferrules, called I.V. Tech, which was more resistant to yellowing than other linen phenolics.
In 1997 Mike stopped making cues in order to concentrate on his case business. He made very few custom cues as a hobby until 1998.
 
They came back into case making here in the past year or so.
JB could tell you......but he's not here right now.
 
I was interested in buying one of their more plain "traditional" cues, well not me buying, but helping someone who is buying, and was just looking for some more info on the cues.

They seem to be desirable, and from what I have found play well... but I didn't really know the history.
 
I was interested in buying one of their more plain "traditional" cues, well not me buying, but helping someone who is buying, and was just looking for some more info on the cues.

They seem to be desirable, and from what I have found play well... but I didn't really know the history.

Basically what I've gathered is that the cues made after a certain number are made slightly differently and changed the hit of the cue. Earlier cues are the more desired ones.
 
Just some search help, you can add quotation marks to help define your search. For example, "It's George" will bring up threads that have those words together. This comes in handy a lot of the time.
 
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