Joss- 1968-1979- Post your Pictures Please!!!
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LOL!
Yeah.
Years ago I thought mine was pretty unique but it turns out it is far from it. Just a four point with veneers.
I don't think I have seen one like yours though. It certainly is a very special cue, higher end for sure and maybe unique.
I am very glad to see the refinish work done by JOSS. It just reinforces my thoughts they should do mine when I get the money together. I was always worried about it, especially about the logo. I have some small dents to raise and I know some would sand instead of raising them, but that would destroy the logo...and IMHO the cue.
If I had the money I would be collecting early JOSS, Josswest, and Scruggs cues. They share their pedigree the way I see it. A lot od history there and all real players. As it is I feel lucky to have my JOSS and I recently got a matching Scruggs shaft for it here on the forum. Someday maybe I will be able to treat myself to another early JOSS but I will never sell the one I have.
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One of my favorites. Ivory Snowmen.
WOW! That is a beautiful cue. I'd love to have one like that. Awesome!
Josh
These old Josses are my absolute favorite cues. Great pics of great cues! I've got an early 80's Joss that I've shot with for about 13 years and it plays as well as anything, but these old hand-made cues are what I truly want as soon as I have a few grand burning a hole in my pocket.
Great thread!!!
I just came across this thread while doing some research on my own cue. I was told that mine was from the same era as alot of the ones pictured here. It appears to me that mine may actually be from some time in the 80s. Though disappointing, I still love my Joss and will never part with it. Here are some pics.
The buttplate is not the original. I shattered it sometime in the 90s. While having it repaired is when I was told it was an early Joss. I don't remember what the logo on the buttplate looked like or if there even was a logo on the buttplate. It's not inconcievable that the buttplate I broke may also not have been the original. Who knows...
Anyway, it's the best playing cue I've ever had. Sure, I wish it was one of those rare, valuable ones and I stumbled upon it for next to nothing, but its value to me will always outweigh whatever the "current market" says it is worth.
I just came across this thread while doing some research on my own cue. I was told that mine was from the same era as alot of the ones pictured here. It appears to me that mine may actually be from some time in the 80s. Though disappointing, I still love my Joss and will never part with it. Here are some pics.
The buttplate is not the original. I shattered it sometime in the 90s. While having it repaired is when I was told it was an early Joss. I don't remember what the logo on the buttplate looked like or if there even was a logo on the buttplate. It's not inconcievable that the buttplate I broke may also not have been the original. Who knows...
Anyway, it's the best playing cue I've ever had. Sure, I wish it was one of those rare, valuable ones and I stumbled upon it for next to nothing, but its value to me will always outweigh whatever the "current market" says it is worth.
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Your cue looks like a model N-4, which had a list price of $395 as of 4/1/1991.
Which is waay more than I paid for it in the mid 90s...
Just received this one from tduncun. Cool cue. Pre-72. Thinking it's a ONE OFF because of the different ring work and ivory ringwork above the wrap. Had a KU Bumper that was down to the butt cap, so I put a NOS KU on there. No logo. 57.5 inch cue with a 5/16 x 18 pin.
