Ken's Rambow
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Nice Cue!
What type of wood Chris? Very nice looking cue for sure!
What type of wood Chris? Very nice looking cue for sure!
I happen to have one now thats close to identical to this cue. I'll try & get some pics tomorrow.
Thanks Chris
In a discussion in the FOR SALE section there was some talk about a cue that was on ebay.
Chris was nice enough to post these pics for me.
The Rambow I have was purchesed out the Murphy Little Collection.
"Snooks" Perlstein orginally purchased the Rambow cue. He was quite the accomplished player, with rumors of him beating Willie Mosconi. Snooks was friends with Murphy Little, a criminal lawyer practicing in Miami.
In time, the cue had made its way to the Lexington, Kentucky home of the wealthy attorney. It remained in the Murphy collection until his death.
Shown in the pics are the March 2003 Pool and Billiard Magazine feature on it and the Balabushka that was purchased from the collection. Also shown is a March 1968 Billiard News Cover showing a picture of "Snooks" and the little Rambow cue he was playing with.
It is all original, as seen, it has seen some use. It has 3 shafts.
I really like the little cue!
Ken
In a discussion in the FOR SALE section there was some talk about a cue that was on ebay.
Chris was nice enough to post these pics for me.
The Rambow I have was purchesed out the Murphy Little Collection.
"Snooks" Perlstein orginally purchased the Rambow cue. He was quite the accomplished player, with rumors of him beating Willie Mosconi. Snooks was friends with Murphy Little, a criminal lawyer practicing in Miami.
In time, the cue had made its way to the Lexington, Kentucky home of the wealthy attorney. It remained in the Murphy collection until his death.
Shown in the pics are the March 2003 Pool and Billiard Magazine feature on it and the Balabushka that was purchased from the collection. Also shown is a March 1968 Billiard News Cover showing a picture of "Snooks" and the little Rambow cue he was playing with.
It is all original, as seen, it has seen some use. It has 3 shafts.
I really like the little cue!
Ken
Ken_4fun said:
I have one Rambow too and can say the cue has more character than any modern day cue I've used. It kind of feels like a scraggly old man would be shooting your nuts off with it.
When I have collectors over, I like to pull out the Rambow, a Model c Palmer, my old Model 6 Palmer, first catalog, and 2 model 26's 1/2's one piece (restored to like new) from the 1920's. I like to have players hit balls with these cues to see what a cue is really supposed to feel like. The modern cues are highly functional but don't have much personality at all compared to the old ones. It's like comparing a 2006 Honda Accord to a '57 T-Bird.
Chris
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