Old house cues

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Ive been buying any old house cues I find and was wondering if there is any value in these, to a cue maker for conversions that is.

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From left to right
This one has part the old brunswick sticker from the 20's, weight stamp between points.
The next two have weight stamps above the points and have squared points where the maple meets the handle.
Fourth cue has an old tru-balance sticker.
Fifth is a high-run butterfly with 2 veneers and 20 stamped at the bottom of the handle.
Sixth cue also has a 20 stamped on the butt.
The last cue only has 032.032 stamped on one of the points, maybe 1/8" x 1/2"
 
I'd say the biggest factors are diameter approximately 30'' from the bottom of the cue, how straight that section is, and how close the points are to even. Typical modern joint size is .825-.850; I found a lot of the older house cues are in the .700's in the joint area.
 
There is value , but not much . I've done several , when they are done , hard to get much for them . I like the looks , and am doing one right now for a guy that brought me his one pc. cue . Jim
 
old cues

i buy them 100 at a time from a table restorer, most are only good for shaftwood, but i have made sneaky petes out of a few. seems to me that one out of a 1,000 is brw, ebony, or a nice purple heart. most are common hardwoods.
 
I don't know about the cue makers, but I have always been curious why we don't see more conversions of the old butterfly splices like that one. Obviously there aren't as many around to use for blanks, so that would explain it in part, but I have been interested in them for some time and interested in seeing more conversions of them. I guess others just aren't as interested as me or we would see them.


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chopdoc

i have converted a few of the old butterfly splice cues and they play great, but look very drab. now we have builders like bhq building great multi splice butterflys that not only look great, but also play great.
 
I bought 6 from EBay for pretty much nothing.
Unusable unless I am able to build a cue warp taker outter.

The BBC and Tru Balance that I do have both look and play great.
 
desi2960 said:
i have converted a few of the old butterfly splice cues and they play great, but look very drab. now we have builders like bhq building great multi splice butterflys that not only look great, but also play great.
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Thanks.

I guess I always just think of the old Katz cues. I really would love to have one of those converted...but they aren't common or cheap.

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