Palmer PB cue question

[Shooter1]

I have a Palmer PB7 I bought new I suspect in the early 80's. It has been retired for some time but I pulled it out to revisit and do some research on. From what I can tell, this model was made in Japan by Adam Cues? It appears Palmer started having their cues made overseas around 1970? Also it looks like the PB series might have been a bit "higher end" than the PM series as the PB's seem to have more inlays, Am I correct in that assumption? Is there any way to narrow the time window a cue may have been made by looking at it and it's features?

http://www.palmercollector.com/PBandPMLines.html

I have three shafts for this cue, one is slightly warped but the other two are good. This old cue hits almost as well as my Schon. I always liked the red and turquoise colors in the points.

Thanks for any replies.

 

[garczar]

I have a Palmer PB7 I bought new I suspect in the early 80's. It has been retired for some time but I pulled it out to revisit and do some research on. From what I can tell, this model was made in Japan by Adam Cues? It appears Palmer started having their cues made overseas around 1970? Also it looks like the PB series might have been a bit "higher end" than the PM series as the PB's seem to have more inlays, Am I correct in that assumption? Is there any way to narrow the time window a cue may have been made by looking at it and it's features?

http://www.palmercollector.com/PBandPMLines.html

I have three shafts for this cue, one is slightly warped but the other two are good. This old cue hits almost as well as my Schon. I always liked the red and turquoise colors in the points.

Thanks for any replies.

Without serial #'s how could you narrow it down? Palmer collector site says they were made from early 70's thru the 80's. You're talking a lot of cues. Nice cues, i owned a PB(unknown model) and it played as nice any Schon i've used.

 

[TATE]

I have a Palmer PB7 I bought new I suspect in the early 80's. It has been retired for some time but I pulled it out to revisit and do some research on. From what I can tell, this model was made in Japan by Adam Cues? It appears Palmer started having their cues made overseas around 1970? Also it looks like the PB series might have been a bit "higher end" than the PM series as the PB's seem to have more inlays, Am I correct in that assumption? Is there any way to narrow the time window a cue may have been made by looking at it and it's features?

http://www.palmercollector.com/PBandPMLines.html

I have three shafts for this cue, one is slightly warped but the other two are good. This old cue hits almost as well as my Schon. I always liked the red and turquoise colors in the points.

Thanks for any replies.

Palmer was a custom and semi custom cue builder that eventually transitioned to production cues and distribution.

Palmer initially dealt with Adam by using some of their "blanks", the pointed forearms and handles, in the mid 1970's, about 1975. Most of these were used for 3rd catalog cues, which were made at the Palmer shop in New Jersey.

They then contracted with Adam in the late 1970's to make the PB line. PB meant Palmer Billiards and it was a production line with affordable prices. The cues were designed by Peter Balner but built by Adam to Palmer specs.

http://www.palmercollector.com/PBLine.html

The PM line was Pete Margo's project. He was in charge of design, sales and promotion. They were designed to be an affordable production line. Pete also had his more upscale "bullet" series.

http://www.palmercollector.com/PMLine.html

As you stated, chances are your cue was made in the early to mid 1980's. There were many thousands of the PB line cues made and they are quite popular as players. Palmer was still making certain cues and lines of cues in New Jersey all through the 1980's until they closed.