Please help me identify old cue

[Laura Friedman]

I just picked this up. I doubt it's anything special, but the inlays and nice and I like the old fashioned "mother of pearl" (or plastic or whatever it is). I'd love to know when this cue was made, and who might have made it.

There are five photos below, and five in the next post.











Thanks!

Laura

 

[Laura Friedman]

Here are the other five photos

 

[manwon]

I just picked this up. I doubt it's anything special, but the inlays and nice and I like the old fashioned "mother of pearl" (or plastic or whatever it is). I'd love to know when this cue was made, and who might have made it.

There are five photos below, and five in the next post.

Thanks!

Laura

Laura, the cue looks like either a Brunswick made by Schmelke or a Schmelke cue from the late 1960 or the early 1970's.

If possible please post some additional photo's of the cues joint and the cues bumper on it's bottom.

While these cues are not that valuable, they are nice examples of that time frame in cue making. The design on the cues forearm is not a decal it is actually an inlayed design. The leather wrap on these cues almost looks like the material they use to make for steering wheels.

Post those additional photo's and I can give you a positive identification.

Update: Laura the cue was not made by Schmelke for Brunswick, it is an import cue made I believe in Japan. The numbers at the joint and on the shaft completely give it away, these were produced for Brunswick. All the other information I posted above is correct.

Take care

 

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It's not collectible - it's a Taiwan import probaly from the same factory that made Brunswick labeled cues in the 1970's. It may have had a Brunswick decal at one time. I've seen similar and they've been marketed under various names. Imperial owned a number of these lines at the time. The inaly is a from of woodworking called "banding" , where glued up woods are cut into strips and inlaid into a routed groove.

Chris

Ps. Just saw Craig's post - who knows, maybe a Schmelke Brunswick, but they commonly used a different joint style.

 

[Laura Friedman]

You guys are good, and fast! Thanks so much for the info!

 

[Lazerrus]

I have almost the exact same cue with just slight variances. It looks like the bumper is fairly worn down on yours but there is still a chance if you look at the bottom of the bumper you may be able to make out the Brunswick name which was embossed in the rubber. That is how mine is anyway.