Hello everyone..
First off, Im new to the forum so HELLO!!
I began playing at the Boys & Girls club and played from the ages 6 until I was about 9. I used to sit there and play consistently every day (M-F) after school until my mother picked me up. I didn't get the chance to play to often after attending the B&G club, but whenever I got the chance I surely enjoyed shooting. I'm currently 21 and just recently got into a league in Southern California. Our first season we ended up placing at Tournament of Champions and I'm looking forward to going to regionals!! I'm currently a SL-5.
Anyways, I have been playing with a team-members cue for the past 2 seasons. It was a nice (but cheap) cue and although I enjoyed playing with it I really wanted to get a cue of my own..
I decided to give my moms old friend a call, the person who originally got me into pool. He used to play a lot when I was younger, and I knew he always had a couple nice cues on hand.
He mentioned to me that he has a cue I can HAVE. I was exstatic to say the least, but very curious to see what he had for me!!
After about 2-3 months of playing phone tag and before getting the chance to meet up, I decided to ask him if the cue happened to have a name (company). He mentioned he got the cue in Las Vegas between the years 1990 and 2000 (He doesn't remember) at a tournament. He isn't very big on ''hyping'' any of his belongings, regardless of how good they are, but I do know he likes QUALITY things and doesn't really like to go the ''cheap'' route, so to speak. I thought he mentioned it was a SOUTHWEST cue, and at the time I had no idea what that was. So I hopped online to check it out, and to my surprise everything I saw ranged from $1500-$4000 !!
Fast forward a little bit, and I finally get the chance to meet up with this very generous person and he gifts me my new cue (and really nice case, too!). It is honestly everything I had wanted in a cue, simple, but classy & beautiful !! I asked another question along the lines of it being a Southwest, considering the research I had done prior put me in near disbelief, or shock more-so. From what I understood, he mentioned it may be a "Southwest Copy". He told me he owns a "Jerry Franklin era Southwest" and that my cue would be very difficult to determine if its authentic or not because there are no stamps/serial codes etc on either of the two (his or the one he gifted).
He mentioned to me that he has NEVER parted nor sold ANY of his cues out of his collection, and the one I received was his very first one. Personally, I think he gave me one of the nicer cues he had just because of his complete generosity and kindness. I am completely blown away and I have been in complete awe ever since I received it (Less then a week ago).
I'm beginning to ramble a bit but I was wondering if anybody has any information that may help me figure out my curiosity.
I don't really care to much if its real or not (although that would be absolutely AWESOME!!) because the value of the cue is PRICELESS to me. It shoots absolutely AMAZING (i had no idea what a GOOD cue really felt like) and its my first pool cue as an adult so it'll hang around forever.
Thanks for reading
First off, Im new to the forum so HELLO!!
I began playing at the Boys & Girls club and played from the ages 6 until I was about 9. I used to sit there and play consistently every day (M-F) after school until my mother picked me up. I didn't get the chance to play to often after attending the B&G club, but whenever I got the chance I surely enjoyed shooting. I'm currently 21 and just recently got into a league in Southern California. Our first season we ended up placing at Tournament of Champions and I'm looking forward to going to regionals!! I'm currently a SL-5.
Anyways, I have been playing with a team-members cue for the past 2 seasons. It was a nice (but cheap) cue and although I enjoyed playing with it I really wanted to get a cue of my own..
I decided to give my moms old friend a call, the person who originally got me into pool. He used to play a lot when I was younger, and I knew he always had a couple nice cues on hand.
He mentioned to me that he has a cue I can HAVE. I was exstatic to say the least, but very curious to see what he had for me!!
After about 2-3 months of playing phone tag and before getting the chance to meet up, I decided to ask him if the cue happened to have a name (company). He mentioned he got the cue in Las Vegas between the years 1990 and 2000 (He doesn't remember) at a tournament. He isn't very big on ''hyping'' any of his belongings, regardless of how good they are, but I do know he likes QUALITY things and doesn't really like to go the ''cheap'' route, so to speak. I thought he mentioned it was a SOUTHWEST cue, and at the time I had no idea what that was. So I hopped online to check it out, and to my surprise everything I saw ranged from $1500-$4000 !!
Fast forward a little bit, and I finally get the chance to meet up with this very generous person and he gifts me my new cue (and really nice case, too!). It is honestly everything I had wanted in a cue, simple, but classy & beautiful !! I asked another question along the lines of it being a Southwest, considering the research I had done prior put me in near disbelief, or shock more-so. From what I understood, he mentioned it may be a "Southwest Copy". He told me he owns a "Jerry Franklin era Southwest" and that my cue would be very difficult to determine if its authentic or not because there are no stamps/serial codes etc on either of the two (his or the one he gifted).
He mentioned to me that he has NEVER parted nor sold ANY of his cues out of his collection, and the one I received was his very first one. Personally, I think he gave me one of the nicer cues he had just because of his complete generosity and kindness. I am completely blown away and I have been in complete awe ever since I received it (Less then a week ago).
I'm beginning to ramble a bit but I was wondering if anybody has any information that may help me figure out my curiosity.
I don't really care to much if its real or not (although that would be absolutely AWESOME!!) because the value of the cue is PRICELESS to me. It shoots absolutely AMAZING (i had no idea what a GOOD cue really felt like) and its my first pool cue as an adult so it'll hang around forever.
Thanks for reading
