Preserving Cuemaker Signature

Rich93

Rich93

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My cue has a lot of chips in the finish and I'd like to have it refinished. However, it has two handwritten signatures under the finish - my name in Ray Schuler's beautiful handwriting on the forearm (see avatar), and his own signature on the butt plate. Since Ray has passed on, I have a sentimental attachment to preserving his original handwriting. Can it be done?
 
Rich93 said:
My cue has a lot of chips in the finish and I'd like to have it refinished. However, it has two handwritten signatures under the finish - my name in Ray Schuler's beautiful handwriting on the forearm (see avatar), and his own signature on the butt plate. Since Ray has passed on, I have a sentimental attachment to preserving his original handwriting. Can it be done?
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Rich, it will depend on where the chips are in the finish. If they are directly over or in anyway extend into the signatures then it is a complete crap shoot. If the areas around and over the signatures is not damaged it should not be a problem at all.

For those reading this, this does not apply to all signed cues. Signatures are not always on the cues wood, some cue makers over the years have signed their cues in the cues finish to help identify if some one other than themselves has refinished the cue.

However, all Schuler cues I have encountered have been signed on the cues wood.

Hope this helps
 
I would talk to Schuler's factory, Last time I talked to them, they had someone who worked with Ray, and is authorized to re-sign it if needed.
 
Michael Webb said:
I would talk to Schuler's factory, Last time I talked to them, they had someone who worked with Ray, and is authorized to re-sign it if needed.
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I am unsure if they are still open Mike, I know they sold alot of their equipment a few years back. I thought that production was moved somewhere else, but if they are still operating they would be the best bet in case something go's wrong.

Hope all is well Mike.
 
I was at a 3 cushon touney last year and an asian man was there that said he owned schuler now and was raffelling a cue for donation to the USBA but I don't know what country he was from.
 
Thanks for the responses. I was told it could be done by a cuemaker but I'm still nervous about it, so I posted the question.

As for Schuler, their shop in Chicago is closed and new Schuler cues are being manufactured by Jacoby. At Derby City I asked the Jacoby rep how the Schuler business was going for them and that particular rep didn't know much about it. I don't suspect it is more than a very minor part of Jacoby's business.

Noel Mendoza, who was the operations manager for Schuler after Ivan Lee left the firm, is now making Schuler-style cues:

http://www.mendozacues.com/
 
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