Question for collectors, dealers, and cuemakers

Bobby

Bobby

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Can anyone tell me when cuemakers started designing 6 point (3 high/3 low) and 8 point (4 high/4 low) ivory points with a thick ebony channel point in a maple nose. Thanks.


Bobby
 
I would have to say some where around mid to late '80s. Don't think I can recall seeing anything like than on something purported to be before that time period. What kind of cue has you puzzled?

Sean
 
Bobby said:
Can anyone tell me when cuemakers started designing 6 point (3 high/3 low) and 8 point (4 high/4 low) ivory points with a thick ebony channel point in a maple nose. Thanks.


Bobby
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rocky tillis in the 60's also when he started recuts.

gina late 60's

spain and gus in th 70's ?
 
merylane said:
rocky tillis in the 60's also when he started recuts.

gina late 60's

spain and gus in th 70's ?
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John, are you serious....with 6 hi/lo or 8 hi/low ivory points bordered in ebony? Can't say that I recall seeing anything in this config. I was thinking Horn might havew been one of the firsts doing these. Sean
 
cueaddicts said:
John, are you serious....with 6 hi/lo or 8 hi/low ivory points bordered in ebony? Can't say that I recall seeing anything in this config. I was thinking Horn might havew been one of the firsts doing these. Sean
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oops... well what about ernies 65 ivory handle?

if only ebony and ivory sounds like verl to me.
 
merylane said:
oops... well what about ernies 65 ivory handle?

if only ebony and ivory sounds like verl to me.
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think Ernie's '65 cue had silver prongs with ebony outlines. probably even more impressive at that time that ivory.....
 
bruin70 said:
bobby,,,do you mean a cue design something like this libra? https://billiardcue.com/cues.php?view=1&search_letter=l

btw, sean. i've seen this libra floatin' around for years. why is it so expensive? beautiful cue, but they stopped building cues before they made a name for themselves
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Thanks everyone for your replies.


Yes Bruin, that type of cue but without the inlays and stuff. Just simple points. A few years ago someone said that particular point design was fairly new and I agreed because I had never seen that design on old cues. I thought this might be a good place to ask.


Bobby
 
bruin70 said:
...btw, sean. i've seen this libra floatin' around for years. why is it so expensive? beautiful cue, but they stopped building cues before they made a name for themselves
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simply put, libras are rare. i've seen at most 20 of them and have heard from multiple sources that they only made 150-200 cues. they were not cheap back then. maybe one reason why they didn't continue on making cues. a cuemaker just can't jump in charging high dollars...they've got to "pay their dues". have heard that they skipped that part. i've heard they got started by buying stroud's equipment when he sold off his stuff to go straight-cnc.

irregardless of that, many people I know that are/were A players 10-15 years ago have said that Libras were some of the nicest hitting cues they've ever had in their hands. barry szamboti has mentioned that he thinks they are some of the finest cues that have ever been made !!
 
i got a chance to play with one when they started out. it was a plain 6pt/3hi/3lo, maple nose/african blackwood pts. in fact, it was a VERY nice hitting cue. it had a ping though, which i think was odd for that type of cue.
 
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