Schon ferrule question...??

[garczar]

Did they ever use ivory for ferrules? I've only seen micarta and whatever they use now. Seen a few S's listed with ivory ferrules and it got got me wondering. TIA..........

 

[lord_shar]

On older schons around the Runde era, the answer is yes. On newer ones before the ivory ban, ivory ferrules were an optional upgrade.

 

[measureman]

Did they ever use ivory for ferrules? I've only seen micarta and whatever they use now. Seen a few S's listed with ivory ferrules and it got got me wondering. TIA..........

I bought a new Schon around 1985 or so and both shafts had Ivory ferrules.
I sold it to buy a Meucci and that was one of the dumbest pool moves I've ever done.

 

[chuckpilegis]

Doesn't a Schon shaft with ivory ferrules have SchonIV marked on shaft

 

[T@BP]

Here is 5 shaft from 80s-90s, all shafts are never used, 4 of them has Ivory and one has some other material.

 

[lord_shar]

I just realized that you can also check the ferrule for Schreger lines to determine if it is ivory or not. I just checked my mid 2010 Schon shafts, and those faint ivory lines are present.

EDIT: Image of my old Schon ferrule:

The ivory grain is pretty easy to see at the correct angle. I heard ivory does not stain as easily with chalk either.

 

[j2pac]

I just realized that you can also check the ferrule for Schreger lines to determine if it is ivory or not. I just checked my mid 2010 Schon shafts, and those faint ivory lines are present.

Not a Cue-Maker so take this with a grain of salt. I believe that you can also put ivory under a "blacklight" and it will "illuminate," so to speak.
I've heard that Elforyn will do the same, but I have not personally put that to the test.

My apologies for the intrusion into the forum. Occasionally I will offer a bit of advice/information, but only when I am relatively confident that I am not completely full of...stuff.

 

[lord_shar]

Not a Cue-Maker so take this with a grain of salt. I believe that you can also put ivory under a "blacklight" and it will "illuminate," so to speak.
I've heard that Elforyn will do the same, but I have not personally put that to the test.

I posted this in another thread while trying to figure out if my Schon cue had ivory inlays using the black light test:

The far right image is a known ivory sample, and the center image looks close too the known sample to be anything else. The far left image is a known mircata inlay.