Shield logo on butt?

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bobbydee

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Does anyone have a clue what manufacture this is from this crappy pic? TIA
 

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There were a few cues that were made in Europe starting in the 1800s into the early 1970s that use shields on their cues. These shields were not at the base of the butt as you see here. Sampaio cues from Portugal sometimes had shields towards the top of the cue butt area, but they always had either the words Sampaio, Made in Portugal stamped somewhere on the cue- usually on the upper butt area and also the shaft- sometimes both words stamped on both cue sections and also on the rubber bumper.
Hiolle cues from France often used large mother of pearl shields on the cue forearm. Sampaio would do that as well on some cues in addition to their stamped name (s), especially on their intricately wood carved cue handles.

Your cue is neither of those cues. They can be much more sought after than yours, which as something like a Players Edge, has no historical cue collecting value or much value as a modern day player. The Sampaio cues, and the Hiolle cues, if still reasonably straight, actually were decent playing cues, having adopted pocket billiard cue specifications from their straight non- pocket billiard cue origins.
 
mikemosconi said:
There were a few cues that were made in Europe starting in the 1800s into the early 1970s that use shields on their cues. These shields were not at the base of the butt as you see here. Sampaio cues from Portugal sometimes had shields towards the top of the cue butt area, but they always had either the words Sampaio, Made in Portugal stamped somewhere on the cue- usually on the upper butt area and also the shaft- sometimes both words stamped on both cue sections and also on the rubber bumper.
Hiolle cues from France often used large mother of pearl shields on the cue forearm. Sampaio would do that as well on some cues in addition to their stamped name (s), especially on their intricately wood carved cue handles.

Your cue is neither of those cues. They can be much more sought after than yours, which as something like a Players Edge, has no historical cue collecting value or much value as a modern day player. The Sampaio cues, and the Hiolle cues, if still reasonably straight, actually were decent playing cues, having adopted pocket billiard cue specifications from their straight non- pocket billiard cue origins.
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