Stupendis Panto Work - Old School

[Stupendis]

Hi,

Here are some old school cues my good friend Ken "Stu" Mortson created in the early 90s. He does not have a computer so Stu brought these cues into my shop this week and asked me to photograph them and post in the gallery as the SBE is coming up this week.

These 5 cues were not made at Burt Shraeger's shop in Cali, they were made in Wheeling Il. on Ray Schuler's Big Mill P2-3 panto and have the Schuler Joints with delren butt caps.

Some materials used for inlays in these cues shown are Ivory, Lapis, Tortoise, Abalone, Silver and Pink Ivory.

Stu's cues are discerned by the backwards S moniker somewhere on his cue in silver or other exotic inlay material.

Enjoy,

Rick Geschrey
Esoteric Cue

 

[Stupendis]

Two More:

 

[maxeypad2007]

wow those cues are really unique.

 

[mia]

Nice cues.

Why do you have two screen names?

 

[whammo57]

and..... now, 20 years later and $20,000 worth of CNC equipment... we are trying to make a cue as nice as that..............

Great work Stu...........

Kim

 

[Stupendis]

Nice cues.

Why do you have two screen names?

Mia,

I created this screen name for Stu to sell some cues.

He is 89 years old does not use a computer.

He spend a few hours everyday in my shop and will be able to make posts here.

Rick

 

[Chopdoc]

So these cues were made in the 90's, and pantographed/inlayed now?

Am I understanding that right?




Very cool cues. My hat is off to a guy still at it at 89. :thumbup:





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[Remy]

Why do you have two screen names?

Same reason you're allowed back here after being banned under a diff name

Why do you want to trash this man's thread Brian?

 

[cueaddicts]

So these cues were made in the 90's, and pantographed/inlayed now?

Am I understanding that right?

Very cool cues. My hat is off to a guy still at it at 89. :thumbup:

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No Doc, these were made and inlaid back then in the early 90s. Great cues....Stu really did some unique work back then...trendsetting influence imho. He certainly left his mark on inlaying cues and design. What a neat guy to talk with, too. The man has a mountain of knowledge about many subjects....true renaissance man and gentleman.

 

[Quesports]

No Doc, these were made and inlaid back then in the early 90s. Great cues....Stu really did some unique work back then...trendsetting influence imho. He certainly left his mark on inlaying cues and design. What a neat guy to talk with, too. The man has a mountain of knowledge about many subjects....true renaissance man and gentleman.

I agree with this completely. Having had the pleasure of meeting Stu on several occasions I would say he is a man to be proud of. To have lived to be almost 90 and to be as sharp as a tack with no real sings of being anywhere near 90 just amazes me. He's funny, articulate, intelligent and a real gentlemen to hang out with. The random posters that wish to belittle him are only making themselves look bad and are not upsetting Stu one bit. He's been around way to long to worry about that type of nonsense. Plus I bet he doesn't give a sh--!

 

[97Buick22]

No Doc, these were made and inlaid back then in the early 90s. Great cues....Stu really did some unique work back then...trendsetting influence imho. He certainly left his mark on inlaying cues and design. What a neat guy to talk with, too. The man has a mountain of knowledge about many subjects....true renaissance man and gentleman.

Agreed, Stu is a great guy and a wealth of knowledge. He was kept behind the scenes for many diffrent cuemakers over his long career. He has got millions of great stories and if you listen well you may learn a thing or two. His pantograph work was very unique and diffrent, and pushed the envelope in many ways.