Tru Balance cue

[PDX]

I bought a tru balance a little while back and didn't notice until now that it is only 52 inches long. It has a black fiber ferrule. Where they all this short or is this a real old stick? Anything helps.

 

[softshot]

the rarest wood on earth won't help you..

if you can't stroke in the first place...

and if you CAN stroke... any cue will do..

but I suck

so take everything I say with a grain of salt..

 

[manwon]

I bought a tru balance a little while back and didn't notice until now that it is only 52 inches long. It has a black fiber ferrule. Where they all this short or is this a real old stick? Anything helps.

It would help if you posted a photo, but I would suspect that if you are calling the cue True Ballance, that it has a lable with True Ballance on it. These cues with the True Ballance lables were made from the 1940's through the 1960's. The length of these cues could be for the following reasons.

1) Brunswick had a cue repair facilities that were operated in many larges cities, to the best of knowledge until the early 1950's. Broken cues were sent to have new shafts made, new ferrules and tips installed, and all other types of cue repairs. The shaft could have broken, so they cut the cue down, re-tapered it, and replaced the ferrule and tip.

2) Brunswick made cues in different lengths for different games.

a. Carom Games - 52 inch - 56 inch

b. Pocket Billiards Games - 57 inch

c. Custom Orders - These cues could be made to any length that the
customer requested, I am uncertain when they stopped making
custom orders.

Hope this helps

 

[PDX]

Cue

I will try to get dome photos. It does have a tru balance label on it and I forgot to mention that it is a one piece. Thanks for the info.

 

[poolplayer2093]

I bought a tru balance a little while back and didn't notice until now that it is only 52 inches long. It has a black fiber ferrule. Where they all this short or is this a real old stick? Anything helps.

i'm really surprised you didn't notice how short the cue was. i experiment with different lengths cues and i only very the length by maybe an inch or two and it's really noticeable to me.

it's my understanding that older cues were shorter but only 56-57 inches or something like that. where'd you buy your cue? do you know the maker? what's the butt/joint/tip diameter?

 

[poolplayer2093]

the rarest wood on earth won't help you..

if you can't stroke in the first place...

and if you CAN stroke... any cue will do..

but I suck

so take everything I say with a grain of salt..

i just canceled a cue i had ordered after reading this.

 

[PDX]

I probably didn't notice the length because I never played with the cue. It is a one piece, not a conversion. I saw how straight and tight the grain was, and thought it would be great shaft wood. I just put a cue up next to it and realized how short it was. The tru balance label on it is gold and thinly bordered in green. I don't know if that helps with dating it. I would wager it was probably a billiards cue, I didn't even think about it when I posted the thread.