Unknown Cue. Please help identify maker.

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Will "MONSOON" & SEARING!
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Hello to everyone who takes time to read this post. I've had this cue for a little while and have been trying to find out who may have made it. I took it to Vegas during the tournament and asked a few people there, but no one could help. I got it out of California and thought it might be a Harvey Martin, but most people I have sent pictures to don't think so. I sent pictures to Kohara and it is not a Tad. The joint work looks alot like Tex Zimmerman to me, but there is very little on the net about Zimmerman. The brown rings are not wood, but may be a baklelite material. The joint is not ivory, but all the white in the buttsleeve is ivory. Very nice leather wrap which is still hard to see the seam. I think the cue is from the sixties. Please look at the pictures and any ideas are welcomed.

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Definitely not Martin or Tad. Probably a small time cuemaker who had an urge to make an ivory buttsleeve cue. It definitely is unusual with some old and new ideas put together. I'd say it is 1960s. It could be even earlier. The materials have been available for a long time. They are fairly germane to several decade's including 50s and 70s. The hardwood spliced shaft is a very old concept. This is a tough one for sure. Must have been many regional cue makers back then with very low production but great craftsmanship who are virtual unknowns.
 
looking for new eyes or new ideas as to the maker. Any thoughts on a Paradise?
 
cue fix said:
looking for new eyes or new ideas as to the maker. Any thoughts on a Paradise?
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Neat cue, but it's certainly not a Paradise and probably not a huge name legendary maker....based on the style, work and etc. that I see. It has the feel and look of a Rich cue or Gandy, but it's probably not one of those either.

What do you know of the history of this cue....i.e. who had it and where were they from geographically?

Looks late '60s early '70s to me.
 
takeitdown said:
Definitely not Martin or Tad. Probably a small time cuemaker who had an urge to make an ivory buttsleeve cue. It definitely is unusual with some old and new ideas put together. I'd say it is 1960s. It could be even earlier. The materials have been available for a long time. They are fairly germane to several decade's including 50s and 70s. The hardwood spliced shaft is a very old concept. This is a tough one for sure. Must have been many regional cue makers back then with very low production but great craftsmanship who are virtual unknowns.
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I like this theory, most likely some guy who just like experimenting with cues, probably worked at the pool hall and had access to broken house cues. It's a neat find that's for sure.
 
I also have a 60's era cue that no one has been able to identify. On some cues, we may just never know.
 
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