The prong looks like one of Dad's. But not the color of the ones that he sold
to Palmer. This is a chartreuse green. This is the color that Dad used for his prong,
not the green that we made for Palmer blanks.
The butt cap resembles how Rambow did his cues with an ivory butt cap. But, of all the ones that I have seen by Rambow, his radius wasn't as deep as this cue.
I have seen a few other cues like this back end, that were from the Philly area.
Denny Glenn even bought one from Jimmy Fusco. It was the first one that I saw and
we were trying to determine if it was a Rambow cue.
A short time later, I did some repair work for a man rom the Philly area and after working on his Gus, he came and picked it up. He bought another cue with him,
one that he had made for him and has owned since it was made by John Okie.
I met John Okie when he installed my Dad's first table. I thought he was only a table mechanic, but it turns out he made some cues with Titalist blanks and also a solid
maple nose. If this is an Okie cue, it would be the first one that I have seen with a
prong made by my Dad.
Just trying to shed some light on an unknown and as I've found out a decent cuemaker
from more than 40 years ago.
Good luck with your search and I hope this helps.
Barry
