Slowly building my collection, trying to focus on cuemakers in States I've lived in the US.
Had Pete Tascarella make me a cue two or so years ago (I'm from the NJ-NY Metro Area, Tascarella being the guy for this area).
Just got a 1965-68 Ginacue Domino in the mail today that still plays amazing. (Lived in the Bay Area / Oakland / Berkeley for a while).
I have a cue on order from a certain guy in Ohio (went to college out there).
I'll pick up a Bushka one day, that's my holy grail.
Any cuemakers from Hawai'i, or should I lump that into California / Ginacue? I worked on a few organic farms out on the Big Island when I was younger.
Relatedly, if anyone has a Pete Margo model Palmer, hit me up!
Side rant: I remember going to Palmer Video to rent movies as a kid! We went to the one in Scotch Plains, NJ near my grandparent's house rather than the Blockbuster on Rt 22 in Greenbrook up the road. Had no idea it was connected to Palmer Cues / Pete Margo until well after it had closed. What's funny is that I helped a good friend drop his car off at a mechanic in Plainfield, NJ around 2010. I noticed a "Palmer Video" sign on a storefront and walked by to check it out. Note that parts of Plainfield NJ were *not* areas you wanted to be in at night at the time. It was an electronic store filled to the brim with cell phones and old stereo parts, probably just took over the lease/biz and kept the sign up. Guy surely had no idea the history of the name Palmer. It's not there anymore, and I wonder if it was the last use of the name Palmer Video or Palmer in existence. By that time, I think the actual Palmer Video business was long gone.
Edit - you can see the remnants of "Palmer Video" on the awning sign here. A ghost of pool's past and of a way of life in general. This is in Kenilworth NJ.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.677...4!1sbn2sdd_1W9h0zkVYVw_p1g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Had Pete Tascarella make me a cue two or so years ago (I'm from the NJ-NY Metro Area, Tascarella being the guy for this area).
Just got a 1965-68 Ginacue Domino in the mail today that still plays amazing. (Lived in the Bay Area / Oakland / Berkeley for a while).
I have a cue on order from a certain guy in Ohio (went to college out there).
I'll pick up a Bushka one day, that's my holy grail.
Any cuemakers from Hawai'i, or should I lump that into California / Ginacue? I worked on a few organic farms out on the Big Island when I was younger.
Relatedly, if anyone has a Pete Margo model Palmer, hit me up!
Side rant: I remember going to Palmer Video to rent movies as a kid! We went to the one in Scotch Plains, NJ near my grandparent's house rather than the Blockbuster on Rt 22 in Greenbrook up the road. Had no idea it was connected to Palmer Cues / Pete Margo until well after it had closed. What's funny is that I helped a good friend drop his car off at a mechanic in Plainfield, NJ around 2010. I noticed a "Palmer Video" sign on a storefront and walked by to check it out. Note that parts of Plainfield NJ were *not* areas you wanted to be in at night at the time. It was an electronic store filled to the brim with cell phones and old stereo parts, probably just took over the lease/biz and kept the sign up. Guy surely had no idea the history of the name Palmer. It's not there anymore, and I wonder if it was the last use of the name Palmer Video or Palmer in existence. By that time, I think the actual Palmer Video business was long gone.
Edit - you can see the remnants of "Palmer Video" on the awning sign here. A ghost of pool's past and of a way of life in general. This is in Kenilworth NJ.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.677...4!1sbn2sdd_1W9h0zkVYVw_p1g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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