What is this Cue?
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The butt looks older than the shaft just from the ferrule length...If the shaft shown IS original to the cue, it wasn't made by George, Gus, Barry, Jimmy or Paul, and prabably not Kline, Black, or Pete T. nor Timmy S.?? Those would be the primary well know makers that make that style cue... The puzzling thing to me is the rubber bumper is nicely recessed. Not all makers get that "right"... I guess my answer is, I dunno... maybe Jerry -R-?
Doesn't look like a Bushka. The rubber bumper is the wrong color. Also, the silver colored ring in the joint collar leaves too much space to the forearm to be a Bushka, or a Gus, for that matter. Also, the material appears to be aluminum, rather than nickel, though I admit this could be the photo effect. Also, the points do not come close enough at the wrap to be a Bushka, and George almost (but not always) put nickel rings on the outside of the ring assembly above the wrap. Also too much brass showing in the first picture of the shaft joint pilot to be either, though could be a replacement shaft.
I don't think it's a Rauenzahn either, as he would have done points closer together, nickel for the joint rings, and spaced them differently.
Pictures that would help would be the shaft collar at the joint, ferrule, and a straight-on picture of the forearm, to get the point proportionality of the forearm.
This is a tough one. The joint collar looks like an Adam, but nothing else does. The veneer colors come closer to the ones used by George, Gus, and some contemporary makers, but nothing identifies it yet. Tough one.
All the best,
WW
I don't think it's a Rauenzahn either, as he would have done points closer together, nickel for the joint rings, and spaced them differently.
Pictures that would help would be the shaft collar at the joint, ferrule, and a straight-on picture of the forearm, to get the point proportionality of the forearm.
This is a tough one. The joint collar looks like an Adam, but nothing else does. The veneer colors come closer to the ones used by George, Gus, and some contemporary makers, but nothing identifies it yet. Tough one.
All the best,
WW
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Jerry
Old one with slip on boxes. Or newer one with slip on boxes very much like Gus. Pin is to long though. Not enough there to tell. The veneers are not indexed like a TS.
Nick
Old one with slip on boxes. Or newer one with slip on boxes very much like Gus. Pin is to long though. Not enough there to tell. The veneers are not indexed like a TS.
Nick
Agree
I agree both these cue makers made a lot of cues and didn't sign them, I think
it looks like a Jensen. Mike has made some great cues and not even signed them.
I agree both these cue makers made a lot of cues and didn't sign them, I think
it looks like a Jensen. Mike has made some great cues and not even signed them.
It could be a custom by Richard Black would be one of my first guesses.
I would agree it does look like an early Richard Black cue.
He didn't sign his early cues. Send pictures to him and
he can verify if it's his or not.
GL
Mike
He didn't sign his early cues. Send pictures to him and
he can verify if it's his or not.
GL
Mike