where are the Schön cue experts ???

[Celophanewrap]

I already asked evan clarke but no answer and sent email to schön....lets see if they reply...would still be nice to know what series. Didnt see it in any cx listings

Did you provide Schon with a credit card #? Last thing I heard from Slchon is they won't
provide you any information like that unless you pay for it (bastards!)

Evan has retired from cuemaking (most recent Segen) and will be going on to other
adventures.

I have a Schon from around 93ish, I was able to find a little information about it here from
some of our Schon experts, but that was a few years ago. It was prior to Schon charging
for that information. What Schon told me was that back then they produced a line of cues, -
The 'C' series for Cuesitx. and they did give me all the information regarding my cue, type of woods,
cost, and so forth. Cuestix now has the 'CX' line of cues. What I found was that very
little was known about the 'C' line, or at least very little was being revealed.

I had the chance to show my cue to Evan prior to his retirement, he confirmed that he was
the one that made it, mostly identifiable to him by the pin, the one with the flat top. He was able to
fill in any blanks and confirmed the information that Schon had given me,, and as a bonus - you
really can't ask Evan a question like that and not get some great stories or interesting conversation
about the subject. He's really a great guy with mountains of knowledge.

Many people will tell you that is an Acme pin, Evan said it is not an Acme, it's just a 5/16 X 14
that he fashioned that way and he was the only one at Schon to use that particular pin.

There's that thread "Show Us Your Schon" or something like that. That thread has links
to a bunch of Schon resources, but it's been a while, I'm not sure how many might still work.

Remember, if you ask Schon they will likely want payment to look this up for you, but it
may be the only way to get a straight answer

 

[Bigb'scues]

Right but that dont matter, he can still answer a question

You cool bro?.......lol

 

[12squared]

Take a picture of the pin. If it looks like this it was around 1993 and was only offered for a short time. I believe this was the first year that Runde was gone completely, but could be wrong about that.

 

[justinb386]

The CNC work is definitely of the Evan Clarke era, plus the design is not something I would associate with Bob Runde

Are the inlays on Schon cues also done using CNC? Just curious, because I had a Schon that had rounded points, but the inlays were not rounded (they were very sharp at all 4 corners). Most Schon cues that I seen in the past had rounded off inlays. I think the ones with the sharp inlays might kind of rare. I see that even one of the Runde era Schon cues (in the link that was posted in this thread) appear to have rounded off inlays.

 

[ideologist]

Are the inlays on Schon cues also done using CNC? Just curious, because I had a Schon that had rounded points, but the inlays were not rounded (they were very sharp at all 4 corners). Most Schon cues that I seen in the past had rounded off inlays. I think the ones with the sharp inlays might kind of rare. I see that even one of the Runde era Schon cues (in the link that was posted in this thread) appear to have rounded off inlays.

You can cut sharp points and inlays with a CNC mill...

 

[cuesblues]

There were some Runde models that came out with CNC points & inlays
Many of the R15's for instance had rounded points.

Also, the 1993 joint system wasn't an ACME thread, but some of them seemed that way, and I never understood why.
That joint is completely different than a typical Schon joint.
It's all metal, with zero wood contact.
Just one solid hunk of stainless.
I love the way they hit for some reason.
Just picked up a cool one.
Most people that have the 93 Schons love them.
That joint design gets trashed but I like it.