Who are the GREAT UNKNOWN Cuemakers

PoolSleuth said:
Do you know of what I will call a Great Unknown Cuemakers, or Up & Coming Cuemakers who work is with in reach of the Working Man, and Builds a Good Cue for the Money. Not necessarily an ACA, or ICA Member but a freelance so to speak like Jeff Olney who is in Iowa, and mostly sell locally. But is getting known on a national basis..........;)
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This is a good question. There are sooooooo many. I'll point to some that have posted on AZBilliards:

Barry Cameron
Chris Byrne
Sheldon Lebow

I consider these guys established, local to their area, but still very much under the radar on a national scale.

Fred
 
Dz

i dont want to offend bob by saying hes an unknown, because hes not, but hes my favorite cuemaker for the purpose of getting a playing cue. he worked with me so well and ive been so happy with my dz since the day i got it, cant say enough good things about him.
 
rackmsuckr said:
From our area, they are both well-known here, but probably not everywhere else...Roger Pettit and Dave Jones.
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You completely forgot, Jerry Price from Bremerton WA, and Richard Benson from Kennewick WA.

Their cues are as good as Rogers and Davids, and Rich Benson has been making cues longer than either one of them.

Jerry's cues are very unique, and many people think some one else made his early cues because they were unsigned.
 
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Charlie Edwards said:
Ron Haley, although he has become better known in the last year or so. Right now I rank him alongside Searing, Showman, and Tascarella in fit/finish, point work, and that all important HIT.
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Very Good Post, and no one could have said it better!!!!!
 
I think Richard Chudy is a great (and fairly unknown) local cuemaker who deserves more exposure: http://www.rc3cues.com
He's also very turstworthy and super-nice to deal with.

-- peer
 
Billy Webb, aka Spider Web is a great cue maker and totally not well known.

Billy's Veneers are so tight that they will keep water out.

His Butterfly Splices are also as good as any cue maker in the country, Fanelli may make all the money.

However Billy's work is just as good and under priced currently.

His finish work is as good as any body's, along with his designs.

Billy's cues are very under priced currently, but this will not last much longer.
 
Williecue

I think William Lee is the best unknown cue maker that I have seen yet. He is based out of Corpus Christi, TX and he chats in here a bit. His work is great, and he isn't over priced. Eventually I will have me a Willeecue.


www.willeecue.com
 
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Bryan mordt makes a darn good cue and is just starting to get the rocognition he deserves.I am currently waiting for Bryan at Alaskian Assassian to make me a cue.I will review it when I recieve it.
 
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Roger Pettit cues hit as well as anybody. Pretty much plain Janers but solid hitting cues. Has an abundent amount of old high quality shaft wood. Dave Tice also incredble hitting cues.
Dave Barrenbrugge puts more work in his rings alone then most top cue makers in their whole cue. Cue hit pretty well also.
 
For hit I nominate Bob Owen's Shurtz cues.
For looks Clint Putnam.
Pat Diviney makes nice looking, great hitting cues.
 
Callaluca Cues...

Another AZer who does some extremely good cue making, although he still only puts out 10-12 per year, is Joe Callaluca (JoeC on AZ). As Guycrunch... I have had 3-4 of his cues, plus he did my conversion of a Predator and is currently converting a Hoppe for me. Just absolutely excellent, top notch work.

Here is an example...my playing cue which started life as an early Predator sneaky....

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I would like to add a name to the list, our own Joe Petree...

I have one of his cues, and it is by far the best jointed 5/16-14 pilot I have ever felt...snug and perfect.

I also own a ivory ferruled shaft he made for a Schon and it hits like a dream. Every other ivory ferrule I have hit I could not get used to until this one, and I am still in shock at how well this shaft plays.

Guy knows what he is doing...long, sharp points and absolutely flawless work.

Really a guy thats flying under radar.
 
Louisiana and Arkansas Makers

Norwela Cues / Jim Griffin is in Louisiana. Have one of his cues and love it.

Slamstone Custom Cues / Dan Cossitt in Searcy, AR makes some great looking cues, but don't know much about them.
 
Black-Balled said:
That is right. Sometimes the stick must pay!! Yes, I have taken my revenge on a cue or 2 in my time!
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It would take a lot of discipline, but since they have special sticks for jumping and breaking the balls, why not a special stick for smashing against the table? As I say, it would take discipline, because as we know, stick-breaking is an impromptu affair. The natural urge is to break the stick that brung you, the one that's in your hands when you finally lose control.

That's where the discipline comes in - learning to know ahead of time when you're veering toward losing control - sensing it's about to happen - then simply replacing your regular stick with the special smash-stick - whose sole purpose is to be smashed against the table, floor, wall, or your own head if that's your mood.

But of course I'm full of crap. We all know that breaking a stick is worthless unless the stick means something to you. That's what breaking your stick is all about. It's supposed to hurt. You're supposed to regret it.

I suppose breaking your stick is a cheap subsitute for beating yourself up. There was a guy named Crazy Bruce out in Hollywood who used to do that when things didn't go his way. He'd punch himself in the head and get down beneath the table and slam his head into the bottom of the table until he was nearly unconscious. I saw him do it several times. I heard he once actually knocked himself out. That could be an exaggeration, although I hope not, because when I hear a good story I prefer it to be real. Actually, Bruce was a pretty nice guy; had the talent but not the temperment, I guess. I can identify. Smashing sticks is easy. But if there were a world championship stick-smashing tournament I'm sure the competition would be fierce and it wouldn't be so easy anymore.

Tommy Joe
 
Tim Padgett is a great cue maker who isn't all that well known outside of California (however, he's fairly well known in Japan).
 
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