I would like to hear opinions on who was or currently is the best pool playing cuemaker.
Thanks
Kevin
Thanks
Kevin
Who was or is, past or present the best pool playing cuemaker
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shawn putnam.
best at playing or best at cuemaking???
Which one are you asking if he is best at? pool playing or cuemaking or both?
Jaden
Which one are you asking if he is best at? pool playing or cuemaking or both?
Jaden
It pains me to say this, but I would have to say Mike Sigel.
cant say for sure
i cant only dream that more then a few cue makers have hustled a buck or two in there day.
i cant only dream that more then a few cue makers have hustled a buck or two in there day.
If best playing cuemaker...
If you're asking who the best playing cuemaker is, then I would say, Mike Sigel.
If you're asking you the best Cue making pool player is, just choose whoever you think is the best cuemaker, If you're asking who the best at both is, I would say bobby Hunter
Jaden
If you're asking who the best playing cuemaker is, then I would say, Mike Sigel.
If you're asking you the best Cue making pool player is, just choose whoever you think is the best cuemaker, If you're asking who the best at both is, I would say bobby Hunter
Jaden
I want to answer this as a combination question. Meaning the quality of thier work and the quality of their play are combined to see who the best all around cuemaker/player is.
I don't think it is fair to have great players that produce basically productions cues on the list. I feel it should be mandatory that the cuemaker has made or still makes his cues by hand.
To me the best are Pete Tasceralla and Bobby Hunter. Again, I am combining both the quality of their work and the quality of their play. I am not sure if that was the questions but thats how I read it.
I'll back Bobby Hunter in cuemaking action against sigel and putnam against sigel playing pool. Any takers? C'mon guys! Really?! Sigel? ughh... some things never change... sigels cues are garbage and he has to cheat to win playing pool...
In both??
for both buiilding cues AND playing pool Bobby Hunter wins hands down. But Bobby would probably have a hard time beating Sigel in his prime playing pool.
Jaden
for both buiilding cues AND playing pool Bobby Hunter wins hands down. But Bobby would probably have a hard time beating Sigel in his prime playing pool.
Jaden
Interesting
Bill Stroud. No comparisons. I like Bobby Hunter, makes a great cue, and a dang fine pool player. I had this exact conversation years ago on a visit with Burton Spain, and he said Bill was a helluva player back in the 60's and the way he approached cue making as an art form was respected. I'm only passing on what Burton said to me. FWIW.
Bill Stroud. No comparisons. I like Bobby Hunter, makes a great cue, and a dang fine pool player. I had this exact conversation years ago on a visit with Burton Spain, and he said Bill was a helluva player back in the 60's and the way he approached cue making as an art form was respected. I'm only passing on what Burton said to me. FWIW.
Eddie You Get The 7-Out Wheat !
Ok, Stroud and Janes for hall of fame caliber makers I think.
Ok, Stroud and Janes for hall of fame caliber makers I think.
Sigel would have had a hard time beating bobby too
I know sigel would have been the favorite prime vs. prime, but Sigel doesn't have to win. Especially if there was a ref overseeing the whole match 
I'm going to guess that most cue makers were at least better than average in their day. Since cue making is not that lucrative, most cue makers enter into the craft simply as an extension of their love for playing the game. Most soon find out that it takes so much time to make cues that their game suffers from lack of practice.
Putnam is probably the newest active pool pro who has begun to make cues, but I'm not even sure that he is still at it. Maybe someone can speak to that. Bobby Hunter was the first one to pop into my mind, as a former champion in 14.1, and I believe that he is now back at cue making despite his recent eye problems.
AFAIK, Corey Duel had his line of cues made by someone else, so that would rule him out.
Joey Gold (Cognoscenti) is no slouch on the felt either.
I like the idea of a cue maker's tournament, and think the prize should be an Eddie Wheat cue, to be used as shop security and randomly beating on stuff when things don't go as planned. :thumbup:
JBravo, we've moved the shop to Palatine. Stop in some evening.
Putnam is probably the newest active pool pro who has begun to make cues, but I'm not even sure that he is still at it. Maybe someone can speak to that. Bobby Hunter was the first one to pop into my mind, as a former champion in 14.1, and I believe that he is now back at cue making despite his recent eye problems.
AFAIK, Corey Duel had his line of cues made by someone else, so that would rule him out.
Joey Gold (Cognoscenti) is no slouch on the felt either.
I like the idea of a cue maker's tournament, and think the prize should be an Eddie Wheat cue, to be used as shop security and randomly beating on stuff when things don't go as planned. :thumbup:
JBravo, we've moved the shop to Palatine. Stop in some evening.
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Bill Stroud. When he was playing his best he was just a shade under the top players
Uhhhh Hasn't Dennis Searing ran like 18 racks from the pop? I hear hes a pretty dam good player, and i also hear his cues aint too shabby.......
I'd have to say TIE b/t Bobby Hunter and Dennis Searing as bobby plays better and dennis does more precise work.......it equals out imop.
I always heard that Balabuska played a mean game of straight pool as well.
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I'd have to say TIE b/t Bobby Hunter and Dennis Searing as bobby plays better and dennis does more precise work.......it equals out imop.
I always heard that Balabuska played a mean game of straight pool as well.
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