Years ago I was able to buy ltds for 700 online and bought a few stl-1s for 300 or so.Guess I should have kept them
Why are Schon cues getting to be so expensive
- Thread starter chuckpilegis
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Wood is hard to get and stupid expensive.
They aren't making cues much anymore
I've been wondering the same thing. I've noticed the major Schon distributors haven't had any new additions to their inventories in quite a while.
Plus GREEN PEOPLE hate lumber industry.
Earth First, Sierra Club, and other have made cutting anything down tough.
Ya soon to be building houses out of carbon!
I have people in my family on both sides of the equation and this is miles from the truth.
The wood in a cue is the least expensive part of any cue
What are they making? I honestly haven’t been paying attention.
Why are the 7-8 hundred cues now selling for 11-12 hundred now if they were made years ago
Scarcity? Inflation? Collectors?
Consider the source.
I got some pictures in January this year of new Schon cues from Terry, so they are making some cues anyway, even wrapless Schon cues.
Agreed. Wood have to say it's mostly equipment, rent, labor, insurance, etc.
what
hasn't gone up??????
I was just in their shop a little while back. To say they are not making much anymore doesn't jive with what I see every time I go to their shop. There is just racks of cues in various stages of finish. Same as it's always been every time I stop in there. Last time there, I stopped in as I was in the area, just to have a simple weight bolt change but had to wait about 10 min or so, as they were playing pool on their break. They are very busy making cues and shafts. Herd they were working on a carbon shaft but didn't see anything. Love my latest wrap less one I got a while back, and will buy another if there is one I like. As to expensive, I have noticed their prices have risen somewhat this last year. Used prices are worse yet, saw a limited for sale for a couple hundred more than I paid new, a while back, supply and demand, I guess.
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Pictures of wrapless
Here is a picture of the last three I have purchased. When I stopped in with that wrapless, they told me that batch was the last of them as they ran out of the wood for the hand grip section, and didn't think they were going to be able to get more like that.
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Nice looking Schons. Wrapless is awesome