Why are the Shurtz cues made by Bob Owen so much less desirable than the ones he made under his own name?
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Good question........ Anyone?
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
I'm enough of a nerd I hang out on AZB forums. I've heard of Bob Owen but this is the first I've ever heard of Shurtz cues. That could be one major issue. Name recognition for a master builder vs. a cue line most people have never heard of.
I'm curious as to any construction differences too, but if that's similar it's probably just because Bob Owen is a well known master builder.
They both have the same high contrast, two dimensional stickered look. Probably, people like the man. Name loyalty.
Really?
I have seen them, and often wondered. Never grabbed one.
Maybe I should have?
from my memory living in the Tulsa area in the 1990s.
Jake Shurtz made cues in Wichita - Bob Owen started working for him - took over the building process - eventually changed the name from Shurtz to his own name - now Gabe makes cues in the shop along side Bob.
Jake Shurtz made cues in Wichita - Bob Owen started working for him - took over the building process - eventually changed the name from Shurtz to his own name - now Gabe makes cues in the shop along side Bob.
Bob took over the cue building a long time ago. Jack made very few cues himself. He and his wife Eva traveled the midwest fixing/recovering tables for years. They used to have sort of a unwritten rule that cues below a certain price would be marked as Shurtz and above that would be Owens. IIRC they're all marked Owens now. The quality of ALL the cues was/is super high. Same time/care went into each cue.