Tom Gauthier Snooker Cue Canadian Made

[noel]

Any picture of Don Broos's work? Contact info?

Thank you very much by the way, for all the information.

Don Broos
416-990-9505



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Noel

[snookerbum]

any cues for sale ? i would be interested ...thanx ...

[Cateran]

Ask poolqjunkie, he makes nice looking cues.

[Gauthier]

Gauthier snooker cues

Although I have read that some individuals feel that Tom Gauthier cues may not be the best.... I would like you to stand beside Cliff Thorburn and say that. Or in any snooker championship for that matter. He did make the best cues. I watched him growing up and never has he put so much care and perfection in what he made. I believe the fact that the best snooker players in the world came to visit my father and purchase his cues for thier own personal use is proof enough of the quality of craftmanship and respect he delivered to each individual.

Thank you.
Christine Gauthier.

[poolqjunkie]

Although I have read that some individuals feel that Tom Gauthier cues may not be the best.... I would like you to stand beside Cliff Thorburn and say that. Or in any snooker championship for that matter. He did make the best cues. I watched him growing up and never has he put so much care and perfection in what he made. I believe the fact that the best snooker players in the world came to visit my father and purchase his cues for thier own personal use is proof enough of the quality of craftmanship and respect he delivered to each individual.

Thank you.
Christine Gauthier.

Welcome to the forum.
Please do share with us stories of your father.

[the montrealer]

Although I have read that some individuals feel that Tom Gauthier cues may not be the best.... I would like you to stand beside Cliff Thorburn and say that. Or in any snooker championship for that matter. He did make the best cues. I watched him growing up and never has he put so much care and perfection in what he made. I believe the fact that the best snooker players in the world came to visit my father and purchase his cues for thier own personal use is proof enough of the quality of craftmanship and respect he delivered to each individual.

Thank you.
Christine Gauthier.

Hi Christine i own 3 Gauthier Cues in my collection i would not part with them. I met your father in Montreal Querbec Canada in 1980 and he played in the Canadian Snooker Championships and he was a good player and two of my friends bought two Gauthier Cues back then and they were priced around $700.00 and they played great

I bought two of them from Western Canada a few years ago from a person in Vancouver.

Your father was the best cue maker in Canada also a another great cue maker was from Montreal Quebec and his name was Marcel Jacques.

He made a cue for Alain Robidoux the Canadfian Snooker Champion on several occasions who later went to England to play in the Professional Snooker Tour in England in 1988 and at one time was ranked 9th in the World.

I showed my cue to Cliff Thorburn and he told me never to sell it who also has one and Cliff has babied it for 20 years.

A few years ago i saw a clip of your father on the Internet playing snooker with a friend of his where he made hs cues in his shop but this clip no longer exists on the Internet

Would you have this clip would like to hear more stores about your father as he was a great Cue maker and a great person
cheers leonard

[poolqjunkie]

Big Bill was playing with a Gauthier cue in the UK, is that correct?
What was Cliff using when he made that infamous 147? Was it an Adam?
I am always curious what cue Kirk was using, it looked like a Dufferin to me. Does anyone know?

[the montrealer]

Big Bill was playing with a Gauthier cue in the UK, is that correct?
What was Cliff using when he made that infamous 147? Was it an Adam?
I am always curious what cue Kirk was using, it looked like a Dufferin to me. Does anyone know?

HI poolqjunkie I know that Kirk Stevens was using a Dufferin Snooker cue when he made the 147 in the Masters against Jimmy White not sure about Bill Werbenuik and Cliff Thorburn

i will ask Alain Robidoux because he gets in touch very often with Cliff Thorburn cheers Leonard

[poolqjunkie]

HI poolqjunkie I know that Kirk Stevens was using a Dufferin Snooker cue when he made the 147 in the Masters against Jimmy White not sure about Bill Werbenuik and Cliff Thorburn

i will ask Alain Robidoux because he gets in touch very often with Cliff Thorburn cheers Leonard

Hi,
Yes, the cue Kirk used looks like a Dufferin 2 piece with a metal joint to me. The shaft looks shorter than usual in the video. I always wonder if he has had that shaft custom made for him or something.
I saw a picture of Big Bill with a cue featuring a red joint that looks like a Gauthier cue. I heard lots of people were interested in Gauthier cues back in the days when they saw Bill shooting with one.
I am pretty sure Cliff was not using a Gauthier cue when he made his 147 in the UK as the cue he was using looked very similiar to the cue he used in his book, which was clearly an Adam. In his book, there were quite a few pictures of him playing; however, in none of those pictures did I see him holding anything that resembled a Gauthier cue.
I am aware that he is using his Gauthier cue playing in the UK in exhibitions and so on now. I am not too sure if he was using that however when he was competing professionally in the UK.
Do you know if any top professional players in the UK ever played with a Gauthier cue?
The only top professionals other than the Canadians I know who played with a two piece cue are Dennis Taylor and Alan McManus but I think both were using Adam cues as well.

[the montrealer]

Hi,
Yes, the cue Kirk used looks like a Dufferin 2 piece with a metal joint to me. The shaft looks shorter than usual in the video. I always wonder if he has had that shaft custom made for him or something.
I saw a picture of Big Bill with a cue featuring a red joint that looks like a Gauthier cue. I heard lots of people were interested in Gauthier cues back in the days when they saw Bill shooting with one.
I am pretty sure Cliff was not using a Gauthier cue when he made his 147 in the UK as the cue he was using looked very similiar to the cue he used in his book, which was clearly an Adam. In his book, there were quite a few pictures of him playing; however, in none of those pictures did I see him holding anything that resembled a Gauthier cue.
I am aware that he is using his Gauthier cue playing in the UK in exhibitions and so on now. I am not too sure if he was using that however when he was competing professionally in the UK.
Do you know if any top professional players in the UK ever played with a Gauthier cue?
The only top professionals other than the Canadians I know who played with a two piece cue are Dennis Taylor and Alan McManus but I think both were using Adam cues as well.

Hi pookqjunkie I got in touch with Cliff Thoreburn yesterday and he told me that the cue he was using was a ADAM SNOOKER CUE when he made his perfect 147 in the Worlds Snooker Championships.

I ask him about which cue Bill Werbenuik was using while he was in the UK but CLIFF told me he did not know but would let me know

There was another Player using a two piece cue and it was John Spencer in the World Snooker Champioships Final 1977 against Cliff Thorburn

The story is that John Spencer was using a one piece cue and there was an accident and his one piece cue was shattered to bits

Cliff Thorburn invited John Spencer to Toronto Ontario in the Seventys and they went to the Dufferen Company and John Spencer purchased a two piece Dufferen Snooker cue of which later won the World Snooker Championships in 1977 Cheers Leonard

[poolqjunkie]

Hi pookqjunkie I got in touch with Cliff Thoreburn yesterday and he told me that the cue he was using was a ADAM SNOOKER CUE when he made his perfect 147 in the Worlds Snooker Championships.

I ask him about which cue Bill Werbenuik was using while he was in the UK but CLIFF told me he did not know but would let me know

There was another Player using a two piece cue and it was John Spencer in the World Snooker Champioships Final 1977 against Cliff Thorburn

The story is that John Spencer was using a one piece cue and there was an accident and his one piece cue was shattered to bits

Cliff Thorburn invited John Spencer to Toronto Ontario in the Seventys and they went to the Dufferen Company and John Spencer purchased a two piece Dufferen Snooker cue of which later won the World Snooker Championships in 1977 Cheers Leonard

Hi,
Thank you so much. It is so cool you can just ring Cliff up and aks him things like that.
Is it ture that he was using a Dufferin Trophy when he first went over to the UK? Or was it a Gauthier?
I did not know John Spencer was using a Dufferin. What model was it?
Actually I think I read somewhere before that Joe Davis and George Chenier were travelling together and George was playing with some old 2 piece cue (may be a Brunswick) and some players were intersted in his cue and some of them later switched to 2 piece cues due to the convenience.
Note: In Canada we call half jointed cues 2 piece cues.

[the montrealer]

Hi,
Thank you so much. It is so cool you can just ring Cliff up and aks him things like that.
Is it ture that he was using a Dufferin Trophy when he first went over to the UK? Or was it a Gauthier?
I did not know John Spencer was using a Dufferin. What model was it?
Actually I think I read somewhere before that Joe Davis and George Chenier were travelling together and George was playing with some old 2 piece cue (may be a Brunswick) and some players were intersted in his cue and some of them later switched to 2 piece cues due to the convenience.
Note: In Canada we call half jointed cues 2 piece cues.

hi poolqjunkie. Yes John Spencer was using a two piece cue just like Kirk Stevens with a metal joint when he won the World Champs in 1977 against Cliff Thorburn.

Cliff Thorburn also played with a Brunswick Trophy Snooker cue not the replicas which were made by Dufferin.

Also note when Bill Werbenuik came to Montreal in the Seventys he was playing with a oiriginal Brunswick Trophy snooker cue and played a money match with Bob Paquete who has never won the Canadian Snooker Champs finishing 6 times second we call him the Jimmy White of Canada.



Also George Chenier who was the North American Snooker Champion also played in England with Joe Davis using a Brunswick Trophy Snooker Cue. In the 1950 these Brunswick Snooker Cues were selling under $20.00 per cue.

I have a few Original Brunswick Trophy Snooker Cues one is a one piece a Devenonshire the other is a Brunswick Trophy Snooker cue and the butt of the cue was ebony black

[poolqjunkie]

hi poolqjunkie. Yes John Spencer was using a two piece cue just like Kirk Stevens with a metal joint when he won the World Champs in 1977 against Cliff Thorburn.

Cliff Thorburn also played with a Brunswick Trophy Snooker cue not the replicas which were made by Dufferin.

Also note when Bill Werbenuik came to Montreal in the Seventys he was playing with a oiriginal Brunswick Trophy snooker cue and played a money match with Bob Paquete who has never won the Canadian Snooker Champs finishing 6 times second we call him the Jimmy White of Canada.



Also George Chenier who was the North American Snooker Champion also played in England with Joe Davis using a Brunswick Trophy Snooker Cue. In the 1950 these Brunswick Snooker Cues were selling under $20.00 per cue.

I have a few Original Brunswick Trophy Snooker Cues one is a one piece a Devenonshire the other is a Brunswick Trophy Snooker cue and the butt of the cue was ebony black

Do you have picture of the decal on your Brunswick trophy.
I have only seen one with a little shooting man holding a cue and there is a trophy picture there. The company name is not brunswick but "The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company". This decal comes off very easily and it is very hard to find one that is intact. The bottom of the points are also sharp rather than flat like the Dufferin trophy. Some trophy cues just say Brunswick trophy in gold which I was told was made in the Far East. I am sure if it says Brunswick then it was made after 1960 as before that Brunswick was called "The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company". I had a pool cue with a very beautiful decal before with an ivory ring at the butt from the old days, it was called a Willie Hoppe Titlist.

[the montrealer]

Do you have picture of the decal on your Brunswick trophy.
I have only seen one with a little shooting man holding a cue and there is a trophy picture there. The company name is not brunswick but "The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company". This decal comes off very easily and it is very hard to find one that is intact. The bottom of the points are also sharp rather than flat like the Dufferin trophy. Some trophy cues just say Brunswick trophy in gold which I was told was made in the Far East. I am sure if it says Brunswick then it was made after 1960 as before that Brunswick was called "The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company". I had a pool cue with a very beautiful decal before with an ivory ring at the butt from the old days, it was called a Willie Hoppe Titlist.

Hi poolqjunkie sent you a picture of my devonshire one piece cue with decal to auroracues. on my brunswick trophy snooker cue there is no decal on butt of cue it is blank hope this helps leonard

[poolqjunkie]

Hi poolqjunkie sent you a picture of my devonshire one piece cue with decal to auroracues. on my brunswick trophy snooker cue there is no decal on butt of cue it is blank hope this helps leonard

A Devonshire with the decal and the pearl dot is highly collectable.

The pictures are beautiful, I cannot believe how well the decal has been kept. That is truly a piece of gem you have there.

Thank you so much for sharing that with me.