genuine?

[Asi]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HUNT-OBYRN...item3a7f5decd6

[Neil Taperell]

Badge looks right . Joint seems ok as well .

Looks machine spliced , so not worth as much in my opinion. Tip size 10mm , which quite a lot of the early one's were .

i would say it's real .

But , i'm sure someone on here will have a better idea than me though .

[Asi]

Badge looks right . Joint seems ok as well .

Looks machine spliced , so not worth as much in my opinion. Tip size 10mm , which quite a lot of the early one's were .

i would say it's real .

But , i'm sure someone on here will have a better idea than me though .

Yes looks machine spliced. So how come it has a black plate?

[raymo147]

Yip it's genuine mate they used to buy machine spliced cues as a cheaper range.
Also the badges were the only colour they had until they started to range them.

[Neil Taperell]

Not sure . I think the machine spliced were made by Aeon .

But not sure how they were badged .

[narl]

There's a few knocking about ebay recently with engraved badges, the square plate ones were engraved but I thought all the discs had a perfectly flush surface with the writing underneath a plastic layer?

[ADR147]

Not sure . I think the machine spliced were made by Aeon .

But not sure how they were badged .

yes they were and the handspliced ones with the longer joints.

[raymo147]

Thing is many Hunt cues were made by Aeon cues and also Dave Brown years ago but nobody understands.
All spiral lock Hunts I wouldn't pay two bob for cause they were bought in.
People think every single maker makes every single thing from scratch but they need to wake up and smell the coffee.
Find it amazing how Will got on without a lathe?
But he did somehow.

[CueAntW147]

Cue being referred to on ebay in opening post looks right to me as i've seen quite alot of these over the years and were always available to buy in the rack from elephant & castle, most makers at that time had a machine spliced cue or cues in the range much like the John Parris Master Cue.

Worth pointing out as well the early Hunts whoever made them weren't always rated by plate colour this came later on and there were various joint types available over the years not just the chunky Mick Rees joint, including the Aeon designed spiro lock, known as the quick release joint back then.

Aeon did make alot of Hunt cues not just the machne spliced ones, now although there work could be mixed quality there top end work including there own top end Aeon Cues were as good as anything available back then & now, anyone lucky enough to own or seen an Aeon Special will vouch for that.

So it seems as with the new Hunt cues and the all the recent debate about that, even back in the day the cues weren't always made by Will himself.

Though i believe every cue ( apart from old/antique cues ) should be judged on playability rather than cosmetics, anyone looking at old Hunt & O'byrne cues might be disappointed if judging by modern standards as expectations have changed alot over the years back then people didn't worry about perfectly level splice work, how many arrows etc its probably fair to say the best work was when it became Hunt & Osborne.