The Old Cue Thread

[perpetualboredom]

A couple of cues going up for sale shortly...
The 138 has the fattest butt I've ever seen for a Joe Davis cue, must have been ordered that was I believe.

[perpetualboredom]

Here's another which came with the table, don't know anything about the maker - it looks old by the size of the butt.

[kev267]

[QUOTE=perpetualboredom;923690]We do! I got the two bone/ivory badged cues with a table I bought recently - I already had the plastic badge example.
The two earlier cues have huge butts, slightly different badges too, I'm not sure which is most common.

The ones that I have seen have ivory badges mostly so I'd say plastic is more rare but I could be wrong

Out of the 2 bone badges the one on the right is probably rarer of the 2

[kev267]

Very nice.. nothing to complain about then

[perpetualboredom]

We do! I got the two bone/ivory badged cues with a table I bought recently - I already had the plastic badge example.
The two earlier cues have huge butts, slightly different badges too, I'm not sure which is most common.

[kev267]

Very true Mike but we all get lucky from time to time

[perpetualboredom]

I don't think it's ever been easier to find old cues, eBay is full of them.
Of course anything immaculate or very rare and the deepest pocket wins, it's always been like that, but that's life.

[kev267]

I hear you Bill. It's getting tough now mate

Stunning Cook cue there Gary. Can the top half of the bone ferrule unscrew? You grab this awesome find at a car boot?

[garysnooker]

this as a old bone ferrule

[billabong]

Nothing from me, but not from lack of trying.

[kev267]

Been bit quiet here, anyone have some nice old cues to post up for all to see

[kev267]

Beautiful example Bill

[100-uper]

Thanks 100 upper. Any info on the stamp below the weight stamp ?

"P. C. Tidy" is almost certainly a previous owner. It may be a retailer, but if so, I have not come across them.

[100-uper]

Thanks 100 upper, I take it you could specify something other than ebony as long as you paid a wee bit more ?

Remember, this company was a wholesaler to the trade. They would no doubt have made cues to any customer specification as long as the woods were available, and an order of sufficient quantity made it worthwhile. Peradon's always supplied by the dozen, but K&C did advertise singles, although it's not clear that this offer extended to special orders. In addition to these companies, this particular cue was also being made and supplied by MacMorran, Weildings, and John Nidd. I noticed that the latter were advertising a walnut butt as standard for the "Peall" in 1958.

[billabong]

Kent & Cleal Ltd., would have been the maker. They were wholsale makers of cues and other billiards accessories, like Peradon. Established 1892 and still operating well into the 1950s. This advert from their 1938 catalogue ....

Thanks 100 upper. Any info on the stamp below the weight stamp ?