Is this cue 50 years old?

[poolqjunkie]

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Thank you.

[ADR147]

i would guess at least that more likely between the wars but the joint is newer!

[poolqjunkie]

Thank you.
Well, it was mainly the joint thatmade me wonder.
When did cues start to have 3/4 joint put on them. Thank you.

[ADR147]

Thank you.
Well, it was mainly the joint thatmade me wonder.
When did cues start to have 3/4 joint put on them. Thank you.

not 100% sure the first i know of was alex higgins on his burwat champion - i believe it was done by tony ions must be 30 years ago now.

[bongo]

I thought it was Will Hunt in the late 1980s. Jimmy White definately used a 3/4 jointed cue in the 1980s. If I or ADR are incorrect, I wonder who did start it off.

[ADR147]

I thought it was Will Hunt in the late 1980s. Jimmy White definately used a 3/4 jointed cue in the 1980s. If I or ADR are incorrect, I wonder who did start it off.

alex cue was jointed before that i am sure. there are of course centre joints much earlier the patented etc...

[poolqjunkie]

Thank you ADR147.
It was not John Parris who started the 3/4 joint, was it? On the web site it sounded like he came up with the joint with Steve Davis.
And the S.D joint, that is short for Steve Davis, isn't it?
Thank you.

[ADR147]

i don't think so, not sure when john started but he would have been very young when the first 3/4 cues were made?

[CueAntW147]

I thought it was Will Hunt in the late 1980s. Jimmy White definately used a 3/4 jointed cue in the 1980s. If I or ADR are incorrect, I wonder who did start it off.

The 3/4 Jimmy used in the 80's was one he actually had of Alex Higgins and he used it till it fell to pieces.
Alex was well known for messing with his cues adding weights, sawing the shft down to get the right stiffness, and trying the 3/4 joint.
So it all leads back to Alex.... hope this helps cheers

[cueman]

I think John Spencer was the first player to use a jointed cue, 1/2 split. Cannot really remember Higgins cue TBH, but I do remember Jimmy being the first player to use a 3/4 jointed cue that was made as such. If Higgins cue did have a joint put in it wasn't because of the benefits of a modern 3/4 joint such as Jimmy's with a solid butt end.

[ADR147]

i have centre jointed cues older than john spencer!