Could This Be a Huebler or a Meucci Cue?
10/16/2023 4:55:05 PM
Could This Be a Huebler or a Meucci Cue?
I picked this pool cue up at a Missouri estate sale thinking it was a very early Huebler cue. It came with three shafts, two of which were very clearly Meucci shafts, and a third that was not original to the cue but looked sort of similar to the rings on it. It was not a Huebler shaft since it lacked the little plastic insert that you find on Huebler shafts, but could also be a Meucci shaft.
I know that Bob Meucci and Paul Heubler were friends, and I know he supposedly made cues out of Paul's shop in Linn, MO and also at AE Schmidt in St. Louis, MO.
The wrap is under the varnish coat but I can't tell if that is original or slopped on since there are varnish stains on the joint and randomly on the butt. Also, the weight screw is more rounded than what I find on my marked Huebler cue but if it's super early for either maker I don't know what to make of it. The joint and the butt cap is similar to cues from both cue makers, and the use of the pearlescent rings is more a Huebler trait than a Meucci trait but I was told in the case of an early cue, it too could be either.
I know you love a mystery.
Could This Be a Huebler or a Meucci Cue?
Replies & Comments
billiardsforum on 10/17/2023 7:43:18 AMIt looks a lot like the Huebler/Meucci QB-2 cue (which is from a series that Bob Meucci made at and sold through Huebler in 1973).
The only thing is that the colors don't match.
A very early Huebler is my guess.
KCCC on 10/17/2023 10:20:30 PMI think you're right on the first one, it's a QB-2!
I found this catalog for the line and it looks like there was no set color for the pearl accents. There just listed as "Peral Appointments"
Thank you for the Identification!
Could This Be a Huebler or a Meucci Cue?
- Title: Could This Be a Huebler or a Meucci Cue?
- Author: KCCC
- Published: 10/16/2023 4:55:05 PM
- Last Updated: 10/17/2023 7:16:33 AM
- Last Updated By: billiardsforum (Billiards Forum)
