E.J.Riley snakewood cues

[GR1]

[GR1]

Here are my 6 snakewood cues by Riley . The 3rd one in from the left is shorter than the rest...it's 56" long , and you'll notice that the splices are correspondingly shorter than the rest .. which shows it was factory made at that length, rather than being cut down.One of them has it's letter and number stamped on the base of the butt so since these were apparently commemorative cues after E.Js death in 1925 and the 1928 catalogue shows cues with stamps on the shaft...I'd put it between 26/27.

[garysnooker]

wow how many cues have you got

[garysnooker]

ive got a goundill heavyweight cue have you seen any

[GR1]

I haven't got absolutely loads, like some of the collectors..about 50ish..I like really old billiard cues,and some of the rare ones..mostly 1 piece hand spliced..What's a goundill cue..I've never seen one.

[DeanH]

ive got a goundill heavyweight cue have you seen any

As in Arthur Goundrill, the one armed player, who once did a exhibition of billiards for King and Queen
Any pictures of that cue?
Love to see it

[GR1]

That is interesting...presumably he had some sort of rest end that he could lift off the table with the cue? No..I'd never heard of him ..what weight is the cue?

[DeanH]

That is interesting...presumably he had some sort of rest end that he could lift off the table with the cue? No..I'd never heard of him ..what weight is the cue?

His left arm was cut hallway down the forearm, so maybe he used his left elbow; I has not read anything about him using any special rest, etc., even though there were many around, especially after WWI; but apparently he was quite a player

There is a picture of him somewhere, let me see...

[DeanH]

Found it. c1921

[GR1]

Wow...yea,after the war as you say there must have been alot of men in that situation

[DeanH]

Wow...yea,after the war as you say there must have been alot of men in that situation

Yep; I recall being shown lots of different rests that were developed so they could play billiards; it was seen as a form of recuperation.
Some of the designs were pure genius.

[garysnooker]

dean how do i upload pic

[DeanH]

try the following


How to add images to your TSF posts
You can use a free image-sharing site such as ImgBB, without registering (you can register for free), to upload your images, you may have to do the “not a robot” checks quickly. There are other image sharing sites as well.
ImgBB.com
Click on "Start Uploading".
Browse to the file and select it, click Open.
Auto delete image - leave as "Don't autodelete".
Click "Upload".

Change "Embed Codes" to "BBCode full linked".

Hover mouse over the code in the box, a "COPY" will appear, click this.
Go to your TSF post and paste.
You can repeat for multiple images in a single post.

[garysnooker]

https://i.ibb.co/rKrRv34m/487499537-...61188079-n.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/7tCqdgQb/488571011-...16069011-n.jpg

[DeanH]

I think you missed the "Change "Embed Codes" to "BBCode full linked"." step which I think allows the image to display in your post instead of the code


What's' your story with this cue?