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Tad Kohara氏は2007年にICAの殿堂入りを果たしました!
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「国際キューメーカー協会」ICAの2007年「ホールオブフェーム」(殿堂)の選考にタッド・コハラ氏が選ばれました。
International
Cuemakers Association HALL OF
FAME
Tad Kohara Inducted 2007
Tad was born in California and in the early 1940's Tad went to Hiroshima,
Japan to study cabinet making. In 1945 the school he was attending was
destroyed by the Atomic bomb. He returned to the United States in 1949. When
Tad started making cues in 1963, his first cues were based on Titlist blanks.
Then he started making simple birdseye cues. When Harvey Martin retired he
bought Harvey's equipment. He developed the hit of his cues by relying on
the advice of players like Willie Mosconi, Jimmy Caras and Joe Balsis. Tad
moved far beyond just making great playing cues, but also made his unique
cue designs that use a lot of fancy ring and slot work that include many
dots inlaid inside of other dots. Tad currently uses 18 lathes and 3 pantographs
to produce those unique designs that Tad has made so popular. He has stayed
away from CNC equipment. Tad also developed his own tip that he uses on his
cues. Besides building great cues for decades Tad is credited for opening
up the Japan cue market for the American cuemakers. Schrager and others quickly
followed his lead and got their cues into that market, but it was Tad who
paved the way. Tad is still building cues today with the help of his wife
Susie and son Fred.
(ICA Offical Website)
ICAの歴代殿堂入りリスト
George C. Britner Inducted 2004
Herman Rambow Inducted 2004
Harvey Martin Inducted 2004
Frank Paradise Inducted 2004
George Balabushka Inducted 2004
Gus Szamboti Inducted 2004
Bert Schrager Inducted 2005
Burton Spain Inducted 2005
Bob Meucci Inducted 2006
Jerry Franklin Inducted 2006
Tad Kohara Inducted 2007
Alessandro Longoni Inducted 2007