● Tad Kohara氏は2007年にICAの殿堂入りを果たしました! ●
「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
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